In 1.7.2 Mojang switched to the netty system. How would I setup a channel? Thanks!

I too am interested in this. Guess it's time to study

 

http://netty.io/wiki/user-guide-for-4.x.html

My client side needs to periodically report which block each player is currently selecting, and which direction he's facing. In 1.6.4 I used a network mod channel. Now I am contemplating sending a packet through a netty channel.

 

I did the the time server tutorial, so I get the basics of netty now. What I'm wondering is how to discover the address of the server the game is connected to.

Im still learning netty as well, cpw seems to have a grasp on it. And he's written a nice layer on top of the MC protocol that'll let you pass custom information back and forth using standard netty procedures.

https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/95c12b6c20a456de7c24707388d4cb9cedc1cc44/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/network/ForgeNetworkHandler.java

It would be nice if someone wrote a comprehensive tutorial on the net system cuz god knows I suck at tutorials.

I will do that in the tutorials wiki section, but till then Ill try to make maybe my own network handler.

Im still learning netty as well, cpw seems to have a grasp on it. And he's written a nice layer on top of the MC protocol that'll let you pass custom information back and forth using standard netty procedures.

https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/95c12b6c20a456de7c24707388d4cb9cedc1cc44/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/network/ForgeNetworkHandler.java

It would be nice if someone wrote a comprehensive tutorial on the net system cuz god knows I suck at tutorials.

 

See my reply here:

 

http://www.minecraftforge.net/forum/index.php/topic,15403.msg78805.html#msg78805