void netconnect () {
// * Connect to Server
socket = Connect(server);
if (!socket) EXIT("Couldn't Connect");
string s = SocketGetString(socket);
if (!strcmp(s, "full")) {
Exit("SERVER IS FULL");
} else {
userid = s; // server provides userid
usernum = Val(right(userid, 1));
}

}

void netdata() {
// * Check Connection to Server
if (!SocketConnected(socket))
Exit("lost connection to server!!");
// * Recieve Exchange Data if Data Available
if (SocketHasData(socket)) {
exchange = SocketGetString(socket);
entity.x[client_player] = Val(GetToken(exchange, "|", 1));
entity.y[client_player] = Val(GetToken(exchange, "|", 2));
entity.specframe[client_player] = Val(GetToken(exchange, "|", 3));
}
}

void netsendpos() {
// * Send Exchange Data
exchange = str(usernum)+"|"+str(entity.x[current_player])+"|"+str(entity.y[current_player])+"|"+str(entity.frame[current_player]);
SocketSendString(socket,exchange);
}

void netsendevent(int eventid, string eventspec) {
// * Send non-positional event
exchange = str(usernum)+"|"+str(eventid)+"|"+eventspec;
SocketSendString(socket,exchange);
}

void nettimer() {
mytimer++;
netdata();
if (mytimer >= 10) {
mytimer = 0;
netsendpos();
}
}