Can't connect with WebSockets = true?

[Vallar]

Hi everyone,

Recently I decided to switch the project I am working on to use WebGL instead of having a client to download. So I switched the WebSockets variable under Network Info in the vanilla NetworkManager.

Unfortunately when I try to do so, the client never connects even if the timeouts have changed to larger values. I tried with 5.6.0f3, 2017.1.1f3 and 2017.1.2p3. I recall this worked fine in 5.6.3

Has anyone come across this or knows a work around to make it work?

[Vallar]

Still looking for a solution or if this is a bug somehow (already submitted a report but didn’t hear back from Unity).

[Vallar]

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Not really sure whats happening on you end, but I am using webgl and websockets without any problems.

Here is a code breakdown of what I am using, scroll down to my post with the code…
NetworkManagerHUD source

I don’t know why the forums attached the png file below, lol.

From what I can see you are just calling StartServer after supplying a port number. So basically it is like using the default Network Manager which I am doing.

Is this in 2017.1?

[Vallar]

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I am using 2017.2.
Is your client running WebGL inside a browser? That would be the only way for a client to connect to a server listening on websocket.
Are you running the client on a local webserver?
Is the host on the same machine?

I couldn’t connect from my webserver webpage client to my local server due to my router which I cannot do any port forwarding.

Try to use some debug logs, console logs or print to screen to see where it breaks.

Make sure you tick the don’t destroy on load and run in background on your network manager, or include the statements that do the same thing in your code.

After a long discussion over a different thread in the forum I learned that when WebSocket gets activated you can’t connect over any exported game except WebGL. So either build the game for WebGL or other platforms and I have been testing using Standalone (since it is faster to build) which didn’t connect.

Thanks for the suggestions, it was just frustrating to learn this tidbit and I couldn’t find it anyone talking about it so I just assumed it worked with all builds.

[Vallar]

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No problem!
If your not using WebGL, it should still connect as long as you don’t check the Websockets toggle on the server.

Good luck!

Thanks!