Packet handler

[Mightydanp]

Is there anyone willing to teach me or give me a link to something that i can use to teach me how to make server and client packets. i have a custom inventory that i want to try to get to work again and the help would be appreciated.

[Choonster]

Forge's documentation has a section on networking here. This includes the Simple Network Implementation, which you should use to send your packets.

[Mightydanp]

Thanks that helped alot. it doesnt tell me one thing is how do i make  a packet that opens a gui. It gives me that basics but it doesnt give me the full story.

[Choonster]

Send a packet to the appropriate side with the necessary information and then open a GUI from your packet handler.

 

Are you sure you need to send a packet? What type of GUI is this and where are you opening it from?

[Mightydanp]

its a inventory gui. where it loads the players inventory

[Choonster]

Where are you trying to open it from?

 

If it's on the server (e.g. when the player right clicks a block/item), just call

EntityPlayer#openGUI

directly and FML will send a packet to the client telling it to open the same GUI.

 

If it's on the client (e.g. when the player presses a key), send a packet to the server and then call

EntityPlayer#openGUI

in the handler.

[Ernio]

Some stuff (1st point in this case, maybe others) if you didn't already catch it: http://www.minecraftforge.net/forum/index.php/topic,39341.msg207122.html#msg207122