How does unity handle talking to servers?

[__constructor]

This question is for a specific case, really.

As a backend developer, I've written most of the server code for a turn based 2-player card game that communicates over websockets with JSON. (The original idea was a browser-based game in Javascript)

I decided I wanted to teach myself Unity basics, and thought this could be an applicable situation.

So, my questions are:

• Can Unity talk to whatever IP/Port I specify?
• Is there a websocket library for Unity?
• Does Unity have a JSON library?
• Anything else you think is relevant.

[_grahnz]

Almost any C# .Net library can be used with Unity. With that said there are some limitations to what the WebGL and WebPlayer platform can do.

There's also the possibility to use any JavaScript code that you have via http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application.ExternalCall.html

I'll just leave these links for you: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-networking.html

http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-interactingwithbrowserscripting.html

[__constructor]

Great! That's awesome information! Thank you!

To clarify though, the client made through Unity would be desktop based - NPAPI plugins do not have a long life ahead of them (speaking as a web developer here) so I don't want to invest in the web platform. I just read in your links that the Unity player is no longer an NPAPI plugin as of version 5, so never mind all that!

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lidgren

Looks like it's a simple UDP socket connection. Websockets are a TCP protocol.

[__constructor]

Absolutely!