Advanced Topics in DirectPlay

This section of the Microsoft?DirectPlay?documentation is designed to show you how to use the DirectPlay application programming interface (API) to implement important aspects of multiplayer applications.

Overviews

• DirectPlay Addressing
• DirectPlay Callback Functions and Multithreading Issues
• DirectPlay Protocol
• DP8Sim Utility
• Monitoring DirectPlay Network Traffic with Netmon
• Network Address Translation, Firewalls, and Proxies
• Optimizing Network Usage
• Packet Signing
• Testing Network Performance
• Using Player Context Values
• Using the DirectPlay DPNSVR Application