Networking with Steam?

Hi,

I'm porting my game to Steam and as I understood it doesn't need any networking library like UNET or anything for that matter.

My problem is, how to change my Unity game to work with Steam's networking.

Thanks

 

You can use the .NET version of steamworks located here: https://github.com/rlabrecque/Steamworks.NET

Review the steamworks docs on the Steam site, much of the same functionality exists even though their examples are in C++.

Hopefully your game doesn't require many connections though cause Steams P2P networking is a bit limited. I think their spacewars example uses it but recommends only a max of 4 players.

 

Thanks, I've seen steamworks.NET's crash course video. What I want to know is how to start doing networking with Steam with P2P model.

 

If you don't mind me asking, does changing from UNet to Steamworks require a total overhaul of the networking?

I'm currently in process of adding networking functionality, but with plans to eventually submit to greenlight and hopefully Steam, I might delay it if it means changing everything..

 

I'm investigating this myself. But it looks like all of their API documentation is behind the $100 paywall.

 

I actually have no idea how they translate but I think if you divide your game logically, they should be able to substitute, theoretically at least. Because all these do essentially is to move data across the net.