/// <summary>
/// Function to establish a connection between this client and the game server
/// that returns the status of the connection
/// </summary>
/// <param name="port">Server port</param>
/// <param name="statusMessage">Status message of the connection attempt</param>
/// <param name="address">Server address</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool ConnectClient(string address, Int32 port, out string statusMessage)
{
// Otherwise try to make the connection
try
{
// save the socket once the connection is made
ConnectionSocket = MakeConnection(address, port);
ConnectionSocket.GetStream();
}
catch (ArgumentNullException e)
{
statusMessage = "ArgumentNullException: {0}";
Console.WriteLine(statusMessage, e);
return(false);
}
catch (SocketException e)
{
statusMessage = "SocketException: {0}";
Console.WriteLine(statusMessage, e);
return(false);
}
catch
{
statusMessage = "Unable to connect to socket..";
Console.WriteLine(statusMessage);
return(false);
}
statusMessage = "Connected to server...";
return(true);
}
