This tutorial pertains only to applications written in C++. See DirectPlay Visual Basic Tutorials.

An application written to use the IDirectPlayLobby3 interface can be connected to a session without requiring the user to manually enter connection information in a dialog box. To demonstrate how to create a lobbied application, the SimpleConnect Sample performs the following steps:

• Step 1: Create a DirectPlayLobby Object
• Step 2: Retrieve the Connection Settings
• Step 3: Configure the Session Description
• Step 4: Connect to a Session
• Step 5: Create a Player