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<h1>CreateNetPlayer (name$)</h1>
<h1>Parameters</h1>
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name$ = any valid string holding the player's name.
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<h1>Description</h1>
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Creates a new local player. This also causes a special message to be sent  to all remote machines (see NetMsgType). This returns  an integer player number to be used in sending/receiving messages. Note that  you must create at least one player before you can send and receive messages. 
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<h1><a href=../2d_examples/CreateNetPlayer.bb>Example</a></h1>
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; CreateNetPlayer example
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newGame = StartNetGame()
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; Check the status of the new game.
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If newGame = 0 Then
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Print "Could not start or join net game."
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End
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ElseIf newGame = 1
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Print "Successfully joined the network game"
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ElseIf newGame = 2
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Print "A new network game was started!"
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EndIf
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; Create a random player name
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name$="Player" + Rand(100)
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; Get a unique player id number for the player
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; and create the player
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playerID=CreateNetPlayer(name$)
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If playerID = 0 Then 
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Print "Player could not be created!"
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Else
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Print "Player " + name$ + " was created and given ID#" + playerID
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End If
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WaitKey()
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