MMO server suggestions?

[hallsofvallhalla]

There are a few to pick from. Any suggestions? Which one is easy to implement? Not too worried about a cap as if I reach a cap I can then purchase more. I am mainly looking for ease of use.

[SpiritWebb]

I messed with SmartFoxServer Pro. I was going to try with SFS2, but was unsure how to get it too work. From what I remember, SFS is programmed in XML. There is a networking tutorial using SFS online. If I can remember where I found it, I will post it for you.

[Jackolantern]

XML is a data representation mark-up language. Programs cannot be made with it. I believe Smart Fox is made in Java, like pretty much every other commercial server application.

[hallsofvallhalla]

Photon seems pretty nice and easy. 100 ccu for free license.

[SpiritWebb]

Java...my fault. I was a rush when I put that...my bad.

I heard good about Photon, never messed with it though.

[Jackolantern]

Wow, Photon looks neat. Nice that it is in C# (for certain developers at least), but kind of pain that it is always locked to Windows servers (they cost more).

I could not find anything about the source code, though. Is it completely closed source?

[hallsofvallhalla]

nope, has source available in download. Easy to implement so far also. Of course I haven't gotten very far yet

[OldRod]

They have a tutorial for integrating Photon with Unity's demo project I believe... haven't tried it out but plan to.

[xcalpro]

Don't know if this is still relevant, but I tinkered with Photon last year and was able to get it working with the Unity Boot Camp multiplayer demo. Photon is a very easy to user MMO server and this was when it was version 2 when I used it. They have since come out with version 3 which appears to be even easier to implement.

Anyway this site has some nice tutorials on getting Unity to run with Photon. http://www.cjrgaming.com/ it was very helpful in learning how Photon works.

[Jackolantern]

Wow, those are some nice tutorials there! I wonder why I never seem to find that stuff when searching for it!