My script is below. It is attached to the camera which is the only object.
When play starts, the console shows the output from the 2 prints. But, no
sever seems to be listening on port 2500. I have briefly explored the NAT
stuff but don’t think I need it here. I would be happy to see an open socket
on port 2500 via localhost/127.0.0.1.
Thanks for any insights.
–ralph
function Start() {
print(“HELLO\n”);
// Network.useNat = !Network.HavePublicAddress();
var rc = Network.InitializeServer(5,2500); // start my own server
print(“RC=” + rc);
}
If you run that script, a server should start listening on port 2500. Just as long as you get RC=NoError or something similar printed to the debug log.
To “see” the port has opened, open a terminal window and run
netstat -n | grep 2500
You should see a line printed indicating that someone is listening on that port. It does not bind to localhost specifically but to any interface (*). If you don’t see the port has opened you presumably have an error printed after “RC=”?
Thanks for the response. This is very helpful. The RC is indeed NoError.
And, a UDP port 2500 port is there. I had been looking for a TCP port.
If you don’t mind continuing the thread for a moment, in the same script, I next
added this line after printing the RC from the InitializeServer:
Network.Connect(“192.168.2.100”,2500); // now start client
I experimented with various IPs including localhost, 127.0.0.1, etc but was not
successful. Now I know that technically you don’t really “connect” to a UDP port,
but I am aware that you can execute a connect to one to tie down the
association. Anyway, I am not sure what Network.Connect is actually doing
internally. I just know that the docs tell me:
To create the server, you simply call Network.InitializeServer() from a script. When you want to connect to an existing server as a client, you call Network.Connect() instead.
Never mind.
I answered my own question. I found that I could start 2 separate instances
of Unity, one running the InitializeServer and the other running the Connect.
Both work fine now.
