Large data transfer

FredLeGruau

Hi !

I'm not quite there yet in my project, but I know that I'll eventually need to transfer relatively large amounts of data between players. By relatively large, I mean maybe something in the range of 300KB to 5 MB*.

- The transfer doesn't need to be very fast. I'm ok with players waiting a few seconds
- The transfers should be occasional (let's say 1 transfer per 10 mins of playtime per player)

Q1 - Implementation
I'm relatively new to online programming, so I was wondering if there was a preferable approach for this. Would using the bolt connection and send fragmented arrays of bytes work fine? Or would there be benefits to using something else like a separate TCP connection.

Q2 - Photon Cloud plan
If I were to use Photon Cloud to host my server, what would be the maximum bandwidth it can support. I know I can adjust my price plan to account for more Gigabytes of transfered data per month, but what about data per second ?
Is that something I adjust ?

Thanks for any insight

Fred


* I'll need to transfer game save files and user-created images (and maybe other types of assets too).

stanchion

There's an example of the Bolt Sample Pack for large data transfer using events, it should work for your purpose.

FredLeGruau

@stanchion Thanks ! I'll take a look