Getting Started

Project Setup

Each download is a complete Unity project.

1. Unzip the downloaded package and open the project folder with Unity 6000.3.18f1.
2. Create a Fusion 2 AppId following Creating a Fusion 2 AppId.
3. Open Tools > Fusion > Realtime Settings and paste the AppId into the App Id Fusion field of the selected PhotonAppSettings asset.

Running in Editor

All examples start from the main menu scene, each example scene also runs on its own.

1. Open the scene Assets/00_MainMenu/00_MainMenu.unity and enter Play Mode.
2. Select THIRD PERSON CHARACTER, PLATFORMER or SHOOTER.
3. The game menu opens with a generated nickname and an empty Room Name field, change the nickname and enter a room name to play with others.
4. Press Start Game, the menu closes when the session runs.
5. Press Esc or Enter during play to open the game menu again, it offers Disconnect and Back to Menu.

To open an example directly, open Assets/01_ThirdPersonCharacter/01_ThirdPersonCharacter.unity, Assets/02_Platformer/02_Platformer.unity or Assets/03_Shooter/03_Shooter.unity and enter Play Mode, the game menu appears right away. An empty room name joins a random session of the same example or creates a new one. For a quick offline test in the editor enable Force Single Player on the UIGameMenu object of the scene, the game then starts without a connection.

Controls

Keyboard and Mouse

• W, A, S, D or the arrow keys - Move
• Mouse - Look around
• Space - Jump
• Left Shift - Sprint, Third Person Character and Platformer only
• Left Mouse Button - Fire, Shooter only
• Esc or Enter - Open or close the game menu

Gamepad

• Left Stick - Move
• Right Stick - Look around
• South Button - Jump
• Left Stick Press - Sprint, Third Person Character and Platformer only
• West Button - Fire, Shooter only

Touch

The on-screen controls appear on mobile platforms while the game menu is closed.

• Left half of the screen - Drag the stick to move
• Right half of the screen - Drag to look around
• Jump button - Jump
• Double tap on the right half of the screen - Jump
• Fire button - Fire, Shooter only
• Menu button in the top left corner - Open or close the game menu

Building and Testing Multiplayer

The build settings of the project list the four scenes in this order: 00_MainMenu, 01_ThirdPersonCharacter, 02_Platformer and 03_Shooter. Keep the order, UIMainMenu loads the examples by build index and UIGameMenu hands the active scene to the NetworkRunner by build index.

To test multiplayer, run a build next to the Unity Editor, start several builds on one machine or install the build on several devices. Enter the same room name on every client and press Start Game. Clients are only matched together when they use the same AppId, AppVersion and region and when they start the same example.

In the Shared Authority project UIGameMenu starts the NetworkRunner with GameMode.Shared, every client joins the session and controls its own player.

In the Client Host project UIGameMenu starts the NetworkRunner with GameMode.AutoHostOrClient, the first client of a session becomes the host and later clients connect to it.