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Unity Multiplayer Dedicated server support for multiplayer?

Discussion in 'Multiplayer' started by atten0007, Oct 21, 2021.

  1. atten0007

    atten0007

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    Hi folks,

    I'm currently making a game named "Planetsave" in Unity3D, that tells the player to save our environment. But currently I only can play my game in the singleplayer mode, I want to play it in the multiplayer mode. Now to my question: Is it possible to create with the Unity MLAPI multiplayer games with dedicated server support? I'm asking you this here because I want to make my game playable with friends.

    Sincerely yours,
    Atten007
     
    atten0007, Oct 21, 2021
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  2. landinghand

    landinghand

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    Hey, that is indeed doable. You could consider the possibility of using like Mirror or Darkrift 2 if you want to develop a multiplayer game.
     
    landinghand, Jan 28, 2022
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  3. luke-unity

    luke-unity

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    Netcode for GameObjects (formerly known as MLAPI) allows for dedicated servers. To run a dedicated server you'd simply build your game as a "server build" in the build settings and run "StartServer" on the NetworkManager to start a server instance of the game.
     
    luke-unity, Jan 28, 2022
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  4. Moridorn

    Moridorn

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    How do you handle testing of the dedicated server? or hiding the server logic from possible decompilation of your assemblies?

    #if UNITY_SERVER is definitely not practical for developing, but it's practical for hiding server side code in the client build.
     
    Moridorn, Feb 6, 2022
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