mmj-the-fighter / dcm

An example of how a Unity3D game can be programmed for accepting commands over a LAN and perform actions on those commands.

DCM ( a.k.a Debug Connection Manager)

An example of how a Unity3D game can be programmed for accepting commands over a LAN and perform actions on those commands.

Example scenario

The game is on pre-release.
And the game is running fullscreen on a tablet.
The I.P. address of the tablet is known.
The tester wants a lot of things tested in short time.
The developer writes cheat codes and integrate them with DebugConnectionManager.
Now the testers can play the game in full screen and send cheat codes to the game from another computer over LAN.

Building

Refer DebugConnectionManager.cs for API implementation details
Refer HealthController.cs and SpinControllers.cs for how to use API
Make a Unity3D project
Make a scene with any 3D model and Main Camera focused on it
Attach SpinController.cs and HealthController.cs to the model
Run the project
Click on start server
Build the client.c for windows, linux or mac machines
Run the client
Note down the IP address of the server machine
Use that IP and port number 64000 to connect to the server
On getting acknowledgement send commands
Only two clients are allowed to connect at the same time
There is an option to support more clients by changing the value of maxNumOfClientsSupported variable in DebugConnectionManager.cs
The result of the command is also send from server to client. It is either 0 (succeeded) or 1 (failed)
Note: You need to disable firewalls in server and client machines to make the project working fine

Important URLs

• Android Client APK built for Android 12

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qqd0doh44abrnje1e1gk5/dcmc3.apk?rlkey=tahvcs9fnsihh9zyb577rt0xp&dl=0

• Blog post

https://gamedev1001.blogspot.com/2017/07/game-testing-framework-idea.html

Acknowlegements

Thanks to the developers of Unreal Tournament demo (1999) for making an in-game console for commands. That was my inspiration.
Thanks to the developers who posted articles and source code on C# .NET Sockets at www.codeproject.com
Thanks to the developers who posted articles and source code on delgates at https://msdn.microsoft.com and www.codeproject.com
Thanks to the operators and visitors of #gamedev ( irc.AfterNET.org ) for their support and encouragements for the development