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October, 2011

28
Oct 11

The new Photon Unity Networking v1.3 was just submitted to Unity’s Asset Store and should show up within the next day.

All fixes in this package are local to the editor or each client, so it doesn’t break communication or require a server update. This is new:

  • Changed: MasterClient handover: When leaveing a room, the MasterClient becomes null. It only is available inside a room.
  • Changed: PhotonNetwork.time is now a double with millisecond precision and always positive. It’s 0 at server-start and goes up to ~4294967, where it will overflow to 0 again. This happens every ~49 days.
  • Fixed: A call to Disconnect() while not being connected set a state that made it impossible to Connect() later on.
  • Changed: Connect() is only possible when disconnected. Disconnect() is only allowed when the client is connected.
  • Added: enum PhotonNetworkingMessage now contains all method names that could be called by our framework (in no particular order). Check it’s description.
  • Changed: A few internals to improve performance and reduce object creation (and save some GC calls). Example: SendMonoMessage().
  • Updated: client library is now from Photon Unity SDK v3.0.0.5
  • Changed: PhotonNetwork will now limit incoming unreliable messages to 20 instead of dispatching everything. This can cause gaps in updates but lets a client catch up much faster after loading a level (which pauses dispatching of incoming events).
  • Fixed: Converter will now make JS scripts extend Photon.MonoBehaviour after conversion.
  • Updated: PhotonView and inspector to also handle scene views on disabled objects. Before, these could collide easily. Please give feedback, if PhotonViews cause errors.

Get it from the Asset Store.

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28
Oct 11

With some delay but nothing less than full compatibility to Photon 3, the SDKs for iOS, Windows and Android are out now!

Compatibility to Photon 3 includes updates of the binary protocol and new supported data types. These now include non-strict arrays of objects, which helps a bunch when you need to send parameters of something with varying object types. You can now integrate your own custom types into the protocol in Java, C and C++. In objC they are provided as a preview only for now, final version comes with the next update.

All three client-platforms now also support tcp – although due to Photons ability of sending reliable udp, the only reason to avoid udp with these clients is, that you host your server somewhere, where udp can’t be used.

Encryption became a lot easier and now everything about that is handled internally. Furthermore there have been some API changes, some  directly related to Photon 3, others just general improvements and of course several bug fixes.

I am sure, you will recognize the new versioning, like it already has been introduced with the most recent .NET client releases: The first 2 numbers of a client sdk version now match the ones of the according server SDK, which makes it a lot easier to recognize fitting SDKs.

Please refer to the release-history files for a detailed list of all changes.

Get the new Photon 3 Client SDKs here.

21
Oct 11

Win an iPad2!

07
Oct 11

Photon Indie October Sale!

Photon Indie October Sale

$399 for Unlimited Users & Servers

Autumn leaves are falling down … and so do Photon Indie prices. We are in celebration mode!
More than 8,000 developers have signed up so far for Photon and we want to give something back to our fantastic Indie community:
So party with us, share the success and get a Photon Indie license for unlimited servers and concurrent users for just $399 during October.

We know it is still cheaper to pick-up some leaves on the street, but we think this offer will heat you up
as much as we are excited about our latest success:
Codemasters signing up Photon in a multi-title deal to build stunning MMOs such as F1 Online: The Game.
Put the pedal to the metal and spread the word about the most awesome engine …

Get the Photon Indie license for unlimited servers and concurrent users for just $399 here.

Cheers, you are great!