Quick question: is there possibility to do UDP datagram sockets in Flash/ActionScript?
Quick question: is there possibility to do UDP datagram sockets in Flash/ActionScript?
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Quick question: is there possibility to do UDP datagram sockets in Flash/ActionScript?
At the time of writing, the answer was no.
Both BinarySocket and Xml Socket is TCP/IP based. As SpliFF mentions UDP is being added in Flash 10 mainly for Flash Media Server tools and for RTMFP. Adobe Stratus is an example of the protocol so far. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/stratus/
However current UDP samples from Adobe are all Peer-to-Peer based. UDP has benefits in P2P but more so in larger scale multiuser or DVEs (Distributed Virtual Environments) so hopefully it is focus going forward.
If you want UDP for a game Unity3D currently supports UDP in the web player. Or jMonkeyEngine using Java supports it. Also Torque 3D web based coming soon may also support it.
However, the answer has since changed to a yes; to see how this is now possible, see ericsoco’s answer on how to use
DatagramSocketto achieve this.