MLAPI Tutorial: Part 7- Play Over Network

Welcome back to Part 7!

In this video we adapt the project so we can play on multiple computers.

We cover adding an InputField to our menu so users can input an IP address of the host computer and we cover Connection Approval.
Connection approval is important so we can check that the client trying to connect is actually using the same game code.

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[maedehdaghighi]

can we have more tutorials on this topic? you are the only one who creates content on this topic :(

[lazigi]

Buddy, you are the best! explained this MLAPI tutorial cycle on my fingers, thanks! Could you try to record a lesson on creating a lobby, I think many will be useful to you. Thanks in advance! [P.S.: if you want too, then add a comment to raise it higher]

[bencodecademy]

Thank you very much for this serie. I mean it. It was really really great !
The topic, the pace, the way you explain things, the simplicity yet the reusability.
Thank you !
plz moar :D

[oli]

Thanks very much for making these. They were very helpful.

[xmetax]

Thanks for these tutorials. When I get time I think I'm going to build this tutorial just to test performance comparison against a similar PUN build; it seems more complicated to work with than PUN (that may just be bc I'm familiar with PUN)

[strahan]

@SRCoder. What's the best way to check if ApprovalCheck failed for a client? (that is, how does the client know it failed to login?)

[sedeheless]

Congrats on this series, you really saved me several times ! But sill have a question :)
When I host my game on a device, it always connects to the local server 127.0.0.1 ... So of course, no one can join :/
Is there a way for the host to create a lobby on the network ?

[Zicrus]

Do people need to set up port forwarding to use this, if they are not on the same network?

[Fimbulveter]

Thanks for the tutorials. I've of coursed reached part 7 already, but am curious where you are learning how to do these things? I have a ton of questions that I'd like to try to find the answer to

[mogaolimpiu]

hello, im trying to adapt your tutorial for vr, but when i do start client no camera is spawned, any idea how i could solve this ?, host is working perfectly

[Crycks]

Hello, thanks for the tutorials, i dont know much and im just starting learning networking. Im doing that with a friend and we created a project, but we can't connect to each other as we cant use localhost and can't find any info on why ?

[vrgamestudio]

Thanks again, I do like your calm, clear and verbose style :)

I'm left wondering though, we know this can do LAN but can we make each other discoverable via a LAN lobby of somesort? Obviously this would be a free local solution but is there any information around about how to go about hosting this (as a headless server?) to achieve PUN like functionality, perhaps a tutorial about hosting such a thing on Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure or maybe even Unity hosting (why create new accounts if you don't have to) as it does seem the big advantage of PUN2 is this out the box feature?

[sripranav]

So changing ip address? We can connect to non local players? And what ip address should we fill it with?

[blender.tutoriel]

I was trying to show hp in a slider as healthbar but apparently its more complex than Slider.value = hp.value. I know how to use sliders but any tips on how to affect the value of hp remaining on each player to them? And maybe the hp of opponent too. Ps: Nice video, hope to see more!

[tanmaysinghal]

Bro can you please make a video on how to host these games online. So that we can play from anywhere in the world. I've to implement that thing in my game

[graypokedri]

Hey! Sorry I’m not too advanced but I have a silly question. Can I connect with almost any computer as long as I have the ip? Or do the computers need to be physically close to each other? Like in the same house or something. Thanks and God bless!

[Firetoicee]

Hi ! first of all thanks alot for your series I really enjoyed it, I live in a different country then my friends and my objective is to make my game work Online right now like not on the same network I am having trouble finding documentation right now, do you have any tips on how I could make it work full online ? do I need a dedicated servers ? any free solutions ? thanks in advance :) much love !

[Jackalonius]

It says: The type or namespace 'UnetTransport' Could not be found

[boomboyag]

Does this still work with the 0.1.0 release? I noticed that you started another series for it, so I was wondering if some things were changed.

[justineybanez]

Hello, does this work also on mobile to mobile (android to android)?