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Explore Stack InternalI have written a game that users will download. When the game is started, I want it to automatically connect to the matchmaking server. Does that mean that, somewhere in the source code for the game, I should have something like
url = "www.mygame.com/whatever" port = somenumber Are there other options to connect to a server? Do all programs that connect to an external server (i.e., outside of the local network) work this wayover the internet use a hard-coded url and port number?
I have written a game that users will download. When the game is started, I want it to automatically connect to the matchmaking server. Does that mean that, somewhere in the source code for the game, I should have something like
url = "www.mygame.com/whatever" port = somenumber Are there other options to connect to a server? Do all programs that connect to an external server (i.e., outside of the local network) work this way?
I have written a game that users will download. When the game is started, I want it to automatically connect to the matchmaking server. Does that mean that, somewhere in the source code for the game, I should have something like
url = "www.mygame.com/whatever" port = somenumber Are there other options to connect to a server? Do all programs that connect to an external server (i.e., outside of the local network) over the internet use a hard-coded url and port number?
I have written a game that users will download. When the game is started, I want it to automatically connect to the matchmaking server. Does that mean that, somewhere in the source code for the game, I should have something like
url = "www.mygame.com/whatever" port = somenumber Are there other options to connect to a server? Do all programs that connect to an external server (i.e., outside of the local network) work this way?