Third Party Photon: How Do I Switch from Cloud to OnPremise Redistributable Server?

I'd like my players to host servers, I'm sure you've all heard this a 100 times before but... Like minecraft, terraria, unturned, dayz, and most modern pc games

So I made my game with Photon Cloud, how do I switch to this? I can't seem to find any guide to get it into your game.

Except this https://doc.photonengine.com/en/onpremise/current/getting-started/photon-server-in-5min

But that doesn't show you how to set it up for your game.

 

So PUN is what you're referring to here, which comprises of two parts:

• a cloud server, hosted and run by ExitGames (the guys that made PUN)
• a library for unity (which you likely obtained through the asset store) containing a set of functionality to set up your project to use the cloud server, and the associated functionality that it supports

So ultimately, what you want to do is emulate their cloud server. However, the code that they run on their cloud server is not publicly available, so this just isn't possible. What they do say however is that PUN uses a slightly tweaked version of the Lite application that comes with the photon server SDK. So, you wont find a way to simply "convert" your current setup to one where you can ship the server-application out to your players. However, using the Lite application that comes along with the SDK will get you pretty close, you will just need to tweak your code to get it all working.

Good luck!

 

Hi,
We actually stopped building a Photon Redistributable Server package quite a while ago. That's how low demand for it was, while maintenance was high.
Sorry. You either host a set of servers with the Photon Server SDK (but don't distribute that) or you use the Photon Cloud for your gamers (which saves you the need to build a listing of player-run servers, etc.).

 

Ok, hmm... I guess I won't be using Redistributable

How do I save my world? I'd like players who rejoin their game, to have the car they bought, and the house they built. To still be there when they return.

But when all players leave the room closes, deleting it all. How do I keep/save this stuff somehow?

 

To keep stuff, you would have to save it when the room becomes empty. We have "webhooks" for that, so you can configure a webservice to provide persistence.
Check out this:
https://doc.photonengine.com/en-us/realtime/current/tutorials/persistence-guide/

As this can become tricky, make sure you have a good idea of what you do in multiplayer in the first place. If rooms/states can be used forever, their state might grow and become unusable. We have no proper way to safeguard you against this.