Flash multiplayer virtual worlds [[electronic resource] ] : build Immersive, full featured interactive worlds for games, online communities, and more / / Makzan

• Autore: Makzan
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham, U.K., : Packt, 2010
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Disciplina: 006.7
• Soggetto topico: Shared virtual environments; Online social networks; Internet games; Internet programming; Computer animation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 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 serverChoosing 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; Chapter 2: Installing the Servers; Comparing SmartFoxServer Lite, Basic, and Pro; SmartFoxServer Lite; SmartFoxServer Basic; SmartFoxServer Pro; Modifying the behavior of server; JSON/Raw data protocol ; Accessing the database directlyComparing 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 ProInstalling 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 driverConfiguring 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; Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with SmartFoxServer; Configuring a basic SmartFoxServer; Overview of the configuration file structure; Configuring the server; Automatically the binding all available IP addresses to server; Listening port for connections ; Setting policy load data from machines in other domains
• Sommario/riassunto: Build immersive, full-featured interactive worlds for games, online communities, and more
• Titolo autorizzato: Flash multiplayer virtual worlds
• ISBN: 1-282-75047-X; 9786612750472; 1-84969-037-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459443203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II