diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.cpp b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35fc08964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,496 @@
+#include "PhysicsClientTCP.h"
+
+#include "ActiveSocket.h" 
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../Utils/b3Clock.h"
+#include "PhysicsClient.h"
+//#include "LinearMath/btVector3.h"
+#include "SharedMemoryCommands.h"
+#include <string>
+#include "Bullet3Common/b3Logging.h"
+#include "../MultiThreading/b3ThreadSupportInterface.h"
+void	TCPThreadFunc(void* userPtr, void* lsMemory);
+void*	TCPlsMemoryFunc();
+bool gVerboseNetworkMessagesClient2 = false;
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include "../MultiThreading/b3PosixThreadSupport.h"
+
+b3ThreadSupportInterface* createTCPThreadSupport(int numThreads)
+{
+	b3PosixThreadSupport::ThreadConstructionInfo constructionInfo("TCPThread",
+		TCPThreadFunc,
+		TCPlsMemoryFunc,
+		numThreads);
+	b3ThreadSupportInterface* threadSupport = new b3PosixThreadSupport(constructionInfo);
+
+	return threadSupport;
+
+}
+
+
+#elif defined( _WIN32)
+#include "../MultiThreading/b3Win32ThreadSupport.h"
+
+b3ThreadSupportInterface* createTCPThreadSupport(int numThreads)
+{
+	b3Win32ThreadSupport::Win32ThreadConstructionInfo threadConstructionInfo("TCPThread", TCPThreadFunc, TCPlsMemoryFunc, numThreads);
+	b3Win32ThreadSupport* threadSupport = new b3Win32ThreadSupport(threadConstructionInfo);
+	return threadSupport;
+
+}
+#endif
+
+
+
+struct TCPThreadLocalStorage
+{
+	int threadId;
+};
+
+
+
+unsigned int b3DeserializeInt2(const unsigned char* input)
+{
+	unsigned int tmp = (input[3] << 24) + (input[2] << 16) + (input[1] << 8) + input[0];
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+struct	TcpNetworkedInternalData
+{
+    /*
+	ENetHost*	m_client;
+	ENetAddress	m_address;
+	ENetPeer*	m_peer;
+	ENetEvent 	m_event;
+     */
+    CActiveSocket m_tcpSocket;
+    
+	bool		m_isConnected;
+
+	b3ThreadSupportInterface* m_threadSupport;
+
+	b3CriticalSection* m_cs;
+
+	TcpNetworkedInternalData* m_tcpInternalData;
+	
+
+	SharedMemoryCommand m_clientCmd;
+	bool m_hasCommand;
+
+	bool		m_hasStatus;
+	SharedMemoryStatus m_lastStatus;
+	b3AlignedObjectArray<char> m_stream;
+
+	std::string m_hostName;
+	int m_port;
+
+	TcpNetworkedInternalData()
+		:
+		m_isConnected(false),
+		m_threadSupport(0),
+		m_hasCommand(false),
+		m_hasStatus(false)
+	{
+
+	}
+
+	bool connectTCP()
+	{
+		if (m_isConnected)
+			return true;
+
+        m_tcpSocket.Initialize();
+        
+        m_isConnected = m_tcpSocket.Open(m_hostName.c_str(),m_port);
+
+        m_isConnected = true;
+		return m_isConnected;
+	}
+
+	bool checkData()
+	{
+		bool hasStatus = false;
+
+		//int serviceResult = enet_host_service(m_client, &m_event, 0);
+        int maxLen = 4 + sizeof(SharedMemoryStatus)+SHARED_MEMORY_MAX_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE;
+        
+        int recBytes = m_tcpSocket.Receive(maxLen);
+
+        if (gVerboseNetworkMessagesClient2)
+        {
+            printf("A packet of length %d bytes received\n", recBytes);
+        }
+        
+        unsigned char* data = (unsigned char*)m_tcpSocket.GetData();
+        
+        int packetSizeInBytes = b3DeserializeInt2(data);
+
+        if (packetSizeInBytes == recBytes)
+        {
+
+            SharedMemoryStatus* statPtr = (SharedMemoryStatus*)&data[4];
+            if (statPtr->m_type == CMD_STEP_FORWARD_SIMULATION_COMPLETED)
+            {
+                SharedMemoryStatus dummy;
+                dummy.m_type = CMD_STEP_FORWARD_SIMULATION_COMPLETED;
+                m_lastStatus = dummy;
+                m_stream.resize(0);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+
+                m_lastStatus = *statPtr;
