[RELEASED] MultiOnline : multiplayer online kit - V3 now available

Hi,
The host must open the game port on your router, else the other players cannot joint it.
So, if you create a game using the default port used by MultiOnline (25565), you have to open it on your router.
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oh that is not good ! because player don't want to do so much when play game!

 

Yes, I know that it may be a problem for the users, that's why the version 3 have also a dedicated server version. It allow you to host yourself the games (without be a player, so that's you who open the port on your router), so that the players don't have to worry about port forwarding.

 

I read that this is not supporting ios or mobile but want to know why not and can it work with ios with some changes?
If i am with an ios device on the same wifi router can it work then so i can make a multiplayer game with it in the Same Network area?

 

so if my game have 1000 use play online so i need open so much "dedicated server version" ?

 

Hi,
In fact it may work on these devices, but I have not been tested, so I cannot ensure that it will work correctly, and I'm not able to provide support for these devices.

 

You just have to create a dedicated server for reach game created. So it depends how many player you have in each game (in your example, if you have 10 players by game, you need 100 dedicated server - or just let the players host themselves the game and also let them open the game port on their router).
You can create many dedicated server on a same computer (each game must just be on a different port), it depends of your computer/server resources, and also of the resources needs by your game.

 

I still have some prebuy questions.

1. I read about a new network system comming to unity5 lifecycle with some demovideos so it could be that it Takes not to long for it (also we know it could take long if we think of the new gui from unity).
This let me think about support possebilities that you can offer and want to know how you will handle this?
Because i go with unity and want to use also the new 5.x features i do not want to stay with 4.6 or the latest 4.x updates (i ordered 5 pro) i would like to see support signals and updates from you for it.

2. I would like to see this with an updated new Unity gui.
Will you ad this.

3. I would like to see also a wordfilter solution for the chat like at least one chat asset in the store have so i can use your complete system and do not have to take something out and something in as a not so good coder.
Will you bring something like this in?

Also i am interested in future features of this asset or do you think this already have everything?
I just thought it would be nice to have a simple network ready solution to spawn my friend to me with this asset that will work with mecanim characters as an example.

Edit:
Just not sure and because i am on the way and would not read the whole thread on a phone, do this asset support also mecanim animation in general and if not will you give support on this?

 

The player on MultiOnline is use spawn to instantiate the player. How to show two spawns in different group when we play the game so the display of the game is like the picture below?


in the display map the player is use the spawn, but in the 3D display the player not use the spawn yet. My question is how to make the player in the 3D display is use the spawn and when I move the spawn in the map display, the spawn in the 3D display is also follow the movement.

The script to instantiate the spawn is below:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4.  
5. public class MSpawn : MonoBehaviour {
6.     public GameObject playerPrefab;
7.     private Transform [] spawners;
8.  
9.     public void Start () {
10.         // Search all spawn points
11.         spawners = gameObject.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>();      
12.         // Start the player loading
13.         StartCoroutine(loadPlayer());        
14.     }
15.  
16.     // Load the player
17.     private IEnumerator loadPlayer(){
18.         // Search  a spawn for the player (randomly)
19.         int rand = Random.Range(0, spawners.Length-1);
20.         Transform spawn = spawners[rand];
21.      
22.         // Wait one second (the waiting time allows a better synchronisation on the players loading)
23.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
24.      
25.         // Instantiate our player
26.         Network.Instantiate(playerPrefab, spawn.transform.position, Quaternion.identity, 0);
27.     }
28.  
29. }
30.  

Anyone can help me?

 

Hi,
I'm sorry but I don't really understand what you want to do !
Did you read the documentation about change the map and use the "Spawn" gameobject (part 5.2) ?

 

I will probably do an update when Unity 5 will be available, but I cannot tell you how time you will have to wait between Unity 5 and this update, I don't know myself, it will depend of the work I'll have at that time.
The current version of MultiOnline is this one, I don't take any engagement about the further updates.

I don't really understand, what is a "wordfilter solution" for the chat ?
In any way, MultiOnline has already an integrated chat system, you can use it and improve it depending your needs.

You must see MO as a base which can be adapt to any game type, so, depending your game, you will have to add your own features. But it provides all the bases necessary to create a multiplayer game, that's a light solution, easy to install and to use.
I already have make every features I wanted for it, except the batchmode system for the dedicated server (I'll add it when I will get Unity Pro, since it requires the pro version).
But I always take in note the advices and queries of my users, and if I find an idea interesting, or if something is asked by many persons, I can add it on a new release (as the display of the players name for example, which was asked by many users, and I decided to add it).

