networker's Introduction

Networker

A simple to use TCP and UDP networking library for .NET, designed to be flexible, scalable and FAST.

Supported Frameworks

.NET Standard 2.0

Features

TCP
UDP
Socket Pooling
Object Pooling
Process thousands of requests per second
Dependency Injection using Micrsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollection
Logging using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
Works with Unity Game Engine

Installation

V3 is currently in pre-release. Get the latest build below. NuGet Package Manager

Install-Package Networker -IncludePrerelease

You must then install one of the following formatters

ZeroFormatter

Networker.Formatter.ZeroFormatter

Install-Package Networker.Formatter.ZeroFormatter

Protobuf-net

Networker.Formatter.ProtoBufNet

Install-Package Networker.Formatter.ProtoBufNet

Tutorial - Creating a Basic Unity Multiplayer Game with Networker

Get started with this tutorial written by the library developer Mark Eastwood

Example

Creating a server is easy..

var server = new ServerBuilder()
                .UseTcp(1000)
                .UseUdp(5000)
                .RegisterPacketHandlerModule<DefaultPacketHandlerModule>()
                .RegisterPacketHandlerModule<ExamplePacketHandlerModule>()
                .UseZeroFormatter()
                .ConfigureLogging(loggingBuilder =>
                                    {
                                        loggingBuilder.AddConsole();
                                        loggingBuilder.SetMinimumLevel(
                                            LogLevel.Debug);
                                    })
                .Build();

server.Start();

You can handle a packet easily using dependency injection, logging and built-in deserialisation.

public class PingPacketHandler : PacketHandlerBase<PingPacket>
{
    private readonly ILogger logger;

    public PingPacketHandler(ILogger<PingPacketHandler> logger)
    {
        this.logger = logger;
    }

    public override async Task Process(PingPacket packet, ISender sender)
    {
        this.logger.Debug("Received a ping packet from " + sender.EndPoint);
    }
}