I was initially going to write what looked like a four paragraph essay to explain what I'm working on, but it wasn't nessecary. In summary, I'm a rookie at Unity and know very little about how to create a platform in which I can store(send and retrieve from other clients) data in "the cloud". Yet, I need to be able to do so for my project.
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class MultiplayerMoveMe : MonoBehaviour
{
//Note: I am making a retro-style game where all sprites face the camera, so the rotation of the players is not a factor that needs considering here; just the position.
//I have a fleshed-out idea on how I will do all of this, however I am completely foreign in all things server-related on this scale so I need some assistance(not the most prideful circumstances).
public GameObject p2Obj;
void Start()
{
//Anything that I might need to add that the serverGet() function might require
}
void serverGet(int playerNum, string reqType)
{
//On their side, every frame, the second player's X, Y, and Z pos should be packed into a string with seperator char '|' and then filed on the server under playerdata/2/pos/
//Then, this script(on the side of player 1) would(every frame, displaced by +1 frame initially) take the player number and the reqType to find said directory online with THIS function to return the value.
//Funny thing is; I have no idea what I'm doing.
//And no, I haven't connected to a server yet. I also want to stay away from any third party apps for this since this is small-scale and I only wish to learn the ins and outs of all of this.
}
void Update()
{
String p2Position = serverGet(2,"pos");
// String p2Position's value is currently "x|y|z"
String[] sl = p2Position.Split('|');
float xPos = float.parse(sl[0]);
float yPos = float.parse(sl[1]);
float zPos = float.parse(sl[2]);
// Now that all values are floats, we can feed them into the thingamabobber to change the position of the other player from our side.
p2Obj.transform.position = new Vector3(xPos, yPos, zPos);
}
}
Below I have a script which, if the serverGet() function's contents were actually existant(and functional, of course), would set the position of the second player to their position according to the data online, which the instance from their side submits in the first place(every frame as well, -1 frame initial displacement so that everything works). This way, if I move on one computer as "player 2", the computer in which I am playing as "player 1" will show the movement of player 2 as it progresses every frame. In other words, basically all calculation is client-side, but the actual communication is(unavoidably) server-side. That server-side is what I'm clueless about, and would appreciate if anyone here could lead me a step in the right direction.
As for the script that actually submits the terms to the server, that will come with my understanding of all of this; which again, I don't have as of right now.
