Support Network classes on Windows Store Apps

Unity Engine
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Hi guys,

Does Unity3D 5 will support the Network classes for Windows Store Apps ?

Regards,
Mathieu

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If you’re talking about current Network classes, then no, but in 5.x release there will be a new Network solution, which will be supported on Windows Store Apps as well.

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Hi Tomas1856,

the new Network solution will be cloud based ?, or can we create server inside Unity3D game (udp port binding)?
Anywhere i can find documentation on the new Network solution?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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So far, the only information about UNet that has been released that I have seen is three blog posts from back in May.

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/05/12/announcing-unet-new-unity-multiplayer-technology/
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/05/29/unet-syncvar/
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/06/11/all-about-the-unity-networking-transport-layer/

They’ve been pretty clear that this new functionality will not be part of Unity 5.0 but will come later in the Unity 5.X development cycle.

So, not available yet, so no actual documentation.

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Hi DanSuperGP,

Thanks for the links,
look interesting !

still have to wait …

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Hello @zapoutix , I know that you visited the forum post of mine earlier. I already have a working solution for Networking on Windows Store and Windows Phone 8.1 that is functional and super simple to use. The amount of features that we have added makes the system go beyond the normal built in Unity networking implementation which makes it appealing to the other platforms as it does work on all the Sockets supported platforms on Unity.

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Photon has support for Windows Store Apps and Windows Phone.

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Hi Meltdown,

As i saw Photon is a cloud base solution, we cannot embed server inside Unity3D game right ?

Regards,
Mathieu

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Correct, server logic is seperate. This is what makes @farrisarts solution so attractive, the fact the server can run in a Unity instance or in the editor, and support Win8/WP8 too!

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Yes it’s a good alternative until the net network solution arrive on Unity 3D 5.X …

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I’m hoping that I can make it so that it can say and still go beyond the system that you will find in Unity 5.x :slight_smile: with enough real world requests that is.