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SmartFoxServer 3 | MMO Basics
This demo project shows how to take advantage of SmartFoxServer's dedicated MMO API to optimize updates delivered to clients in large scale MMO games; it also shows how to implement NPCs.
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About this asset
SmartFoxServer is a comprehensive platform for rapidly developing multi-user applications and games with Unity, HTML5, iOS, Android, Java and more.
It comes with an extremely rich set of features, an impressive documentation set, tens of examples with their source, powerful administration tools, an included free 100 CCU license and a very active support forum.
Born in 2004, and evolving continuously since then, today SmartFoxServer is the leading middleware to create large scale multiplayer games, MMOs and virtual communities, thanks to its simplicity of use, versatility and performance. It powers hundreds of projects all over the world, from small chats and turn-based games to massive virtual worlds and realtime games. Learn more on the SmartFoxServer website.
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This demo project offers an introduction to SmartFoxServer's MMO API and the concept of Area of Interest, which determines the spatial range of the events that will be received by players. This, in conjunction with the use of Server Variables to track the coordinates, allows creating a virtual environment in which potentially thousands of players can move around without overloading clients with updates.
This proof-of-concept also features a server-side Extension, which accomplishes two tasks: (1) shows how to optimize the user positioning logic and (2) simulates any number of active users via the creation of automated Non-Player Characters (NPC) moving around the map randomly, entering and leaving the Area of Interest of players continuously.
For more information, check our in-depth tutorial on the SmartFoxServer 3 documentation website.
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Technical details
Main SmartFoxServer features:
SmartFoxServer 3 expands the capabilities of its predecessor (SmartFoxServer 2X) with a host of important new features, support for the latest Java runtime, improved performance, new API and management tools:
- Built on Java 25 LTS, leveraging the latest Java features for performance and scalability
- Proprietary TCP/UDP socket engine with new architecture supporting virtual threads and multiple UDP channels
- Simplified architecture, with virtual threads taking care of scalability complexity
- Improved protocol: less overhead and more efficient serializer providing even higher throughput than its predecessor
- Low-latency, multi-channel reliable UDP implementation, providing both reliable/ordered and unreliable/ordered options, in addition to raw UDP
- Multi-language server-side Extensions (Java / Kotlin / Scala / Groovy), with new sync/async processing option
- Advanced class loading mechanism that avoids dependency conflicts between Extensions and relative .jar libraries
- HRC system for transparent reconnection of unstable clients
- BlueBox add-on for firewall and proxy traversal
- Flooding filter with auto-kick / auto-ban functions
- Customizable bad words filter with auto-kick / auto-ban functions
- Real-time live audio streaming allowing in-game chats, messenger type applications and more
- Public and private chat messaging; moderation support (kick, ban)
- Server-side variables
- Game API for match-making
- Game spectators support
- Advanced Buddy List system with black-list, permissions, offline buddy variables, etc.
- Invitations and challenges system
- Special MMO API for "Area of Interest"-based users proximity notification
- Web-based administration dashboard with live metrics, persistent performance history and advanced configuration options
- Embedded web server
Supported platforms:
- All platforms supported by Unity
Supported OS:
- Windows
- Linux/Unix
- macOS (13+)
Documentation:
Compatibility
| Unity version | Built-in | URP | HDRP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6000.3.10f1 | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible |
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