NetworkCursor

Author: (Joachim Ante)

Description

A set of scripts to make one Unity instance control another. This example takes mouse input one one Unity instance and sends it to control a cursor on another. This code could be developed further into a good networking implementation for many types of games.

Usage

Download this project: Networking Example Project

JavaScript - NetworkCursor.js

function Update () {
    while (true)
    {
        var msg : MessageData = Server.PopMessage();
        if (msg == null)
            break;
 
        transform.position.x = msg.mousex;
        transform.position.y = msg.mousey;
    }
}

JavaScript - SendNetworkCursor.js

function Update ()
{
    // Create the message it and send it off!
    var msgData = new MessageData();
    msgData.mousex = Input.mousePosition.x / Screen.width;
    msgData.mousey = Input.mousePosition.y / Screen.height;
    msgData.stringData = "Hello World";
 
    Client.Send(msgData);
}

C# - Plugins/Client.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Net;
 
public class Client : MonoBehaviour {
 
    public string m_IPAdress = "127.0.0.1";
    public const int kPort = 10253;
 
    private static Client singleton;
 
 
    private Socket m_Socket;
    void Awake ()
    {
        m_Socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
 
        // System.Net.PHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve("host.contoso.com");
        // System.Net.IPAddress remoteIPAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
        System.Net.IPAddress    remoteIPAddress  = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(m_IPAdress);
 
        System.Net.IPEndPoint   remoteEndPoint = new System.Net.IPEndPoint(remoteIPAddress, kPort);
 
        singleton = this;
        m_Socket.Connect(remoteEndPoint);
    }
 
    void OnApplicationQuit ()
    {
        m_Socket.Close();
        m_Socket = null;
    }
 
    static public void Send(MessageData msgData)
    {
        if (singleton.m_Socket == null)
            return;
 
        byte[] sendData = MessageData.ToByteArray(msgData);
        byte[] prefix = new byte[1];
        prefix[0] = (byte)sendData.Length;
        singleton.m_Socket.Send(prefix);
        singleton.m_Socket.Send(sendData);
    }
}

C# - Plugins/Server.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
 
public class Server : MonoBehaviour {
 
    static Server singleton;
 
    private Socket m_Socket;
 
    ArrayList m_Connections = new ArrayList ();
 
    ArrayList m_Buffer = new ArrayList ();
    ArrayList m_ByteBuffer = new ArrayList ();
 
    void Awake ()
    {
        m_Socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);     
        IPEndPoint ipLocal = new IPEndPoint ( IPAddress.Any , Client.kPort);
 
        m_Socket.Bind( ipLocal );
 
        //start listening...
        m_Socket.Listen (100);
        singleton = this;
    }
 
    void OnApplicationQuit ()
    {
        Cleanup();
    }
 
    void Cleanup ()
    {
        if (m_Socket != null)
            m_Socket.Close();
        m_Socket = null;
 
        foreach (Socket con in m_Connections)
            con.Close();
        m_Connections.Clear();
    }   
    ~Server ()
    {
        Cleanup();      
    }
 
    void Update ()
    {
        // Accept any incoming connections!
        ArrayList listenList = new ArrayList();
        listenList.Add(m_Socket);
        Socket.Select(listenList, null, null, 1000);
        for( int i = 0; i < listenList.Count; i++ )
        {
            Socket newSocket = ((Socket)listenList[i]).Accept();
            m_Connections.Add(newSocket);
            m_ByteBuffer.Add(new ArrayList());
            Debug.Log("Did connect");
        }
 
        // Read data from the connections!
        if (m_Connections.Count != 0)
        {
            ArrayList connections = new ArrayList (m_Connections);
            Socket.Select(connections, null, null, 1000);
            // Go through all sockets that have data incoming!
            foreach (Socket socket in connections)
            {
                byte[] receivedbytes = new byte[512];
 
                ArrayList buffer = (ArrayList)m_ByteBuffer[m_Connections.IndexOf(socket)];
                int read = socket.Receive(receivedbytes);
                for (int i=0;i<read;i++)
                    buffer.Add(receivedbytes[i]);
 
                while (true && buffer.Count > 0)
                {
                    int length = (byte)buffer[0];
 
                    if (length < buffer.Count)
                    {
                        ArrayList thismsgBytes = new ArrayList(buffer);
                        thismsgBytes.RemoveRange(length + 1, thismsgBytes.Count - (length + 1));
                        thismsgBytes.RemoveRange(0, 1);
                        if (thismsgBytes.Count != length)
                            Debug.Log("Bug");
 
                        buffer.RemoveRange(0, length + 1);
                        byte[] readbytes = (byte[])thismsgBytes.ToArray(typeof(byte));
 
                        MessageData readMsg = MessageData.FromByteArray(readbytes);
                        m_Buffer.Add(readMsg);
 
                        //Debug.Log(System.String.Format("Message {0}: {1}, {2}", readMsg.stringData, readMsg.mousex, readMsg.mousey));
 
                        if (singleton != this)
                            Debug.Log("Bug");   
                    }
                    else
                        break;
                }
 
                // string output = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
            }           
        }
    }
 
    static public MessageData PopMessage ()
    {
        if (singleton.m_Buffer.Count == 0)
        {
            return null;
        }
        else
        {
            MessageData readMsg = (MessageData)singleton.m_Buffer[0];
            singleton.m_Buffer.RemoveAt(0);
            // Debug.Log(System.String.Format("Message {0}: {1}, {2}", readMsg.stringData, readMsg.mousex, readMsg.mousey));
            return readMsg;
        }
    }
}

C# - Plugins/MessageData.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
 
[System.Serializable]
public class MessageData {
 
    public string stringData = "";
    public float  mousex = 0;
    public float  mousey = 0;
    public int    type = 0;
 
    public static MessageData FromByteArray(byte[] input)
    {
        // Create a memory stream, and serialize.
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(input);
        // Create a binary formatter.
        BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
 
        MessageData data = new MessageData();
        data.stringData = (string)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
        data.mousex = (float)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
        data.mousey = (float)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
        data.type = (int)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
 
        return data;
    }
 
    public static byte[] ToByteArray (MessageData msg)
    {
        // Create a memory stream, and serialize.
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
        // Create a binary formatter.
        BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
 
        // Serialize.
        formatter.Serialize(stream, msg.stringData);
        formatter.Serialize(stream, msg.mousex);
        formatter.Serialize(stream, msg.mousey);
        formatter.Serialize(stream, msg.type);
 
        // Now return the array.
        return stream.ToArray();
    }
}