Crowd Control SimpleTCP

Crowd Control Simple TCP is one of several methods available for pack developers connect games to Crowd Control. It uses a JSON-based protocol and allows games to act as a TCP client, TCP server, websocket client, or websocket server.

Connection Methods

The Simple TCP connector system allows for game clients to connect via one of multiple methods.

TCP Client

Crowd Control acts as a raw TCP client with the game acting as a listening server. Messages are encoded as null terminated UTF-8 strings.

TCP Server

Crowd Control acts as a raw TCP listening server with the game acting as a connecting client. Messages are encoded as null terminated UTF-8 strings.

Websocket Client

Crowd Control acts as a websocket client with the game acting as a listening server. Messages are encoded per the websocket standard (UTF-8 with websocket framing).

Websocket Server

Crowd Control acts as a websocket listening server with the game acting as a connecting client. Messages are encoded per the websocket standard (UTF-8 with websocket framing).