Overview

This example was tested with Unity Hub version 2017.4.32f1 on Windows 10 64-bit and macOS Mojave, although the recommended version is 2018.4.19f1 as it is the latest LTS version. It should also work with later versions of Unity Hub.

The project is set up with a simple multiplayer structure borrowed from the popular Tanks Tutorial. The Parsec Unity SDK module lives in Assets/ParsecUnity.

After running the example, you will be shown a code to pair the example with a Parsec account. Visit the URL displayed next to the code to authenticate securely via the Parsec website.

You'll then be promted to input some game data to begin hosting. You should NOT select the public option unless you want your demo to visible by ALL Parsec users!

After the Parsec SDK has begun hosting, you'll be given a link that can be shared privately for others to join the demo. You may use this link yourself on another computer or in a web browser for testing.

There are two streamers, ParsecStreamCamera for streaming one camera, and ParsecStreamFull to stream the full end result. They both inherit ParsecStreamGeneral which can be used to find it on a camera. On the camera there is a property named Game ID, this needs to be filled in for all network calls to work.

You will need to set your project to use Expirimental 4.6 on Unity Version 2017.4 for the scripting runtime engine in the player settings.

Parsec SDK Implementation in Assets

GameManager.cs

This file, as in the tank demo, in this case we added a players object, that will have the local player in Element 0, and assign remote players to the remaining slots. So Size needs to be at least 1 for local play.

void GetAccessCode() - This function is assigned to the button to get the user access code to give access for this application to stream. The streamer.RequestCodeAndPoll function is the one that gets the values.

void AuthenticationPoll(ParsecUnity.API.SessionResultDataData data, ParsecUnity.API.SessionResultEnum status) this function gets automatically called after calling GetAccessCode()

void StartParsec() this function starts parsec streaming

void StopParsec() this function stops parsec streaming

ParsecSampleScene.unity

This is the sample scene with the objects.

PlayerManager.cs

This file has the same functionality as the tanks one, but only adds the guest state by m_AssignedGuest Calls ParsecInput.AssignGuestToPlayer to bind the ParsecInput calls to a certain guest number.

public void Setup() this is where we assign the guest to a player.

PlayerMovement.cs

This file parses the input from remote players, the changes here is mainly from Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow) to Input.GetKey(player, KeyCode.LeftArrow)

void Update() called every frame by unity to do movement stuff, see the tank tutorial for more details.

PlayerObject.prefab

This has the player object, with the PlayerMovement script assigned