After almost a year of ‘radio silence’ we’re happy to announce that SmartFoxServer 3 is coming soon. This is a new, major release of SmartFoxServer that provides a substantial upgrade with lots of new features, improvements and streamlining.
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SmartFoxServer 2.20.2 and API updates
We have just released update 2.20.2 which introduces a couple of fixes, in particular it adds support for multi-byte strings in SFSObject keys.
You can read the full release notes and download the patch from our Updates download section.
Similarly we have updated our Java and Javascript client API to reflect these changes.
You can find them in the relative Client API download section.
p.s. = the other client APIs already support this feature correctly, so no update was necessary.
SmartFoxServer 2.20.1 is out!
We have recently released update 2.20.1 which introduces several fixes, one in particular with the License Server module where a missing error detection would not trigger the “grace period” under specific circumstances.
We highly recommend that you download and apply the latest patch to address the problem described. The patch is also available for older versions, starting from SFS2X 2.12.0.
Continue readingGodot videos and API updates
Our new set of Godot video tutorials has been fully released and is available on our YT channel.
Additionally we have published an update for our client API in C#, Java and Javascript.
Download and release notes are available in our download section.
Godot video tutorials
Today we released the first two videos in a series of five dedicated to Godot Engine, created in association with Pivec Labs.
- The first video introduces SmartFoxServer to Godot developers, showing how to install it on their machines. Find it here: SmartFoxServer Installation Tutorial for Godot
- The second video shows how to setup and use the SmartFox client API object to establish a connection to the server and log in. It also shows a lobby application, which can be used as a template for multiplayer games. Find it here: SmartFoxServer Connector Tutorial for Godot
Stay tuned for the other videos in the next weeks.
SmartFoxServer 2.20.0 is out!
We have just released SmartFoxServer 2X 2.20.0, which comes as a patch for all previous 2.19.x releases. The version updates the embedded Tomcat (websocket/BlueBox), providing several bug and security fixes.
This release also improves the communication speed with the License Server and adds a new setting for managing the the User’s packet queue when it is maxed out.
Please, make sure to read the full release notes included with the download itself.
Small API Update for all client platforms
We have just released a small update for our client API, which addresses the caching of UserVariables when users enter and leave multiple Rooms. A recent bug submission has pointed to a specific situation in which a UserVariable would remain in the cache, potentially wasting some memory.
You can read more in the related support forum discussion and download the latest release from our API Download page.
New Godot 4.x Examples available!
We have launched a new tutorial series for the Godot engine 4.x using our C# Client API.
The example pack contains five examples of increasing complexity with source code and detailed tutorials:
HTML5/Javascript API Cluster support is ready
We have now added SmartFoxServer Cluster support to our offical HTML5/JS client API.
You can obtain the new release from our client API download page and learn more on how to build a Cluster client from the Overcast documentation.
Updated examples pack for Unity
We have updated the Unity examples pack and tutorials for SmartFoxServer 2X.
What’s new?
- New Shooter example and tutorial, substituting the outdated First Person Shooter example.
- All examples now feature an Editor window providing setup instructions; all tutorials now reference those instructions.