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Did you want to do this purely using script (Lua)?

Have a read of the how to send network messages page, this shows some C# code (for plugins) showing how to structure messages and send/receive.

Scripting is similar except you listen to the NetworkCustomMessage trigger, ie:

<IMML Author="craigomatic" Camera="Camera" xmlns="http://schemas.vastpark.com/2007/imml/">
  <Camera Name="Camera" Position="0,0,-5" />

  <Trigger Event="NetworkCustomMessage" Target="OnMessageReceived" />

  <Script Name="OnMessageReceived">
    function main(obj, args)

      --args.data contains the networkmessage object
      m = args.data

      --use m.id to work out which message it is
      m:readint()      
      m:readstring(3)

      --etc

    end
  </Script>

  <Script Name="SendMessage">
    function main(obj, args)
      nm = networkmessage()
      nm.id = 10001 --can be any integer
      nm:writeint(3)
      nm:writestring('abc')

      --broadcast sends to everyone
      --scene.network:broadcast(nm)

      --send to a specific client 
      --scene.network:send(nm, clientId)

      --send a message directly to the host (server imml)
      scene.network:send(nm)
    end
  </Script>
</IMML>

The VastScript API PDF has some info worth reading also.

Let us know if you need more info :)

thanks Craig, I will go through this and get back to you for more help

Regards