I'm going to build a series of games, some of them support up to 4 players connected to a server (which is also a client, aka player), and some of them support only 2 players. Which communication route is the best approach for this particular problem? I've been searching and it seems Bluetooth on iPhone only supports P2P, and that alone is not supported in the first gen iPhone, but I've not been able to assert this correctly. Is it true? Thanks in advance.
Bluetooth vs WiFi - need advice
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As far as i know, you can use bonjour to connect up to 6(?) devices locally. It will use bluethooth or wifi.
Using the GK Peer Picker will allow you to connect just 2 devices, if you want to connect more, you will have to do it in some other way.
There are some good examples of both ways in apress' "beginning iPhone Games Development"
Posted 1 year ago # -
You can have more than two devices connected via bluetooth. Do note however that bluetooth is a bit quirky and you're bound to run into issues, especially cause the bluetooth range is incredibly small.
Have a look at apples Witap example, this will show you how to do both WiFi and bluetooth in one go.
Posted 1 year ago #
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