In this new installment we’re going to take a look at a list of tips to improve and optimize a SmartFoxServer 2X deployment.
The list is organized in several categories starting at the higher level of your application and proceeding towards the lower level setting of the server. Completing this process will help make a more secure and efficient deployment of your game server. Continue reading
In this article we are going to explore the integration between a website’s login and SmartFoxServer’s login system, to avoid asking the player his/her credentials twice.
The scenario we’re working with is the following:
The objective of the article is to hide this last step, integrating the website’s session with SmartFoxServer, without sacrificing the security aspects. Continue reading
This time we’re going to take a look at the top common errors and pitfalls that can be easily avoided when developing and deploying a multiplayer game with SmartFoxServer 2X. The list is compiled from a selection of topics that are quite popular in our support forums.
Knowing about these common pitfalls can possibly save you a significant amount of time and head scratching. Let’s see what they are.
In this new recipe we will take a look at how to optimize the Room List that SmartFoxServer 2X sends to each client.
Room Lists are very important to show players what is going on in the server and allow them to quickly find games to join. Sometimes, however, they can get too big and result in a waste of bandwidth and information overload for clients.
We just updated the SmartFoxServer 2X examples package in the Unity Asset Store:
http://u3d.as/content/goto-and-play-/smart-fox-server2x-multiplayer-sdk
All examples have been revamped with the new UI system introduced in Unity 4.6 and are now compatible with Unity 5’s WebGL build (except the FPS example, which requires UDP connection).
A new “Advanced Connector” example was added, showing how to deal with protocol encryption introduced in SmartFoxServer 2X v2.10.
All tutorials available on the website have been updated accordingly to the changes in the examples.
Every once in a while we receive a support request asking if it is possible to run multiple instances of SFS2X on the same PC. In this recipe we will guide you through a few simple steps to perform a multi instance setup.
With SmartFoxServer 2.10 we have added full TLS encryption to the protocol. In this recipe we’re going to discuss the implications for the Login phase in SFS2X and the differences with the previous modality of secure Login.
Java 8 has been out for year now and it’s probably the most “radical” release of Java ever. With the new functional/lambda additions it feels almost like a new language.
SmartFoxServer 2.10 fully supports Java 8 but since it comes as a patch it still relies on the previous runtime (Java 7) coming with SFS 2.9
If you’re interested in taking advantage of the new Java 8 features for your server Extension code you can follow these simple steps:
In this article we’re going to build a simple Login Extension using EclipseLink in place of the default DBManager API provided by SFS2X.
EclipseLink is a powerful ORM (object-relational mapping) framework, that is compliant with the Java Persistence API (JPA) standard.
NOTE: the tutorial presupposes you have an understanding of the basic concepts of object-relational mapping and you’re familiar with at least one database technology. If you don’t have experience with these tools we recommend to check this introduction.
We have just released a new update of the iOS/OSX API with support for the new TLS encryption features coming with SFS2X 2.10.0
You can read the release notes and download the frameworks from here.