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Best of both worlds: SFS2X + server side Unity for realtime games (p2)

In part one of this article series we took a bird’s eye look at various client-server strategies for action multiplayer games. We then highlighted the advantages of running an hybrid solution with SmartFoxServer 2X and Unity on the server side to combine the best of both worlds.

In this second part we’ll be looking at the details of implementing such a solution, the potential difficulties and how to overcome them.

If you have skipped the first article we highly recommend to go back and read it, before you proceed. Continue reading →

JavaScript is back!

With the release of SFS2X 2.13 last week we’re happy to reintroduce JavaScript as a server side language. For those familiar with the history of SmartFoxServer, JavaScript has been available since the early days of SFS PRO for writing server side code, and it’s now coming back thanks to the latest improvements in JDK 7 and 8.

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HTTP Request and Extensions integration

In this new recipe we’re going to take a look at how we can integrate regular HTTP calls with the SmartFoxServer runtime and specifically how to communicate with Extension code via HTTP GET/POST requests.

Common applications of the HTTP/Extension interoperability are debugging interfaces and administration UIs. With this approach developers can easily build a simple web interface that reports that game state, monitors data structures, users etc… allowing to quickly debug problems while testing, triggering events and so on.

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