Redistributable License - How does this work?

tokyodan

I got an email from Photon about this new Redistributable License where you can include the server IN your game but I can't find any info about how to actually implement this. Are there any docs, tutorials, details about this?

Tobias

You can include the server in a downloadable version of your game. So players can setup the server and run it in their LAN or so.
Actually, the doc for this is not yet online. I will provide a link later on.
The downloadable package is already in the download section: https://www.exitgames.com/download

MoDDIB

Wouldn't it be better if we can start directly the server from our game ?
I don't want to add an extra step to customers 8-)

[Deleted User]

You can. There are a few command line options to start Photon directly from within your game, like:

# start the "Simple" Photon instance:
PhotonSocketServer.exe /run Simple

# stop all Photon instances:
PhotonSocketServer.exe /stop

(a double-click on PhotonSocketServer.exe shows a small pop-up with available options - we'll try to add a command line reference to our docs as well).