Lacewing: scanning for existing channels?

[Jeod]

Lacewing does not have a "create channel" feature. Therefore, in my lobby, when I type in a game name and click "Host" when that channel already exists, I simply join the existing channel instead of making my own game. I use a list object to display a list of channels relevant to my game, so I know I can solve this problem. I just don't know which events or equations to use!

>Slightly related, even if my game name is different and I have two instances of the application open, I will still join the same channel my other instance is in even though I clicked Host with a different game name. Why is this? Can I somehow check to see if my IP address is already connected to a server before deciding to allow or deny a connection? Can I tick an option to only allow one instance of my game to be open at a time?

[RickyRombo]

FindString("channelList", edittext$("channelName"), 0) == -1

FindString searches the list (first param) for the text (second param) using a flag (third param) and returns the line number. If it doesn't find it, it returns -1. Just use compare two general values.

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[Jeod]

Ricky, it doesn't redirect. Click that link yourself and you'll see. Unless of course you want to move the wordpress blog directly to index. Thanks for that equation, I'll give it a shot!

[RickyRombo]

Unless of course you want to move the wordpress blog directly to index.

That would make sense, wouldn't it? Of course, you could just have the .htaccess or the index php itself just redirect to that page.

[Jeod]

Tested your list search fix and it works! Thank you Now there's one last thing:

>Slightly related, even if my game name is different and I have two instances of the application open, I will still join the same channel my other instance is in even though I clicked Host with a different game name. Why is this? Can I somehow check to see if my IP address is already connected to a server before deciding to allow or deny a connection? Can I tick an option to only allow one instance of my game to be open at a time?

[RickyRombo]

You could use an instance communicator object.

To be honest, the best way of "hosting" and "joining" (being able to choose to create or join a channel) is to have a custom server. But this should also work as long as the list is constantly updated.