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

If a lobby did not start your application, you should include code that allows the user to manually enter the connection information. To demonstrate how to manually connect to the session and create one or more players, the SimpleConnect Sample performs the following steps:

• Step 1: Create the DirectPlay Object
• Step 2: Enumerate and Initialize the Service Providers
• Step 3: Join a Session
• Step 4: Create a Session
• Step 5: Create a New Player