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Server Side AI with Unet

Discussion in 'UNet' started by maxzoech, Jul 18, 2016.

  1. maxzoech

    maxzoech

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    Hi everyone,
    I am currently working on a multiplayer project and I was curious if it is possible to simulate enemies on the server.
    Yours,
    Max
     
    maxzoech, Jul 18, 2016
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  2. Whippets

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    Yep. All my NPCs and MOBs are server-side entities (as are PCs really), but with AI scripts to control their movements and actions.
     
    Whippets, Jul 18, 2016
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  3. maxzoech

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    How did you do that? I see no way to execute code on the server…
     
    maxzoech, Jul 18, 2016
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  4. Whippets

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    That depends upon your game architecture. I run separate servers that are Unity instances - that makes it very easy to have the code needed running on them.

    If you're using the part of uNet where one of the players is the server, I think you need to run network code on just the server using ServerAttributes. There's also some info at Clients & Servers.
     
    Whippets, Jul 18, 2016
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  5. maxzoech

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    Ok, thanks! But it is not directly possible through UNET?
     
    maxzoech, Jul 18, 2016
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  6. Whippets

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    Perhaps someone else can come in on this, as my experience with uNet is limited to dedicated servers; I'm not familiar with the attributes and rpcs and their execution.
     
    Whippets, Jul 18, 2016
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  7. Megaphone_

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    Any logic you would want the server to run you would only need to execute the code like this...

    [Server] void ServerFnc() {
    Code
    }
     
    Megaphone_, Jul 19, 2016
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