Yes, you just will have to adapt your current script in order to make your animation work correctly in the multiplayer mode, but I made a video tutorial about how change the player and sync the animation, here

 

Thank you for you answers, VirtuElle. Thats all ok for me.
I will tak eit as a base and hope i understand it enough to make my own things then.

The word filter is just a filter where words can be filtered out from the sender to the receiver i.e. in a game where kids play together and should not read "bad" words". Just a list that noticed some words and replaced them with a placeholder so the parents can sleep better.
I think i will buy the one asset for that also and try to include it in yours.

 

No problem, and thanks for the explanations about the word filter.
In fact, if you code a little bit, I think that it would be quite easy to add using the C# function Regex.Replace().
You could have an array or a List with all the "bad words", and before posting a text in the chat, just loop this list and filter each of these words from the text using Regex.Replace().

 

Hallo,
thank you so much for your answer, VirtuElle..
I'll learn the documentation about change the map and use the spawn gameobject.. Actually I didn't read that yet..
but if I still have a problem, would you like to help me?

 

Sure, I always try to help my users as much I can to install and use MultiOnline

 

one quick request before i decide to purchase this asset, is it ever going to have the option t outsource the Hosting to a dedicated server, such as a cloud service for example etc photon servers or other reasonably priced servers due to players not actually having the bandwidth to host a game. or also after some research maybe even SmartFox server, And a possibility to add an option for purchased accounts Such as a Purchase Code (CD-Key) or if anyone knows of a workaround to add something like this to the SQL Database, and also for created accounts to save the loot to the character in some sort of inventory / Global inventory (Safe) something accessible from the game menu.

 

Hi,
Currently there is the dedicated server option which allow to host games anywhere, on a computer or other server. There is no cloud option or something like that.
About add elements in the SQL database, that's possible, I made a tutorial for that, I could send it to you (but it require some bases in programming).

 

hi having some issues setting this up, i tried doing it with what you suggested using AlwaysData, but it would always dropout and crash before i could do anything, now i brought a Hosting subscription with Web.com i tried following your tutorial still, but without luck still no results, only getting PHP code on the site not the actual database that should be showing up in the folder, also does not have a www Folder included when i signed up had htdocs some further help would be much appreciated, this is very frustrating to set up and nothing like the video =/

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oq33ptzsusnt21y/Screenshot 2014-09-15 05.37.31.png?dl=0

Screen on teh left is what happens when i open it with a different Browser

if so any possibility to use this without the installer e.g do this manually with some help.

 

I saw that you put the ftp address in the web browser (ftp://ftp.alwaysdata.com/...), I think that's the reason why it don't work correctly. This address is made for ftp connection with your website, that's not the url of your website.
If you use alwaysData, your url is: yourUserName.alwaysdata.net, so you must go on the page yourUserName.alwaysdata.net/MultiOnline3/install.php (it is a subdomain, so as you can see, you must not put "www" at the start of the url).

So try this, and if it still don't work contact me back, so that I will explain you how install the database manually.

 

Hello,
i want to ask new versions maybe voice chat in game?
and it possible to add voice chat this version?

 

Hi, no, I don't think that I will add a voice chat, but there are some assets specialized for voice chat in the asset store, so you can use one of them with MultiOnline.

 

hy virtuelle...

how i can add new scene between scene menu and scene map 1 without error...
for example i've add new scene with name "Scenario", and i want set the scenario before user can play in map 1..

 

Hello iv'e got a problem.
I am making a game using MultiOnline.
The problem is that my player has a capsule filter.
But you can't see eachother in the game???? and if i look in the scene mode of unity i can see both players?????



Why not in game how can i fix this?

 

Nevermind i fixed it it was a bug in my camera script
But i've got another problem if i walk with 1 player all players are walking????
if changed the script MPlayerNetwork but it doesn't work????





please help me?

 

Hi,

Add your new scene in the build settings, and on MNetwork, change the line 319, put the name of your scene instead "gameInfo.mapName".

 

That's strange, it must work. Are you sure that you have well disabled all the scripts, even the scripts which are in the children gameobjects of your main player gameobject ?
Check also that the new version of the script have well been taken by the player gameobject which is on the Spawns (on your maps), and also that you have well rebuild the game (crtl + b).

 

Ok thank you i've got a question wich i realy want to ask.

