Hi,
i’ve already checked out like everything on the internet and in forums about Unitys MasteServer but it seems im too stupid to understand a vew things.
I am creating a multyplayer game, where 2 players should connect to a server and exchange data like attacking each other or moving around.
Am i right assuming that the players “only” have to connect to a masterserver (which is the host) as clients and start playing the game?
So this is what i’m trying to do:
I have downloaded the Master Server and Facilitator here-> http://unity3d.com/master-server
I open the files with MS visual and create a MasterServer.exe, same with Facilitator (not sure if i need it for testing on my local system).
Now if i run the MasterServer.exe, a console pops up and i guess i should see some traffic information if i run my game and connect to this local masterserver right?
I have looked up the documentation, but there is again something i dont understand:
Network.InitializeServer() lets the player “create a game” if i dont misunderstand this ( I have tried it out like this: Build the game and open up in 2 windows. One is calling Network.InitializeServer() the other Network.Connect() by clicking on the appropriate buttons. )
Now the 2nd “player” connects to the first one, i can see that with Network.connections.Length (the counter jumps from 0 to 1).
But they dont give a damn about the MasterServer that is running on my local system.
( So for preventing missunderstanding, again: The 2 players are just 2 running games on my computer and the master server i am running is on my computer too for testing. )
So in fact my problem is that i dont know if it is generally possible what i am trying to do or not. And if it is, then what am i doing wrong?
Can somebody wise me up pls.
sry for my bad english btw.
Michael
The masterserver is not a game server. It only lists active games.
When a server instance is started in Unity, you can register that instance with the masterserver.
When another user want’s to connect, it can retrieve a list of games from that masterserver and connect to one of the listed games.
The masterserver provides a way of connecting clients to servers.
Yeah thank you this helped me a lot. I was thinking about your answer the whole day and was trying out a few things. But now it seems to work
How do i know i am still using unitys masterserver or the downloaded masterserver which is running on my local computer?
Indeed, if you don’t specify a masterserver ip address in your code, it will route to the default Unity one.
if you run your own, you need to specify that ip address in your code.
I think you can make first a simple connection making a server and then a client that connect , caracter, etc with this video tutorial. Unity Multiplayer Tutorial
Second: use Unity default Master Server for testing
I’m reading Unity multiplayer games, it’s new book. I think it can help you chapter 1.
It explains how to initialize a server and how to connect to a server.
to connect to a server you need the server ip
So is convenient to have a list of public servers and it’s ip.
" This is what the Master Server is for."
Where you can browse the server list including the number of players , maps and connect to a specific server.
Third: And last thing is to make your own Master Server for game production
I’m not able to do this and i wish to know more about it.
