Networking in Flash

I can’t seem to find any tutorials on making online games in Flash. Does anybody know of a good one, or can anybody who’s made one give me some pointers? I’ve made an online game in Java, but I don’t really know where to start in Flash. Thankies.

usually you need to get a side server, and use xml in flash to do it

Look up SmartFox Server, they have software to set up a server and plenty of documentation. I’ve never used it, personally, but it’s very popular and I assume there’s a good reason for that.

I’m working on a realtime MP game, and I’ve been using MMOcha (mmocha.net), and it’s got some nice ping times. That’s made specifically for realtime stuff (IE StickArena etc), so if you’re not needing the extra speed, I’d probably go with SmartFox just because of all the extra documentation. It would probably help you grasp everything a little quicker.

Aha, thank you. This looks like a pretty good utility. I don’t think I’ll be needing the speed, so SmartFox should do me fine. Much obliged.