I hope you will made this

Can you please please please add a game mode option???
so we can add multiple game modes wich have their own maps.
because i am making a multiplayer shooter and i've got elemination co-op and team death match.
Hope you'll do this let us know.

 

Yes, that could be a feature for a later version. I keep it in mind, but I don't promise.

 

Can you use this with NGUI? So you make / buy a custom GUISkin and use it.

 

Thank you
I realy hope you'll add it and i think i am not the only one how wants that

 

In this new version there a easy way to custom the default skin using Unity GUISkin.
About the NGUI or other GUI assets, it may work, but it hasn't been tested, so I cannot guarantee that it will be easy to make the assets work together.

 

I have a function which remotely rotates the player prefabs spine.

if(Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y")<0){
if( MinLook < 35 )
MaxLook -= 1;
if( MinLook < 35 )
Spine.transform.Rotate(0, 2.5f, 0);
if( MinLook < 35 )
MinLook += 1;

}

if(Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y")>0){
if( MaxLook < 35 )
MinLook -= 1;
if( MaxLook < 35 )
Spine.transform.Rotate(0, -2.5f, 0);
if( MaxLook < 35 )
MaxLook += 1;
}
}

How would I be able to make it so other players can see this happen?

Cheers.

 

If you just attach the script to your player, and if the player have well a networkView, the other player should see this happen.

 

Cheers!

 

Hi, is this easily added to an existing project that is currently an offline game?

 

Hy Virtuelle,

I am using plugin multionline in my project...
If i using in internet without proxy and authentification username & password, i can run my project normally..
But, when i use in internet using authentification username and password in the network (example : in my college network ), i can't login to with my unity project ..
Message when i run my project in unity : "Invalid username and password..."

 

I have made the asset in order to make it the more adaptable as possible to a project.
If you created your project yourself, and so, if you know how it work, it must be quite easy to add MO.
If you you used other assets, it may be a little bit more difficult, but also possible.
This tutorial may help you to have an idee about how integrated MO to your game.

 

Hi, I sent you a private message.

 

Iv noticed that Physics Collision doesn't seem to detect to well with the network especially if the object you are trying to detect collision with is moving at a fast speed. Would you know any alternatives by any chance to collision detection?

Thanks, love the asset keep up the good work .

 

Hi,
Unfortunately, I don't know any other alternative about it, but I'll try to think about it.

 

Ok cheers.

 

Hi VirtuElle,

I get a new problem, I try to build my project to be web player. When I started, this application status always wait and don't go to next step.
This is the ScreenShot :

 

Hi,

That's because your web player is not on your web hosting.

For security reasons, a game built for webplayer cannot access to webpages which are not on the same webhosting as the webplayer. I can see here that you built for webplayer, but you open the .html file locally, that's why it doesn't work.

Look at the doc part 7.5 (page 68), it explains everything about that.

 

Hi,

you put really a lot of work in OnGUI, the bad thing in this is, that nobody use direktly the OnGUI GUI (not for serious games). The most popular solution in the unity asset store is the NGUI GUI, in that i try to adapt this asset. It is horrible to onvert OnGUI in NGUI... (Takes a lot of time.) But after, the code looks much more better and i can use it in my game.

1. Could you support NGUI in later releases?

2. Do you have any lag interpolation in your network solution? (Smooth movement, even if lags are available.)

Thanks for the answers in advance

 

That's true that I made a full GUI system on my asset, based on OnGUI, because I wanted my asset to be "ready to use".
I know it may be a problem for some users, but I tried to separate as much as possible the display functions to the domain functions, so, I think that integrate another GUI system isn't a real problem.

I don't think, because that would mean doing a special version, only for people who use this asset.
But, I saw that Unity 4.6 provides a new GUI system, and I prefer learn about it, and make my assets compatible with this new system. Because that's a system the everybody will have, without have to buy anything more.

No, there is no special solution for that. MO is based on Unity network system, that's all, but you can use any Unity network function with it. About lag, you can, for example, adjust the sendrate to reduce it.

No problem ,for any other question, feel free to ask it

 

Did i hear this asset and hopefully the lan kit too get´s compatible with Unity´s own new GUI system?
Hope you will learn fast

 

Yes, I hope I'll soon have time for that

 

Cant see my games and all ports are open ...

 

Is it possible to have Server side functionality?

 

When you create a game, does your game is well saved in the database?
Check it form phpMyAdmin, when you create a game, it must be saved in the table "games".
If the game is not here, you have maybe a problem with the "call intervall".
Which web hosting do you use ?