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  • SWNetwork SDK Overview
  • Installation
    • Custom Unity Package
  • Tutorials
    • Third-Person Shooter
      • Starter Project Introduction
      • Install SWNetwork
      • Setting up the NetworkClient
      • Sync Player Transform
      • Setting up the Scene Spawner
      • Test and Play
      • Remote Events
      • SyncProperties
      • Player Respawn
      • Updating Room States
      • Winning the Game
    • Basic Lobby
      • Lobby-start
      • Installing SWNetwork SDK and configuring NetworkClient
      • Registering Player
      • Room CRUD
      • Managing Teams
      • Chat
  • SDK
    • Network Client
      • Check-in
      • Game Servers
      • Network Status Event (beta)
      • Classes
        • NetworkClient Class
      • Methods
        • CheckIn() Method
        • ConnectToRoom(Action<bool>) Method
        • DisconnectFromRoom () Method
        • FindSpawner(ushort) Method
    • Game Play
      • Network ID
      • Realtime Agent
      • Remote Event
      • Sync Property
        • Restore Sync Properties
        • Conflict Resolution
      • SceneSpawner
      • RoomPropertyAgent
      • RoomRemoteEventAgent
    • Lobby
      • Register Player
      • Message Player
      • Create Room
      • Change Room Settings
      • Get Rooms
      • Filter Rooms
      • Join Room
      • Message Room
      • Get Players in Room
      • Get Room Custom Data
      • Change Room Custom Data
      • Kick Players
      • Start Room
      • Leave Room
      • Lobby Room Events
        • OnLobbyConnectedEvent
        • OnPlayerMessageEvent
        • OnRoomCustomDataChangeEvent
        • OnNewPlayerJoinRoomEvent
        • OnPlayerLeaveRoomEvent
        • OnNewRoomOwnerEvent
        • OnRoomStartingEvent
        • OnRoomReadyEvent
        • OnFailedToStartRoomEvent
        • OnKickedEvent
        • OnRoomMessageEvent
      • Classes
        • SWLobby Class
        • SWPlayer Class
        • SWRoom Class
        • SWRegisterReply Class
        • SWGetRoomReply Class
        • SWJoinRoomReply Class
        • SWGetRoomCustomDataReply Class
        • SWGetPlayersReply Class
        • SWLobbyIndexData Class
        • SWLobbyFilterData Class
        • SWGetRoomFilterReply Class
        • SWLobbyError Class
        • SWMessagePlayerEventData Class
        • SWMessageRoomEventData Class
        • SWRoomCustomDataChangeEventData Class
        • SWJoinRoomEventData Class
        • SWLeaveRoomEventData Class
        • SWRoomChangeOwnerEventData Class
        • SWStartRoomEventData Class
        • SWRoomReadyEventData Class
        • SWFailedToStartRoomEventData Class
      • Methods
        • Register(Action<bool, SWRegisterReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • MessagePlayer(string, string, Action<bool, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • CreateRoom(bool, int, Action<bool, string, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • ChangeRoomSettings(int, int, Action<bool, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • GetRooms(int, int, Action<bool, SWGetRoomReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • FilterRoom(SWLobbyFilterData, byte, Action<bool, SWGetRoomFilterReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • JoinRoom(string, Action<bool, SWJoinRoomReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • JoinRoomRandomly(Action<bool, SWJoinRoomReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • JoinOrCreateRoom(bool, int, int, Action<bool, SWJoinRoomReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • MessageRoom(string, Action<bool, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • GetRoomCustomData(Action<bool, SWGetRoomCustomDataReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • GetPlayersInRoom(Action<bool, SWGetPlayersReply, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • ChangeRoomCustomData(string, Action<bool, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • StartRoom(Action<bool, SWLobbyError>) Method
        • LeaveRoom(Action<bool, SWLobbyError>) Method
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SocketWeaver currently has Lobby Clusters in four different regions. (Europe, North America East, and North America West). SocketWeaver routes players to the closest available Lobby Cluster by the geo-location information associated with the IP address of the player devices.

Class

SWLobby

You don't need to create a SWLobby object manually. NetworkClient automatically creates one if you provided a valid API_KEY. All the Lobby APIs can be accessed through NetworkClient.Lobby.

Players Lobby APIs.

A connected player can be in one of the lobby states: Unregistered, Registered, and In Room.

In different lobby state, players can use different sets of APIs. Please see the picture below.

FAQ

Question: How come the SocketWeaver Gameplay components(SceneSpawner, RealtimeAgent, etc.) aren't working after room creation?

Player Lifecycle

Player Time to Live is configured by the room settings. The default Player Time to Live value is 5 minutes.

Room Lifecycle

Rooms has 3 states: Default, Starting, and Room Set.

Rooms are automatically destroyed if there are no players in it.

Only room owners can start a room, and modify the room's custom data.

Answer: Once players created/joined a room, they are In room. They can invite friends, manage teams, and message other players in the room. At this moment, the room only exists in the Lobby. To start the room, the room owner needs to call the method to tell SocketWeaver that the players are ready to play.

SocketWeaver will start searching for a suitable game server for the room and will notify the players in the room by invoking the when the game server is ready. At this moment, the room exists in the lobby and the game server.

At last, the players need to call the method to connect to the game server.

StartRoom()
OnRoomReadyEvent
ConnectToRoom()