uMMORPG Official Thread

Good morning. To avoid confusion about this setup guide, I may have picked the wrong name in the first place. This is not supposed to be a 'how to setup ummorpg.exe server' guide. It's about Indie MMORPG monetization / infrastructure in general. Kind of like an ebook.

Did you read the explanation in my last post?

As other mentioned, you have to enter your ip+port in the server list. I actually added a warning to the next version that notifies you that you are supposed to use the server list when editing the default ip/port. Also see the other posts here about the headless server port, this could be the problem too and will work by default in the version after the next version.

Thanks for letting me know. This is an interesting problem. If we have a list of servers, the headless server has to know which server he is, so that he uses the correct port. I'll probably use the same port for all the servers in the server list, so the headless server only has one choice. This wouldn't allow for more than one server on the same computer, but that probably wouldn't happen anyway.

I did that already. I used the cheapest VPS from namecheap.com with 1000 monsters on it. Worked fine.

Yes, I spawned them all around the player so they actually do move.

 

For a closed testing group a budget VPS is going to be fine. Yes dedicated severs would be a viable choice for a public release, but cloud based VPS are also. They differ from traditional VPS in that they are dynamically elastic and scalable. For example Amazon Cloud offers compute optimized VPS which lists MMOs as one of the use cases: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/

I think the point is that dedicated isn't the only way to go now for public release, cloud VPS are a definite option.

 

Hi,

Is possible for someone to open a game on the vps (or more) with demo scene ?

( i try the demo webgl but we are alone in each party :/ , maybe we make something wrong ).

we can try a lite stress test with us ( subscribers thread).

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Can I recommend Drupal?

For what it is worth a stand alone server for Android is:

https://github.com/koush/AndroidAsync

and a database server could be:

https://github.com/nhachicha/SnappyDB

Though the issue of knowing the ip/port of the server ahead of time does remain an issue. Feel you man I have tried explaining this to another person about a different project.

Though I do find Mesh Networking interesting.

 

Update:
V1.57 [released 2017-02-02]

• NetworkManagerMMO: PBKDF2 Password hashing
• Database.SaveMany: removed the Debug.Log message
• Monster UpdateServer_IDLE: randomly generated 3D point uses y=0 again because it's added to start.y. Avoids issues where monsters wouldn't walk on some terrain.
• NetworkManagerMMO: Database header comment removed
• NetworkManagerMMO.OnValidate now shows a warning if someone tries to modify the IP and port directly instead of using the server list.

I will submit the next version with the headless server port fix in a few minutes!

If you start a server in WebGL, others won't be able to connect to it because of how your WebGL and your browser work. You can only use WebGL as a client.

Someone else actually PMed me about a stress test with 50 people yesterday. Server CPU usage was at 7% for him.

Drupal is definitely capable for an MMORPG website.

It's not my first choice personally because I used drupal for my previous software project and it ended up being a big mess because of all the updates and at some point incompatible modules. Also while powerful, Drupal is not that simple. My CMS of choice would be less maintenance so I can spend more time with the actual game development.

But if you already know Drupal, that would probably work fine for you.

 

Concerning CMS, I suggest, if i can, an API view for your asset and like that, everyone will choose what he wants.

 

Of course, everyone can already choose what they want. You can connect to the SQL database with just about any CMS if needed.

 

V1.58 with the headless port fix was submitted for review. All servers in the server list will share the same port that can be configured in the NetworkManager. This is by far the easiest solution for now, so that the headless server always knows which port to bind to.

 

hello,

i have a question: how is managed the dungeons instances ? all scenes are on same server ?

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UNET's master simulation server will take care of that (Phase3).

 

Question:

I'm playing around with a simple "resource gathering" routine and it works so far.
while gathering i want to play an animation called "gathering" and the animation shows up while gathering but the idle state overrides the gather-animation after a second.

i'm using animator.Play("gathering");

is there an easy way to play the simple animation in my script?

 

Use the animation state machine (aka Animator). Pass a boolean GATHERING parameter while gathering, let the state machine take care of the rest.

