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Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds.
Build immersive, full-featured interactive worlds for games, online communities, and more.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham :
Packt Publishing,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds; Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Developing Flash Virtual World; What is a virtual world?; Using virtual world for business; Using virtual world for education; Using virtual world for game; Background; Benefit of using Flash to build virtual world; Connecting players in a virtual world; A brief introduction to transport protocols; Peer-to-peer.
- Client-server network; Polling; Socket-based connection; Socket server; Available socket servers for Flash; SmartFoxServer; ElectroServer; Flash Media Interactive Server; Red5; Writing your own socket server; Choosing the right server; Application architecture of a virtual world; The whole picture of virtual worlds; Common features in virtual world; Avatar; World to explore; Home; Items; Quests; Non-player characters; Social features; Casual game design versus MMOG; Existing virtual world games; Club Penguin; Mole; Dofus; World of Warcraft; Summary; 2. Installing the Servers.
- Comparing SmartFoxServer Lite, Basic, and ProSmartFoxServer Lite; SmartFoxServer Basic; SmartFoxServer Pro; Modifying the behavior of server; JSON/Raw data protocol; Accessing the database directly; Comparing different package options; Developing and deploying virtual world environment; Adjusting server setting for the deployment environment; Hosting SmartFoxServer, web server, and database in one server; Hosting SmartFoxServer in dedicated standalone server; Benefiting from setting up SmartFoxServer, web server, and database in different machines; Setting up the development environment.
- Installing Java Development Kit; Installing JDK On Windows; Installing JDK on Mac OSX; Installing JDK on Linux; Installing for General Linux; Installing for Ubuntu Linux; Downloading SmartFoxServer Pro; Installing SmartFoxServer Pro; Installing on Windows; Installing on Mac OSX; Installing on Linux; Running the SmartFoxServer; Starting SmartFoxServer on Windows; Starting SmartFoxServer on Mac OS; Starting SmartFoxServer on Linux; Using embedded web server and database; Running the embedded web server; Running the embedded database server; Downloading third-party HTTP and database server package.
- Installing WAMP on Windows; Installing MAMP on Mac OSX; Installing LAMP on Linux; Connecting SmartFoxServer and MySQL server; Downloading JDBC Driver for MySQL; Setting up the JDBC driver; Configuring the server settings; Configuring MySQL server connection in SmartFoxServer; Restarting the server; Running examples; Loading a simple chat application; Setting up the administration panel; Logging in to administration panel; Locating the Flash Client API; Summary; 3. Getting Familiar with SmartFoxServer; Configuring a basic SmartFoxServer; Overview of the configuration file structure.