<function name="WriteData" parent="net" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Writes a chunk of binary data to the message.</description> <realm>Shared</realm> <args> <arg name="binaryData" type="string">The binary data to be sent.</arg> <arg name="length" type="number" default="#binaryData">The length of the binary data to be sent, in bytes.</arg> </args> </function> ⤶ ⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Sends a message to the server without using WriteString</description>⤶ <code>⤶ -- Client⤶ local message = "This is a cool message"⤶ local compressed_message = util.Compress( message )⤶ local bytes_amount = #compressed_message⤶ ⤶ net.Start( "SendMessage" )⤶ net.WriteUInt( bytes_amount, 16 ) -- Writes the amount of bytes we have. Needed to read the data⤶ net.WriteData( compressed_message, bytes_amount ) -- Writes the datas⤶ net.SendToServer()⤶ ⤶ -- Server⤶ util.AddNetworkString("SendMessage")⤶ ⤶ net.Receive("SendMessage", function( len,ply )⤶ ⤶ local bytes_amount = net.ReadUInt( 16 ) -- Gets back the amount of bytes our data has⤶ local compressed_message = net.ReadData( bytes_amount ) -- Gets back our compressed message⤶ local message = util.Decompress( compressed_message ) -- Decompresses our message⤶ ⤶ print( message )⤶ ⤶ end)⤶ </code>⤶ <output>"This is a cool message"</output>⤶ </example>