HTML5 Multiplayer

tegleg · February 21, 2015, 12:51am

hello
its good to see html5 packaging from the editor on the master (4.8) branch.
however, multiplayer doesn’t seem to be working.

the error is from the client trying to connect over the internet.
console command from blueprints,
open mapname?listen
and
open [server ip]

is it implemented yet or do i need to mes with steam sockets or something?

thanks

edit:
heres the link
[UMGInventoryDemo][2]

JoJo_2nd_1 · February 23, 2015, 9:24am

Hi tegleg,

The HTML5 networking path is still in the early stages and still being worked on atm so I’d expect it to be a little flaky. AFAIK it’s built on websockets which is wrapped in BSD socket api (but don’t quote me on that) so if you want to mess with it please do.

anonymous_user_27b005a2 · February 23, 2015, 9:45am

Unreal Networking for HTML5 doesn’t yet exist in main line although if you are interested in testing out a alpha version and providing a test case, please let me know.

tegleg · March 1, 2015, 1:39pm

hello sorry for the delay. yes i would be interested in that. where do i get it? thanks

anonymous_user_27b005a2 · March 2, 2015, 2:27pm

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/5a54a880bac95a7e0120bdda90c1caea5005e215 was just committed. This is still experimental.

tegleg · March 3, 2015, 1:14pm

thanks

tegleg · March 5, 2015, 1:42am

opening on local machine.

btw, still cant package without a c++ project.

anonymous_user_27b005a2 · March 5, 2015, 1:54am

This is what I did to test in Firefox, Chrome hasn’t been tested yet.

Make relevant .ini changes ( look up Readme.md for the plugin )
Build editor - test Networked PIE. From the output logs in the IDE, confirm that plugin was used.
Start the a server ( dedicated or the editor build)
connect a native Win64 client and confirm its working
edit the generated html5 file and fix up the command line arguments needed for the client ( i.e ip of the server etc…)
open the page in firefox.

( Currently the plugin is not enabled by default, make sure its enabled to actually use it)

tegleg · March 7, 2015, 4:33pm

when you say “edit the generated html5 file” refering to the host ip, what line is that exactly?

is there currently a way to change the host ip dynamically?
and does it have to be a dedicated server?

thanks

edit:
i still get the script error above as well as:
Assertion failed: HasFoundDataDirectory [File:G:\UnrealEngine-5a54a880bac95a7e0120bdda90c1caea5005e215\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\Internationalization\ICUInternationalization.cpp] [Line: 117]
ICU data directory was not discovered:
…/…/…/test3rdperson/Content/Internationalization
…/…/…/Engine/Content/Internationalization

Azarus · June 20, 2015, 2:19pm

In google it’s the first result. Can we have any news for this question?

goofyseeker311 · June 14, 2016, 3:06pm

Any updates on this? I have a blueprint based project that would greatly benefit from out-of-the-box multiplayer entry/login through a HTML5 client… And I would also be willing to test any recent alpha/beta packages/plugins.

goofyseeker311 · June 20, 2016, 8:09am

The dedicated development/shipping server crashes when client tries to connect to port 8889.
Firefox (47.0 64-bit) error:
“The connection to ws://149.56..:8889/ was interrupted while the page was loading.”
NOTE: The normal Win64 client network cannot/wont even initiate Websocket communications!

Normal building of server/client with Visual Studio 2015 works from github source when using default networking.

Instructions used:

Detailed Development Server Error:

[2016.06.20-07.32.45:601][208]LogNet: NotifyAcceptingConnection: Server TheMeetingRoom accept
[2016.06.20-07.32.45:797][208]PacketHandlerLog: Loaded PacketHandler component: Engine.EngineHandlerComponentFactory (StatelessConnectHandlerComponent)
[2016.06.20-07.32.46:011][208]LogNet: NotifyAcceptedConnection: Name: TheMeetingRoom, TimeStamp: 06/20/16 10:32:46, [UNetConnection] RemoteAddr: dsl-hkibra****-.dhcp.inet.fi, Name: WebSocketConnection_0, Driver: GameNetDriver WebSocketNetDriver_0, IsServer: YES, PC: NULL, Owner: NULL
[2016.06.20-07.32.46:011][208]LogNet: AddClientConnection: Added client connection: [UNetConnection] RemoteAddr: dsl-hkibra-****.dhcp.inet.fi, Name: WebSocketConnection_0, Driver: GameNetDriver WebSocketNetDriver_0, IsServer: YES, PC: NULL, Owner: NULL
[2016.06.20-07.32.46:020][208]LogNetSerialization:Error: FBitReader::SetOverflowed() called
[2016.06.20-07.32.46:042][208]LogWindows: Windows GetLastError: The operation completed successfully. (0)
[2016.06.20-07.32.47:226][208]LogWindows:Error: === Critical error: ===
LowLevelFatalError [File:C:\UnrealEngine-release\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Classes\Engine/NetConnection.h] [Line: 561]
Pure virtual not implemented (UNetConnection::RemoteAddressToString)

[2016.06.20-07.32.47:237][208]LogExit: Executing StaticShutdownAfterError
[2016.06.20-07.32.47:261][208]LogWindows: FPlatformMisc::RequestExit(1)
[2016.06.20-07.32.47:262][208]Log file closed, 06/20/16 10:32:47

r4ptur3 · August 25, 2016, 5:46pm

bump

any news on this? I found a 2 year old github for UE4.8 that was supposed to address networking with HTML5 but it crashes UE4.12 when I try to build.

more info over here: