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How can I use websockets in a Unity WebGL project?
As the documentation says, The Unity scripting API does not expose direct WebSocket access itself. But you can access the native web browser API by calling JavaScript from Unity C# scripts.
Create a ...
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How to store and retrieve user data in a multiplayer game
Unity does not include a server side persistence solution out of the box. As far as I can tell the only storage solution Unity includes is PlayerPerfs, but that is client side.
However that does not ...
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Difference between [P2P] Relay Servers and Dedicated Game Servers?
In the peer-to-peer client-server model, the server software runs on the machine of a player who is also taking part in the game. The server software and the game client are usually integrated in the ...
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How can I secure my data in Unity?
What is in clients hand is by definition not secret anymore. Regardless what you do, if they are dedicated enough they can get the information that is located inside the client.
Instead why not let ...
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Why nobody creates shared world games?
Yes there are games, and yes there are problems.
Listen, light has a set speed. Even if the connection were at light speed all the way from client to server (which probably it isn't), it takes time ...
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Is this enough calculation on server-side to be secure?
Is wrong. Changing states of objects is trusting the client. Depending on what that object does, nothing would prevent the client from keeping it alive or setting it dead. The question does not state ...
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Unity Network Flip sprite renderer
[ClientRpc] functions are only called from the host.
For the Client to send to the Host, you need a [Command] function, or serialize a variable.
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Random Disconnects on UNET
you can try changing delay value in Network Manager from 0.01 to any higher value. 0.9 worked normally for me.
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How to give and remove authority of an object between multiple clients (Or how to let the client controller push a rigidbody)
And so here's the script I used to solve this problem. However, if both client and host are sending commands through the object, you'll have a problem when the client has authority. I'll try to solve ...
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Unity Networked gaming 2019... What happened to NetworkBehaviour, OnServerStart() etc
As of right now, there is no production ready replacement for UNET. UNET is currently deprecated. UNET has four main components, HLAPI, LLAPI, relay server, and legacy matchmaking. The HLAPI will be ...
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Prevent multiple input packets to authoritative server
Have clients stamp their input packets with the index of the 30 Hz input window to which they correspond.
On the server, keep a bitmask of windows for which you've received input from each client. You ...
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Synvar not syncing when Instantiating gameObject
I found a workaround using netIds. I think the problem was that when I tried to sync the gameobject, it wasn't spawned yet on the client, so it was null.
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Enter in a match that is already started
First and foremost no, you may not add players to an already started game with lobbies because they were designed to host short term games with a set number of players. Because of the rigid structur ...
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Getting ip address of connected network
You cannot simply get the server's IP from the client. There is no way to do that without using some kind of service discovery system.
That is why we have server browsers in most games. They provides ...
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problem using OnStartServer() for unity multiplayer networked game
OK well I found a workaround style solution. I also came across some info here https://forum.unity.com/threads/when-awake-will-be-call-for-game-object-with-networkidentity.441678/ , which states ...
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Unity UNET, problems spawning and then destroying that instantiated prefab
On UNET, when you Instantiate and Destroy Objects (or deactivate, if such the case), you must make use of Spawn and Unspawn respectively, so those objects appear / dissapear on the other clients.
You ...
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Weapon Switching - Unity 3d
I think the probles is that you are not calling the server after you change the Weapon's index, after you change the index, you must deactivate all weapon childs and just activate the one in the index,...
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How to release a new level without having to publish a new version
When your levels are defined in sourcecode, then you can't add more levels without releasing a new version of the complete game build. So instead of hardcoding your level setups, move the layout of ...
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When creating a game, what are some architectural desgin concepts I can use to be able to port my game from single to multiplayer?
Depends on the size of the project.
For small projects like the ones described in the question, it's not worth the effort. Constantly worrying about large but possibly non-existent problems can slow ...
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Unity/UNet without a lobby: How do you get an ordered list of participants (network players)?
as long as you are inheriting a network behavior you can run a check if (isLocalPlayer) add to list. Or you can override the ...
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Using unity app how to read the asset in android SDCard?
To solve this problem I created pre-compilation script which will run before the compilation; this script will list the names of the files you want to access later in text file
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Why is the ownership fixed when synching objects?
I can't say why the ownership is fixed.
But that being the case I'd suggest making two cue balls, one owned by each client.
Only make one visible at a time based on whose turn it is. Then after ...
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Send Rate is zero but server movement is still happening
It looks like this API is set up so that a send rate of 0 means "on demand".
If you're continually moving an object that's been set to, say, 10 network updates per second, those transform ...
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Unity - DontDestroyOnLoad - FindObjectsOfType(GetType()).Length is always returning 1
Try this. It compares time alive on different instances of the class, ensuring that your first instance will be the one that survives.
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How do I use Unity's OnPlayerConnected method?
OnPlayerConnected() and OnPlayerDisconnected() are part of the old networking API and not UNET what is currently being used. In ...
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How do I use Unity's TargetRPC calls? Trying to send data from the server to a client
It is probably an issue of timing. The error message is telling you that the object to which the TargetRpcTest script is attached exists on the server, but not on ...
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How do I use Unity's TargetRPC calls? Trying to send data from the server to a client
Based on this code i'm assuming that you want the data to be sent from player to player?
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Creating a master server for Unity game (Unity 2017)
Reality check.The Unity CCU deal is fine for novice developers. Assuming your game will be the next blockbuster game is going to be disappointing. Spending 100's/1000s of hours setting up a cutting ...
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Creating a master server for Unity game (Unity 2017)
You can have as many users as you would like and scale as you grow using unity multi player services as seen here UnityMultiplayer
Unity offers a free amount of Concurrent users (CCU) for each ...
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