Any Good Multiplayer Tutorials?

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Hi, I was wondering if there were any good, free multiplayer tutorials out there.

Now I know that this question has been asked before, but I’m going to be specific about what I’m looking for in this tutorial(s)

The multiplayer game I want to design is a game where you have to download it on mediafire or on another website. Then after you have downloaded it you may play multiplayer. I don’t want it to be on a website, I want it to be a game you have to download and THEN you can play multiplayer.

Are there any good MMORPG tutorials that has something like what I’m looking for out there?

If there are, please answer! I would much appreciate it.

Note: I may not be starting a full MMORPG right now, just for future reference I would like to know some good tutorials.

Do you want it to be a game where the server is build in Unity and all players have to attach to it via direct network connection or do you want to utilize some kind of a server system like PlayerIO.com?

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I'd like the server to be built into Unity. At least that is what I hope I want, for I do not yet know the result.

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When publishing your game you will have the option to make it an application which is something one would have to download.

As far as multiplayer goes your being a little ambitious by saying you want to make an MMORPG. You should set smaller goals leading up to that like people in a room sending chat messages.

My advice would be to just read as much as you can about multiplayer networking. Some good tutorials are the
Gamer To Game Developer series: GTGD S1.1 The Beginning - Unity Multiplayer Tutorial - YouTube

I would even further recommend making some small single player games in Unity to get the hang of it before you try to make any sort of multiplayer game. It will make the process much smoother.

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In that case this is one of my favorite tutorials:

http://cgcookie.com/unity/2011/12/20/introduction-to-networking-in-unity/

Thanks! I did already look at this tutorial and I liked it so far, but I was confused about one thing. With the MasterServer, is that online or is it a server built into unity so when you download the game that is the only way you can play multiplayer on that game? If this is confusing, just tell me.

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