 

Good morning everyone how are all today? Is any one using Mounting points? to add many armors,helmet.,etc? Im start using and woks good, but my problem is how I take off all the equipment. if any one share something to help, Thank you

 

can you explain it with a little more details, please? or anyone else?
how i set the state in my code then?

 

@vis2k having SQLite issue on Android... any suggestion?

 

Take a look at Player/Monster LateUpdate. Also read through Unity's mecanim manual.

It should work fine if you just use it as a client with the login button. I should probably disable the server hosting buttons when on iOS/Android/WebGL. Or do you want to host a server on your phone?

 

I was thinking local server for offline networking (may be better for kid orientated games) ... If it helps I found this GitHub Repo https://github.com/codecoding/SQLite4Unity3d and got the sqlite functioning but not working. Just added the Android folder to your plugins folder https://github.com/codecoding/SQLite4Unity3d/tree/master/Example/Assets/Plugins ...


Out the box if I try and login says "connecting..." until it says "Disconnected"

On Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity version 5.5.1xf1

am I missing something like do I need to insert `localhost` somewhere?

 

Try what I posted here:
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/ummorpg-official-thread.376636/page-49#post-2944152

 

Problem solved. I use this to my pickup items as more convenient. I think
for example Npc can display UI also automatically instead of clicking twice

Code (CSharp):

1. GameObject targetItem;

put that before Input.GetMouseButton

Code (CSharp):

1.         if (targetItem != null)
2.         {
3.            if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, targetItem.transform.position) <= 2)
4.            {            
5.                   "Code"
6.            }              
7.         }

and when CmdNavigate, targetItem will be _item

Code (CSharp):

1. if (Input.GetMouseButton(2) && !Utils.IsCursorOverUserInterface()) {
2.             var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
3.             RaycastHit hit;
4.          
5.             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit) && hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Item")
6.             {
7.                 var _item = hit.collider.gameObject;
8.  
9.                 if (Utils.ClosestDistance(collider, hit.collider) <= 2)
10.                 {
11.                  
12.                     if (_item != null)
13.                     {
14.                         "Code"
15.                     }
16.                  
17.                 }
18.                 else
19.                 {
20.                     targetItem = _item;
21.                     CmdNavigateTo(hit.collider.ClosestPointOnBounds(transform.position), 1);
22.                 }
23.             }

 

Can you give a line number for what you are talking about in the quoted text?

 

Just a small Update. I should trigger the doors smoother
The ResourceGathering prototype is almost finished.I will show you when I have solved the challenge with the animation issue.

 

@vis2k Strangely, when using 0.0.0.0 or localhost it does not work.

Yet it does when I built the apk and accidentally left a wrong ip...

 

I will try android again on the weekend. Will have to reinstall Unity first and download all the requirements. I will post here when I know more!

 

Just a quick update with my project showing Woodcutting and Mining with uMMORPG crafting, also thought id show a quick snip of my mount system riding a horse LOL. **Im not an artist so my assets are horrible LOL!

@vis2k thank you once again for such a great project!

-J

 

Ok this is the coolest thing ever how the hell you get the mount and gather please show us lol

 

Good morning everyone!
To keep you up to date, I am currently trying to decide between several hero model ideas that I have. This is important because the current ones don't look that great, and because the new hero(s) will allow me to look into skinned mesh equipping later.

That looks neat. Keep us updated

 

Awesome! Take my money for the resource gathering script! Will you share it?

 

Question:
All npc are shown in the scene regardless of the range. So you can see the names from high distance.
The VIS RANGE of each npc ist set to 30 and this works only if i run in their range and run away.

Network Proximity Checker Custom - Script settings:
Vis Range: 30
Vis Update Interval: 1
Check Method: Physics 3D
Force Hidden: none

any suggestions? perhaps a bug?

 

Doesn't happen in the default uMMORPG project, at least not for me. So something probably went wrong when modifying?

 

It doesnt work with a fresh installed uMMORPG project.
as you can see on the picture, the green marked skeletons are not in vis range and faded out correctly after leaving the start-spawn.

the red marked skeletons are still visible as long as they have not been "initialized".
Therefore in the world all ncp are visible also in large distance

• running on windows 10
• Unityversion 5.5.1f1

 

What exactly do I have to do, step by step, to reproduce it?

