Singleplayer option for multiplayer based game

Unity Engine
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Heyyy

I’ve made a functional multiplayer sandbox game but I but the main game in multiplayer and I wish to have a singleplayer mode but I don’t know how to have singleplayer without having to remake the entire game and then everytime I made a edit I would have to do the same thing in singleplayer any ideas please help thank you!

2

Assuming that the multiplay game mode is locally hosted, for a single player mode, just start a game and allow only 1 player to join, the local player.

3

I’m trying that but the scripts I’m trying to create a server and join it are failing @Jos-Yule know any scripts?

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I don’t know how you have setup your Network stuff, but i simply call StartHost() on my Lobby Manager class, and that works for me. It creates both sides (the Server and Client) and i can set the max-users to 1, to ensure that only the local play can connect, also just not creating a match/lobby or however you advertise your games, so others can’t see or join it.

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ive got a network manager and no lobby manager @Jos-Yule

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So that has a StartHost() method on it too. How do you normally start a game? What is the sequence of method calls/settings?

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I have a Gameobject called NetworkManager with a networkmanager and network hud components the hud allows buttons to appear on screen and you can click local host or matchmaking or join client

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I’m trying to create a server by

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.Networking;

public class StartSinglePlayer : NetworkBehaviour {
    NetworkClient myClient;
    public GameObject playerPrefab;


    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
   
    }
   
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {
   
    }

    public void StartWorld(){
        Application.LoadLevel ("Main");
        Network.InitializeServer (2,7778, false);
        MasterServer.RegisterHost ("TEST","TEST","Dunno");
        print ("Created server.");
   





    }
    void OnServerInitialized(){
        Network.Connect ("192.168.1.80",7778);




    }

    void OnPlayerConnected(){
        Network.Instantiate (playerPrefab,new Vector3(0f,100f,0f),Quaternion.identity,0);
    }
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ah ok. You are using the raw Network API. I’m not sure what will work in this case. But, the Network.Connect should be calling 127.0.0.1, not 192.168.1.80. (127.0.0.1 is the loopback address - it always points to the machine it is on). And, you don’t want to call the MasterServer.RegisterHost() - that isn’t required if you are doing a local game.

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yes sorry I have tried 127.0.0.1 it said the same thing

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And i’m not sure you can actually call both .Connect() AND .Instantiate() with the Network API, now that i think about it.

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So, i’m at the end of my available help here - i haven’t worked with the raw Network API since the new UNet stuff came out, which makes a lot of this easier. Sorry! I know there are ways to do it, just don’t have that in my brain right now. Good luck!

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well it dosnt actually connect it just says cannot connect are you sure the server is connectable

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ok thanks for the help goodbye!