+                int streamOffsetInBytes = 4 + sizeof(SharedMemoryStatus);
+                int numStreamBytes = packetSizeInBytes - streamOffsetInBytes;
+                m_stream.resize(numStreamBytes);
+                for (int i = 0; i < numStreamBytes; i++)
+                {
+                    m_stream[i] = data[i + streamOffsetInBytes];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            printf("unknown status message received\n");
+        }
+        
+		return hasStatus;
+	}
+
+};
+
+enum TCPThreadEnums
+{
+	eTCPRequestTerminate = 13,
+	eTCPIsUnInitialized,
+	eTCPIsInitialized,
+	eTCPInitializationFailed,
+	eTCPHasTerminated
+};
+
+
+
+enum TCPCommandEnums
+{
+	eTCPIdle = 13,
+	eTCP_ConnectRequest,
+	eTCP_Connected,
+	eTCP_ConnectionFailed,
+	eTCP_DisconnectRequest,
+	eTCP_Disconnected,
+
+};
+
+void	TCPThreadFunc(void* userPtr, void* lsMemory)
+{
+	printf("TCPThreadFunc thread started\n");
+
+	TcpNetworkedInternalData* args = (TcpNetworkedInternalData*)userPtr;
+//	int workLeft = true;
+	b3Clock clock;
+	clock.reset();
+	bool init = true;
+	if (init)
+	{
+
+		args->m_cs->lock();
+		args->m_cs->setSharedParam(0, eTCPIsInitialized);
+		args->m_cs->unlock();
+
+
+		double deltaTimeInSeconds = 0;
+
+		do
+		{
+			b3Clock::usleep(0);
+
+			deltaTimeInSeconds += double(clock.getTimeMicroseconds()) / 1000000.;
+
+			{
+			
+				clock.reset();
+				deltaTimeInSeconds = 0.f;
+				switch (args->m_cs->getSharedParam(1))
+				{
+					case eTCP_ConnectRequest:
+					{
+						bool connected = args->connectTCP();
+						if (connected)
+						{
+							args->m_cs->setSharedParam(1, eTCP_Connected);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							args->m_cs->setSharedParam(1, eTCP_ConnectionFailed);
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+					default:
+					{
+					}				
+				};
+
+				if (args->m_isConnected)
+				{
+
+					args->m_cs->lock();
+					bool hasCommand = args->m_hasCommand;
+					args->m_cs->unlock();
+
+
+					if (hasCommand)
+					{
+						int sz = 0;
+                        unsigned char* data = 0;
+                        
+
+						if (args->m_clientCmd.m_type == CMD_STEP_FORWARD_SIMULATION)
+						{
+							sz = sizeof(int);
+                            data = (unsigned char*) &args->m_clientCmd.m_type;
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							sz = sizeof(SharedMemoryCommand);
+                            data = (unsigned char*)&args->m_clientCmd;
+    					}
+						int res;
+						
+                        args->m_tcpSocket.Send((const uint8 *)data,sz);
+                        
+						args->m_cs->lock();
+						args->m_hasCommand = false;
+						args->m_cs->unlock();
+					}
+
+
+					bool hasNewStatus = args->checkData();
+					if (hasNewStatus)
+					{
+						if (args->m_hasStatus)
+						{
+							//overflow: last status hasn't been processed yet
+							b3Assert(0);
+							printf("Error: received new status but previous status not processed yet");
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							args->m_cs->lock();
+							args->m_hasStatus = hasNewStatus;
+							args->m_cs->unlock();
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+			}
+
+		} while (args->m_cs->getSharedParam(0) != eTCPRequestTerminate);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		args->m_cs->lock();
+		args->m_cs->setSharedParam(0, eTCPInitializationFailed);
+		args->m_cs->unlock();
+	}
+
+
+	printf("finished\n");
+
+}
+
+
+
+void*	TCPlsMemoryFunc()
+{
+	//don't create local store memory, just return 0
+	return new TCPThreadLocalStorage;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor(const char* hostName, int port)
+{
+	m_data = new TcpNetworkedInternalData;
+	if (hostName)
+	{
+		m_data->m_hostName = hostName;
+	}
+	m_data->m_port = port;
+
+}
+
+TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::~TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor()
+{
+	disconnect();
+	delete m_data;
+}
+
+bool TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::processCommand(const struct SharedMemoryCommand& clientCmd, struct SharedMemoryStatus& serverStatusOut, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes)
+{
+	if(gVerboseNetworkMessagesClient2)
+	{
+		printf("PhysicsClientTCP::processCommand\n");
+	}
+//	int sz = sizeof(SharedMemoryCommand);
+	int timeout = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+	m_data->m_cs->lock();
+	m_data->m_clientCmd = clientCmd;
+	m_data->m_hasCommand = true;
+	m_data->m_cs->unlock();
+
+	while (m_data->m_hasCommand &&  (timeout-- > 0))
+	{
+		b3Clock::usleep(0);
+	}
+
+#if 0
+
+	timeout = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+	bool hasStatus = false;
+
+	const SharedMemoryStatus* stat = 0;
+	while ((!hasStatus) && (timeout-- > 0))
+	{
+		hasStatus = receiveStatus(serverStatusOut, bufferServerToClient, bufferSizeInBytes);
+		b3Clock::usleep(100);
+	}
+	return hasStatus;
+
+#endif
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::receiveStatus(struct SharedMemoryStatus& serverStatusOut, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes)
+{
+	bool hasStatus = false;
+	if (m_data->m_hasStatus)
+	{
+		if (gVerboseNetworkMessagesClient2)
+		{
+			printf("TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::receiveStatus\n");
+		}
+
+		hasStatus = true;
+		serverStatusOut = m_data->m_lastStatus;
+		int numStreamBytes = m_data->m_stream.size();
+
+		if (numStreamBytes < bufferSizeInBytes)
+		{
+			for (int i = 0; i < numStreamBytes; i++)
+			{
+				bufferServerToClient[i] = m_data->m_stream[i];
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			printf("Error: steam buffer overflow\n");
+		}
+
+		m_data->m_cs->lock();
+		m_data->m_hasStatus = false;
+		m_data->m_cs->unlock();
+	}
+
+	
+	return hasStatus;
+
+}
+
+
+void TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::renderScene()
+{
+}
+
+void   TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::physicsDebugDraw(int debugDrawFlags)
+{
+}
+
+void TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::setGuiHelper(struct GUIHelperInterface* guiHelper)
+{
+}
+
+bool TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::isConnected() const
+{
+	return m_data->m_isConnected;
+}
+
+
+bool TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::connect()
+{
+	if (m_data->m_threadSupport==0)
+	{
+		m_data->m_threadSupport = createTCPThreadSupport(1);
+	
+		m_data->m_cs = m_data->m_threadSupport->createCriticalSection();
+		m_data->m_cs->setSharedParam(0, eTCPIsUnInitialized);
+		m_data->m_threadSupport->runTask(B3_THREAD_SCHEDULE_TASK, (void*) m_data, 0);
+
+		while (m_data->m_cs->getSharedParam(0) == eTCPIsUnInitialized)
+		{
+			b3Clock::usleep(1000);
+		}
+
+		m_data->m_cs->lock();
+		m_data->m_cs->setSharedParam(1, eTCP_ConnectRequest);
+		m_data->m_cs->unlock();
+
+		while (m_data->m_cs->getSharedParam(1) == eTCP_ConnectRequest)
+		{
+			b3Clock::usleep(1000);
+		}
+
+	}
+	unsigned int sharedParam = m_data->m_cs->getSharedParam(1);
+	bool isConnected = (sharedParam == eTCP_Connected);
+	return isConnected;
+}
+
+void TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor::disconnect()
+{
+	if (m_data->m_threadSupport)
+	{
+		m_data->m_cs->lock();
+		m_data->m_cs->setSharedParam(0, eTCPRequestTerminate);
+		m_data->m_cs->unlock();
+
+		int numActiveThreads = 1;
+
+		while (numActiveThreads)
+		{
+			int arg0, arg1;
+			if (m_data->m_threadSupport->isTaskCompleted(&arg0, &arg1, 0))
+			{
+				numActiveThreads--;
+				printf("numActiveThreads = %d\n", numActiveThreads);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				b3Clock::usleep(1000);
