creating player hosted games

Unity Engine
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hi everyone!

We need advice if the following is possible with out of box unity + unet or do we need external stuff like photon/playfab?

  1. we want a way for players to host games for other players to join
  2. if the host player leaves/disconnects, then another existing player can take over hosting of the game

thanks!

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Photon PUN handles this scenario automatically and flawlessly.

The only thing you need to do when the host changes is make sure that the new host has synchronised with the old host any room state that it needs to control. I often do this using room custom properties

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Hey Thanks for replying.

so is using external stuff like photon the only way? or will i be able to use unity + unet? i see that unity has a host migration object but wondering if its just too much hassle to set it up

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As far as I know PUN is the only option for automatic host migration, although someone else may know better.

As far as UNET goes, not only is it deprecated, but the host migration only works for LAN connections and it isn’t automatic.

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oh,… fiddlesticks… ok thanks!

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Please, people need to stop asking if Unet is right for their brand new project. Doesn’t matter your project, doesn’t matter if the features match well with what you want to build, the answer is “No.”

There is a big sticky thread stating that it was deprecated from almost a year ago, and nearly every page in the Unity manual on Unet states it is deprecated with removal pending. That should be both the beginning and end of the entire decision making process.

I don’t understand why there is a new thread on this every couple of days. Must be the same people who are signing up for Google+ still.

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