nonblocking sockets

[Soul]

Hey, i should use nonblocking sockets in my game to make her real-time, and my question, can i use selectors to make server multiclient? or better way is multithread with nonblocking sockets?

[Nexus]

FAQ - Should I use blocking or non-blocking sockets? And how do selectors work?

[Soul]

okey, thanks for help, but atm i don't know how to use non-blocking sockets, with selector? or what..., i'm nerd in network programing, i make only simple ircbot and multichat with blockingsockets, but i don't want use threads in my game : D

[Ninjaboi]

okey, thanks for help, but atm i don't know how to use non-blocking sockets

Sockets are set to block by default and have the function setBlocking() which allows you to toggle blocking.

sf::Socket socket;
socket.setBlocking(false);

Now instead of the socket waiting for when the action can and is performed, it will just return immediately thus preventing your thread from being halted. Check the detailed description of sf::Socket for a better explanation of blocking to non-blocking.