+			}
+		};
+
+		printf("stopping threads\n");
+
+		delete m_data->m_threadSupport;
+		m_data->m_threadSupport = 0;
+		m_data->m_isConnected = false;
+	}
+
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.h b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26dd45b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#ifndef PHYSICS_CLIENT_TCP_H
+#define PHYSICS_CLIENT_TCP_H
+
+#include "PhysicsDirect.h"
+#include "PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.h"
+
+class TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor : public PhysicsCommandProcessorInterface
+{
+
+	struct TcpNetworkedInternalData* m_data;
+
+public:
+	TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor(const char* hostName, int port);
+
+	virtual ~TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor();
+
+	virtual bool connect();
+
+	virtual void disconnect();
+
+	virtual bool isConnected() const;
+	
+	virtual bool processCommand(const struct SharedMemoryCommand& clientCmd, struct SharedMemoryStatus& serverStatusOut, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes);
+
+	virtual bool receiveStatus(struct SharedMemoryStatus& serverStatusOut, char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes);
+
+	virtual void renderScene();
+
+	virtual void   physicsDebugDraw(int debugDrawFlags);
+
+	virtual void setGuiHelper(struct GUIHelperInterface* guiHelper);
+
+};
+
+
+#endif //PHYSICS_CLIENT_TCP_H
+
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.cpp b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e333b967a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+#include "PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h"
+#include "PhysicsClientTCP.h"
+#include "PhysicsDirect.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+b3PhysicsClientHandle b3ConnectPhysicsTCP(const char* hostName, int port)
+{
+
+	TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor* tcp = new TcpNetworkedPhysicsProcessor(hostName, port);
+
+	PhysicsDirect* direct = new PhysicsDirect(tcp, true);
+
+	bool connected;
+	connected = direct->connect();
+	if (connected)
+	{
+		printf("b3ConnectPhysicsTCP connected successfully.\n");
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		printf("b3ConnectPhysicsTCP connection failed.\n");
+
+	}
+	return (b3PhysicsClientHandle)direct;
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee180377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef PHYSICS_CLIENT_TCP_C_API_H
+#define PHYSICS_CLIENT_TCP_C_API_H
+
+#include "PhysicsClientC_API.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+	///send physics commands using TCP networking
+	b3PhysicsClientHandle b3ConnectPhysicsTCP(const char* hostName, int port);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif //PHYSICS_CLIENT_TCP_C_API_H
diff --git a/examples/pybullet/premake4.lua b/examples/pybullet/premake4.lua
index a47016c8b..d424ef209 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/premake4.lua
+++ b/examples/pybullet/premake4.lua
@@ -59,6 +59,32 @@ if not _OPTIONS["no-enet"] then
 		defines {"BT_ENABLE_ENET"}
 	end
 
+	if not _OPTIONS["no-clsocket"] then
+
+                includedirs {"../../examples/ThirdPartyLibs/clsocket/src"}
+
+		 if os.is("Windows") then
+                	defines { "WIN32" }
+                	links {"Ws2_32","Winmm"}
+       		 end
+        	if os.is("Linux") then
+                	defines {"_LINUX"}
+        	end
+        	if os.is("MacOSX") then
+                	defines {"_DARWIN"}
+        	end
+
+                links {"clsocket"}
+
+                files {
+                        "../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.cpp",
+                        "../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.h",
