TCP stream hangs?

Hello,

I am opening a stream to a tcp address/port, this way :

box_socket = CreateTCPSocket()
box_TCP=CreateSocketStream(box_socket)
ConnectSocket(box_socket,HostIp("192.168.1.77"),777)

Then I writebyte to it each frame, sharing the state of my app with the remote box... but whenever I reach approx. 8000 bytes written to it, bmax is throwing a "error writing to stream". The only way to avoid it is to recreate the stream from zero (freeing it before off course).

Should I create the stream each frame and close it after having writen to it?

All I want is a simple way of sending TCP messages to a remote LAN box.

Thanks for your help.

I had a similar problem with Blitz3D, the way i fixed it was indeed opening and closing the stream every time i wanted to send information.
I would suggest not sending data every frame tho, you will still experience some lag because of the cued packets...
Insted try sending ever second, this is how i created an internet and lan playable racing game...
Hope that helps.

Ian

Does it happen if define box_socket as TSocket and box_TCP as TSocketstream?
I used the code here for 21mb files (it doesn't use writebyte but is a lot quicker).

Hello, thanks for the suggestions

Icecap: my app is running at 20 fps, and I need this speed, which should not be a problem since it consumes far less bandwidth than available on a lan. I tried with opening/closing the stream but this doesn't seem to make any difference.

tonyg: box_socket is defined as a tsocket and box_TCP as a tstream (as globals) before the actual initialisation.

And adding, that this doesn't happen with blitz3D version of the same app, so network and receiving box are not part of the problem ...

... and my code from that link didn't work either?

It didn't work either ... but I found that enabling the windows xp firewall solved the problem.