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Title: Send email from within a game?
Post by: on Wed 11/05/2005 06:32:45
I would like to make a play by email game, the game it self is a simple board game which I'm sure this engine could handle. But I would real like to be able to send an email from within the game prefrable without having to use the players Outlook/Email App.

I have searched the forms & manual but can't find any reference to this type of thing, is it possiable?

Thanks for your time.
Title: Re: Send email from within a game?
Post by: Gilbert on Wed 11/05/2005 06:46:00
Not possible unless you use a plugin.
There may be a small chance that you can archive this via the TCP/IP plugin (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=4343.0), but even if it can do that it's probable that you need to do some hard scriptings.
Title: Re: Send email from within a game?
Post by: Ishmael on Wed 11/05/2005 09:16:54
If you have a server, you can have the TCP/IP plugin contact it, and have it send the email...
Title: Re: Send email from within a game?
Post by: Pumaman on Wed 11/05/2005 19:05:57
Yeah, while it's theoretically possible to do with a plugin, it's not a trivial task.
Title: Re: Send email from within a game?
Post by: on Thu 12/05/2005 06:33:12
Thanks for your answers, If I can't make an SMTP engine :) I thought about using their ISP's SMTP server to send the mail, they would add the address in as part of the game configuration.