+                        "../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.cpp",
+                        "../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h",
+                }
+                defines {"BT_ENABLE_CLSOCKET"}
+        end
+
 
 		files {
 			"pybullet.c",
diff --git a/test/SharedMemory/premake4.lua b/test/SharedMemory/premake4.lua
index b886a9650..cfe86780e 100644
--- a/test/SharedMemory/premake4.lua
+++ b/test/SharedMemory/premake4.lua
@@ -80,6 +80,68 @@ project ("Test_PhysicsClientUDP")
 									"../../examples/MultiThreading/b3ThreadSupportInterface.cpp",
             }
 
+
+project ("Test_PhysicsClientTCP")
+
+                language "C++"
+                kind "ConsoleApp"
+
+                includedirs {
+                "../../src", 
+                "../../examples",
+                "../../examples/ThirdPartyLibs/clsocket/src"
+                }
+                links {
+												"clsocket",
+                        "BulletFileLoader",
+                        "Bullet3Common",
+                        "LinearMath"
+                }
+		if os.is("Windows") then
+                	defines { "WIN32" }
+        	        links {"Ws2_32","Winmm"}
+	        end
+
+		if os.is("Windows") then
+                	defines { "WIN32","_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS" }
+                	end
+                if os.is("Linux") then
+                 defines {"_LINUX"}
+                end
+                if os.is("MacOSX") then
+                 defines {"_DARWIN"}
+                end
+
+                defines {"PHYSICS_TCP"}
+
+                files {
+									"test.c",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClient.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClient.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientSharedMemory.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientSharedMemory.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientSharedMemory_C_API.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientSharedMemory_C_API.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientSharedMemory_C_API.h",	
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsClientC_API.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/Win32SharedMemory.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/Win32SharedMemory.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PosixSharedMemory.cpp",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PosixSharedMemory.h",
+									"../../examples/Utils/b3ResourcePath.cpp",
+									"../../examples/Utils/b3ResourcePath.h",
+									"../../examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsDirect.cpp",
+									"../../examples/Utils/b3Clock.cpp",
+									"../../examples/MultiThreading/b3PosixThreadSupport.cpp",
+									"../../examples/MultiThreading/b3Win32ThreadSupport.cpp",
+									"../../examples/MultiThreading/b3ThreadSupportInterface.cpp",
+            }
+
 		
 project ("Test_PhysicsServerLoopBack")
 
diff --git a/test/SharedMemory/test.c b/test/SharedMemory/test.c
index 211daf0df..e475a4705 100644
--- a/test/SharedMemory/test.c
+++ b/test/SharedMemory/test.c
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #include "SharedMemory/PhysicsClientUDP_C_API.h"
 #endif//PHYSICS_UDP
 
+#ifdef PHYSICS_TCP
+#include "SharedMemory/PhysicsClientTCP_C_API.h"
+#endif//PHYSICS_TCP
+
 #ifdef PHYSICS_LOOP_BACK
 #include "SharedMemory/PhysicsLoopBackC_API.h"
 #endif //PHYSICS_LOOP_BACK
@@ -345,6 +349,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         b3PhysicsClientHandle sm = b3ConnectPhysicsUDP("localhost",1234);
 #endif //PHYSICS_UDP
 
+#ifdef PHYSICS_TCP
+        b3PhysicsClientHandle sm = b3ConnectPhysicsTCP("localhost",6667);
+#endif //PHYSICS_UDP
+
 	testSharedMemory(sm);
 }
 #endif