How to encode message type in lidgren.network.dll

Question

I know how to communicate between clients and server and how to send messages. But that's not enough.
I need to somehow include another string in SendMessage() method that specifies what kind of data it is.
Is it a basic message or is It a new connection or is it like some kind of request.

Depends on the type the event in the other end will act differently.
Help me out guys.

Answer 1

Recommendation (not an answer unfortunately), you could try asking the question here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lidgren-network-gen3

Which appears to be the official Lidgren help page.

Answer 2

You may do something like this:

// Client portion
client.SendMessage(
message + ":float");

//Server portion
... {
var fullMsg = server.ReceiveMessage();

var realMsg = fullMsg.Split(':')[0];
var msgType = fullMsg.Split(':')[1];

switch (msgType)
{
case "string" :
StringType?.Invoke(realMsg);
break;

case "float" :
FloatType?.Invoke(realMsg);
break;

default :
throw new Exception (
"Wrong data type);
}
} ...

This is just a guessing of what you're trying to do, hope it helps.

Answer 3

I just re-read what you wrote and changed the answer accordingly, putting the events instead of the previous return statements