 

• Login
• after spawning ingame, run away from place where you spawn
• the nearest skeletons will be disappear
• the skeletons near the temple doesnt disappear

in this case you can see their nameoverlay trough gameobjects.

meanwhile i figured out a quick solution:
i made a new prefab from a initialized npc, that noticed me ingame.
after replacing this new npc it works correctly. but this is not the right way, isnt it?

 

Do you have a number or estimate of how many concurrent players on average that this can handle?

 

I can't seem to replicate it. Logging in with a new character the furthest skeletons and the Alchemist NPC are not visible unless I move forward.

Maybe it's a Unity bug in a particular version? Or perhaps you changed something in project settings?

 

it happens with a fresh uMMORPG import, nothing changed.

 

This one?


Tried it by creating a new player then walked until on the spot on the screenshot.

untouched newly import uMMORPG v1.57
Unity 5.5.1f1

 

exactly the same issue

 

Please be more detailed. Login where? Do you run a dedicated server on the same computer? In the editor? Or in a build?

Yes, the name overlays are visible through walls because of how TextMeshes work. There might be a shader somewhere that uses depth testing. The alternative is to use the new UI system for it, but there were memory leaks last time I used that for name overlays.

This also depends on what exactly you did. If you press Server & Play then you will see them all the time, because the server can see them all the time.

Someone mentioned 7% CPU usage with 50 players the other day. So it can handle a lot more than 50. I have no exact number because it depends on your server, your world size, your Unity version (e.g. 5.6 will UNET transport layer threads). It's also difficult to test with just one computer. I did however test it with 1000 monsters on the cheapest VPS from namecheap.com, which worked fine.

 

that explains everything. it works properly with a dedicated server/client build.
sorry for the inconvenience, i'm still learning

 

I have the asset mounting points and want to know where I can put code to equip/unequip items, any one know to better understand the logic for this? any help, helps.

 

How to instantiate indicatorPrefab on client connected instead of manually set and change it dynamically after click something? I have a problem with it, always "Null Reference Exception".

 

Do you use any version control in house when developing uMMORPG? I'd like to have the password encrypting from v1.57 but I do not want to start my project again and move everything over.

It would be awesome if we could have access to what has changed from release to release so we could implement what ever we want ourselves (such as the password encrypting). I know this would be more work for you, but its less work for me

Amazing project by the way, keep up the amazing updates!

 

Please see my post here:
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/ummorpg-official-thread.376636/page-48#post-2938580

also there's a guide in the documentation on how to keep track on the changes:
https://noobtuts.com/unity/MMORPG#how-to-keep-track-of-changes

 

I had that same issue, i found this:
http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php?title=3DText

-J

 

So in this case, we would need to create a new branch, commit the new version and then diff ourselves? With Bolt (before Photon bought it out), they had a private Github which allowed us to view exactly what was changed without any work for us. I was thinking something along those lines, rather than the extra work we'd have to go through

 

Stuff like that shouldn't show if behind an building or a big object that covers the entire NPC. I've spoke to vis about it, awhile back.

 

About 25 or so pages back we recommended a private git repo that asset owners could use to import the project with. Our method is to create a second project, import the asset there, then do a diff against our real project to see what has changed.

 

No problem!

GameObject.Instantiate?

Thank you. The password stuff is very simple, you only need the NetworkManager login packet sending part, where it's hashed, and you need the hashing function from Utils.

About the repository: I know that this would make your life easier. It's on my list of ideas to think about. It's been on that list for a while, because I'd rather work on the code to be honest. So maybe at some point yes.

 

Hi!,

Noob question: I have read that UNET doesn't work in webgl. ummorpg is based on UNET. So, my project can't be browser based?

Thanks!

 

It works fine in WebGL. The only limitation is that if you decide to host a server in a WebGL tab, others can't connect to it because that just can't work with WebGL (it's not a UNET thing). Other than that, UNET works just fine via websockets.