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03
Dec 10

As we haven’t been content with our former Developer Network (I guess noone was), we put some effort into it now and refreshed it quite a bit. The Photon content is now up to date and extended. It still has holes but we know where they are and how we want to fill them, so stay tuned.

The Developer Network is going to become a source of general Photon documentation – anything that’s not strictly server- or client-side – to close the gaps between both sides. Also, we try to provide platform-independent guides for client side development.

Let us know what you think in the developer forum or mail us.

Visit the DevNet.

19
Aug 10

We just released a new developer tutorial on our download page which extends Photon to buffer objects inside a room and update clients with their type, position and rotation.

This one is especially interesting for everyone using Unity3d as it’s client side is Unity-only. Of course you can learn a bit from it for any Photon-supported client type and server development.

More info and discussion:

Forum post: Tutorial: “NetSync Objects” for Unity

Download:

http://www.exitgames.com/Download/Photon “Netsync-Demo-for-Photon-v2-0-5.zip”

28
Jul 10


(Click here to watch in HD directly on YouTube)

This video gives you a short introduction to the MMO Demo for the Photon socket-server. It shows how to merge the Unity Island Demo into our package, compile and start the windows client to create some simulated players before you finally visit the tropical island inside Unity. See how you move the simulated players around and how to modify the view distance.

You do need to have the Photon socket-server installed locally, of course. How to do this, our How to Install Photon video will show you – in even less time.

19
Jul 10


(Click on the video to watch in HD directly on YouTube)

Here is another tutorial video. It shows how easy it is to get the Photon socket-server SDK for Unity 3D running. Just download it from our website, unzip the files, edit the Unity Scene file (to change the server to your local IP) and it runs. And all it takes is just about 2 minutes. You do need to have the Photon Server installed locally, of course. How to do this, our How to Install Photon video will show you – in even less time.

16
Jul 10


(Click on the video to watch in HD directly on YouTube)

Downloading, installing and starting Photon is a matter of just a few minutes as you can see in this clip.
You will see, first steps are incredibly easy and will take only about two minutes to run your own socket-server!

Many more videos are to follow – in the meantime, don’t hesitate to let us know what you think.