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Is there a tutorial of template for creating a multiplayer game in live code? I'm considering creating a multiplayer game and am wondering what I'm getting into. The game would need fast response, as players would be competing against each other for the correct response.
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Thanks, folks! I hadn't known I needed to use "the long name of mystack"
That should make it much more straightforward and I don't risk getting un-needed messages passed around.

I am storing component stacks and libraries in external stacks. I'm wondering what the best way to get these available? The code I use is below. The problem is that when I do the open command, then the stack is the default one and I have to then return to the calling stack. This works fine, but ther...

Thank you for the info. It has been very helpful and I can go forward with confidence that I won't hit any blind alleys. The more I get into livecode, the more impressed I am with not only the scope of what's built in, but the documents, tutorials, and user community.
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Thanks, I hadn't thought of the updating issue. In my Director application, I launched an updater app to download updates to my main app, so it was completely separate. Is there the same advantage to having parts of my main project in separate files? I think of a main window that loads apps and dele...

I'm organizing my library stacks for what will be a large, evolving project. I'm new to livecode, but have had lots of experience with other authoring software and am keenly aware that I may make organization decisions that prove to be cumbersome later. I've pondered two ways of organizing my projec...

I just had a session with this, getting it to work. The problem I was having was when I tried to load a stack using the "open" command, I didn't realize that it required that I put the .livecode extension on the stack name. It would be nice if the docs had an example that showed that it required the...

Richard: Problem solved.
I was using the message box to invoke the handler. It works when I invoke it on the card that holds the app.

I have a project that is going to get large. I want to have library stacks where I can put my code for general use by my project. How do I set up a stack that sits in the message path of all of my project stacks where I don't have to use "send" to invoke every handler that I want to call? A substack...

I see posts by Colin and others on image modification and I'll check them out. It would be very nice if LC had basic image commands, like copypixels, draw, etc.

I have an application that will require writing thousands of small symbols on an image. I don't see a copypixels function. What is the best way to approach this? Is the image editing example in the ebook the only option? My image is quite large.

Thanks for any guidance.

Richard: Thanks! I just now, within seconds of your posting, found this out by searching the forum and docs. Thanks!

What is the best way to organize a fairly large project that needs to run on mobile and desktop? I want to have a library of handlers that I use often. I'd like to be able to use this library on any project I build. What is the best way to do this? In director, this is accomplished with external cas...

I am building a project that will work on mobile and desktop. I want to have a place to put a script library that can be called from anywhere. How should I organize this? If I put my script library in a separate stack, is there a command that will insert a second stack into the message hierarchy? Or...

I read in one of the tutorials where there was a command to convert a list to a string and then back from a string to a list. I can't find that command. Anybody know what it is?

Thanks.