Run unity instance on photon server to simulate physics

blackfxx

I found the following in the official documentation:
"You can actually run Unity instances on the server. Your Photon Server logic will be written in C#, so it's easy to start one Unity process per Room and communicate with it as if it was another client."

But I didn't find any example how to run/use unity instance on server and how to call physics simulation. Does anybody try to do it?

TechCor

You have to figure out how you want to set it up yourself.

A basic outline would be:
- Create a Unity project for running as the server, or use a server version of the client
- Use the C# Process class to run your executable from Photon Server. Pass in any relevant arguments (like the room ID to connect to).
- Have your Unity executable read the command arguments and connect to the Photon Server.
- Use some kind of special handshake message to let the server know you are the boss

I personally just run one Unity instance for all rooms and use a special TCP connection to save memory, but that is a somewhat advanced way of doing things.

blackfxx

Thank you for your answer! I found farseer physics project(opensource, written in C#) and now use it on a server and clients. It only 2d, but it's enough for me)