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Learn the fundamentals of networking with Unity and C#. This book covers a variety of topics, including accessing data using RESTful APIs, local networked games, and creating multiplayer online games using client-server architecture.

The book provides the basics of networking, sockets, TCP vs. UDP, client-server architecture, serialization, RESTful APIs, network latency, and client-side prediction. Projects are presented to illustrate the concepts, including a chat client/server overlay for your game, and a 3D maze game that allows up to four players to connect over the network.

By the end of the book, you will be familiar with low-level networking concepts such as protocols and architecture as well as high-level knowledge on how to create applications that use a client/server architecture for multiplayer games.

What You Will Learn

Know the difference between TCP and UDP, and the pros and cons of these protocols
Create client-server multiplayer games in Unity using C#
Receive and process data from a remote server using RESTful APIs
Understand latency and how to mitigate its impact

Who This Book Is For

Readers familiar with Unity and C# development who want to create multiplayer games

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Sloan Kelly and Khagendra Kumar

Unity Networking Fundamentals

Creating Multiplayer Games with Unity

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Sloan Kelly

Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

Khagendra Kumar

Katihar, Bihar, India

ISBN 978-1-4842-7357-9 e-ISBN 978-1-4842-7358-6

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7358-6

Sloan Kelly and Khagendra Kumar 2022

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The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.

Introduction

This book sets out to demystify network programming and open you and your games up to the wider world using the Unity Engine and the C# programming language. The .NET framework that C# sits on top of has several classes that make creating networked games a little easier.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for Unity developers who are familiar with C# and want to implement their own networking framework, or those who want to have a better understanding of low-level network programming.

This is meant to be an introductory guide to networking. The book concentrates mostly on developing smaller games that can be run on your local network rather than larger multiplayer games played over the Internet. These basic concepts will help you better understand the underlying technology behind multiplayer games and the inherent constraints involved in passing data across a network. The last chapter of the book covers making your game available on the Internet using a third-party service.

Software and Hardware Requirements

The examples in this book were written using Unity 2020.1.6f1. I used both a MacBook Pro (mid-2012, Intel i7) and a PC (mid-2015, Intel i5) during the writing of this book and the examples. To run Unity, you will need a device that meets the following requirements:

Windows: Windows 7 (SP1+)/Windows 10, 64-bit only, X64 architecture CPU with SSE2 instruction set support, DX10-, DX11-, or DX12-compatible GPU.
MacOS: High Sierra 10.13+, X64 architecture CPU with SSE2 instruction set support, Metal-capable Intel or AMD GPU.
Linux (preview support): Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, or CentOS 7, X64 architecture CPU with SSE2 instruction set support, OpenGL 3.2+ or Vulkan-compatible NVIDIA and AMD GPU, GNOME desktop environment. Requires proprietary NVIDIA or AMD graphics driver.

Be sure to check the Unity system requirements page for the most up-to-date information.

How This Book Is Organized

The book is organized into the following chapters:

Networking basics
Serialization
UnityWebRequest and RESTful APIs
Connected services with TCP
Connectionless services with UDP
Common networking issues
First person maze shooter
Remote connections

Source Code

The source code for this book is available on GitHub via the books product page, located at www.apress.com/978-1-4842-7357-9 . The source code contains everything you need to build the following:

Real-time weather app
Networked tic-tac-toe
First person maze shooter
Basic TCP and UDP examples

Conventions Used In This Book

Various typefaces and styles are used in this book to identify code blocks, warnings, and other notices.

C# code is written in this style:

if (player.IsLoggedIn)

{

print("Player is logged in");

server.PlayerAttached(player.ID);

}

This book contains a list of some tools that come with your operating system to help you. These all run from the command line, also known as the terminal or DOS prompt depending, on your operating system. Command lines are written in the following style. The $ at the beginning of the line should not be typed:

$ ls -al

If an issue needs special attention, the following block is used:

Note

This is a call out and will alert you to any information that is important.

Any source code or other supplementary material referenced by the author in this book is available to readers on GitHub via the books product page, located at www.apress.com/978-1-4842-7357-9. For more detailed information, please visit http://www.apress.com/source-code.

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About the Authors

Sloan Kelly

has worked in the games industry for more than 13 years. He worked on a number of AAA and indie titles and currently works for an educational game company. He lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. Sloan is on Twitter @codehoose and makes YouTube videos in his spare time.

Khagendra Kumar

has worked with a number of educational institutions and game studios for training and solutions. He lives in Bihar, India and spends most of his time working with game AI. He can be reached via LinkedIn at /itskhagendra and on Instagram @Khagendra_Developer .

About the Technical Reviewer

Simon Jackson

is a long-time software engineer and architect with many years of Unity game - photo 3

is a long-time software engineer and architect with many years of Unity game development experience, as well as an author of several Unity game development titles. He both loves to both create Unity projects as well as lend a hand to help educate others, whether its via a blog, vlog, user group, or major speaking event.

His primary focus at the moment is with the XRTK (Mixed Reality Toolkit) project, which is aimed at building a cross-platform Mixed Reality framework to enable both VR and AR developers to build efficient solutions in Unity and then build/distribute them to as many platforms as possible.

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