SFS Hosting Server

[Evgeny1991127]

Hello, every one

Currently we are developing online game by using Unity 3D + SFS 2.x.
So we purchased SFS 2.x license.
But we are just wondering if SFS works well with AWS EC2.
Because we need to hosting a server but not sure which platform SFS works fine.
So I want to confirm if SFS hosting a server for clients by itself.
Then we will use SFS instead AWS.

Another one is technical point regarding voice chat (VoIP). Currently our game engine is Unity 3D / C#.
I know Photon supports voice chat but not sure if SFS supports voice chat.
I heard about red box but not sure if it works well on unity.

Regards

[Lapo]

Hi,
we are not hosting providers but we have partners that offer hosting here:
http://smartfoxserver.com/cloud

However EC2 will work with no problems. We use it all the times for tests, even very large scale ones and we have lots of customers running their SFS2X instances on EC2. So, no problem there.

If you choose a Linux distro we recommend Debian, Ubuntu server or CentOS 6 and higher.

Hope it helps

[Bax]

Another one is technical point regarding voice chat (VoIP). Currently our game engine is Unity 3D / C#.
I know Photon supports voice chat but not sure if SFS supports voice chat.
I heard about red box but not sure if it works well on unity.

The RedBox is compatible with Flash only. Currently we are not providing a solution for other platforms.
The RedBox source code (which includes a server side Extension and dedicated client API) is distributed on our website: you may take a look and find out if you can do the same (reusing the server Extension) in Unity too.

[Evgeny1991127]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.
So is it possible to integrate voice chat session by using red box in unity?

Regards

[Bax]

So is it possible to integrate voice chat session by using red box in unity?

Not directly. You will have to convert the RedBox client to Unity.

[Evgeny1991127]

Hello, Lapo

What cloud you prefer instead AWS EC2?
I am considering cloud machine instead AWS EC2.
Because we are not sure if AWS works perfect with smart fox server.
So we want to choose safe way.
Also if we choose cloud, will you guys assist to complete server configuration on cloud?
e.g : IP, Database, OS ...

Regards

[Lapo]

As I mentioned in my previous reply, there's no problem with Amazon EC2 and SFS. We have used many times ourselves and we have may customers using it. It's a very flexible system with tons of options.

Sure, if you want something simpler that it is easier to setup take a look at hour hosting partners:
http://smartfoxserver.com/cloud