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Network / Client send packets to server when on LAN, but not over internet

« on: July 13, 2014, 05:54:13 pm »

Hey, I saw post smiliar to this one, but it was a bit old, I didn't know if should ask there, or create a new one, so I just created a new one. I've seen the FAQ in the other post, i've tried the suggestions that I could do, but to no avail.

Anyway as the title suggests I can talk to the server when I use my local ip, but when I use my external Ip, or ask a friend to try on his pc it looks like it sends the packet, but the server doesn't receive it.

Client :

string id;
cout << "name: ";
cin >> id;

string ip;
cout << "Ip: ";
cin >> ip;

sf::IpAddress sender(ip) ;
sf::UdpSocket socket;
socket.setBlocking(false);

unsigned short port;
cout << "Port: ";
cin >> port;

socket.bind(port+1);
sf::Packet packet;

sf::Packet sendPacket;
sendPacket << "connection" << id;
socket.send(sendPacket, sender, port);

string connected;
socket.receive(packet, sender, port);
if(packet >> connected)
     if(connected=="done")  //Connection made
      //do stuff
 

Server :

sf::IpAddress sender;
unsigned short port;
socket.receive(packet, sender, port);
if(packet >> commandId)
{
      sf::Packet sendPacket;
      cout << commandId << endl;
      if(commandId=="connection")
      {
            string idStr;
            packet >> idStr;
            cout << idStr << " on " << sender.toString().c_str() << " has connected" << endl;
            //Do stuff
            sendPacket << "done";
            socket.send(sendPacket, sender, port);
       }
}

 

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Network / Sending string to an e-mail adress

« on: June 18, 2014, 06:42:29 pm »

Hi, is it possible to use the network module in SFML to send an e-mail ?

Like "Hi, blalalalalalla" to example@something.com

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Network / Trouble receiving ints in classes from packets

« on: June 04, 2014, 03:45:17 pm »

Hi

So I have this problem that has been bugging me these past few days, i've searched a fair bit, but to no avail.

When I do this:

//sockets and packets already declared

sf::Vector2i playerPos;

socket.receive(packet);
if(packet >> playerPos.x >> playerPos.y)
{
      player.setPosition(playerPos);
}

 

I'll get an overload error saying that the compiler doesn't know how to cast int to char*, I've heard somewhat that I need to make it explicit(I don't know how/where).

Any help would be appreciated, if you need more code, do say so