How to make a game Feed with Dropbox

You will need a Dropbox account for this.

Step 1 : Create a public folder
Step 2 : Download THIS file, and then upload it inside your Public Folder

The file you are downloading is crossdomain.xml, this allows WebPlayer to access servers and websites.

Step 3 : Copy Public link of crossdomain.xml
Step 4 : Inside Unity3D Go to Edit > ProjectSettings > Editor
Step 5 : Set the WWW Security Emulation, to the public link that you've copied
Step 6 : Install Dropbox Desktop client (Skip if you already have it)
Step 7 : Inside the public folder, create a new text file called Feed.txt
Step 8 : Write some stuff there.
Step 9 : Create a new script, and attach it to any GameObject :

Feed.js

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. var url = "http://www.YourServer.com/somefile.txt";
3. var myText : String;
4. var MySkin : GUISkin;
5.  
6. @script AddComponentMenu ("Utilities/Feed")
7.  
8. function Start ()
9. {
10.     var guiwww : WWW = new WWW(url);
11.     yield guiwww;
12.     myText = guiwww.text;
13. }
14.  
15. function OnGUI()
16. {
17.     GUI.skin = MySkin;
18.     GUI.Box(Rect(5,5,Screen.width-90,20), "");
19.     GUI.Label(Rect(10,5,2000,30), myText);
20. }
21.  

Step 10 : Copy public link of the Feed.txt and paste it onto the url variable of the Feed Script
Step 11 : Run game, check if what was written in the Text file same as in the game.

Tip : Do not re upload new Feed.txt files, instead edit them with the Dropbox Desktop client.

 

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