I have a chat client that uses FMS server. I do not know how many more functions are on FSM that I can utilize. There is 0 documentation for the available FMS server. Is there a way to browse or query all the available features/functions of Adobe FMS server?
Also some of the chatters crashes my flash play remotely. I think, they are just overflowing the buffer? Is it the case? or how anyone can remotely crash my flash player? This only happens if I kick any of the specific user using the command /kick user.
FMS has pretty good doc at FMS API. But functions you want depend of who implemented server side for you.
Crash might be caused of your chat implementation. You need to find initial developer to fix that.
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I'm controlling an Arduino Relay using simple sendtoURL commands. Quite by accident I was testing in the Flash debugger and it worked flawlessly.
Once I realized I was in the wrong environment and I did the same test, I noticed a huge difference in performance.
It's hard to explain so I made a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1tluBtA6s
Is there any way to get the Flash Runtime performance within AIR?
What might be causing this and what could I use as an alternative?
Originally using a proxy server, must Flash to communicate with Arduino. Maybe you are also using it the same way right? However, Recently in Adobe AIR using a ArduinoConnector.ane direct you to the Arduino can communicate with. I have tested it using(RFID communicate). The existing proxy server is much faster than going via.
ArduinoConnector link
I am attempting to convert my Unity3d game to flash but am experiencing trouble with comments. Because of the socket trouble, I am trying to use Json and Post, but I don't know where to start. I saw this
Java server- client socket communication
but it incorporates sockets.
This is for the user client, but I also need to redo the server side. I believe I need a web server to get the Json strings and return the appropriate response.
Am I doing this right, or is there something I am overlooking?
This may lessen the amount of work quite a bit if you are interested in using an API. Smartfox is an awesome Client API / Multiplayer server tool that can increase output time as well as allow you to implement efficiency code to improve server stability.
It works for both Unity3D and flash.
http://www.smartfoxserver.com/
Addressing your main question I believe you would need a server to effectively use Json and be able to communicate to the clients however this is where smartfoxserver can come in handy. I have not had much experience in the flash multiplayer programming however smartfox is a great tool and I used it to make multiplayer programs in unity3d.
Hope this helps!
Mitch
I need to create a custom communication between server and flash client. For example I want to write UDP protocol using error correction. It is much faster than TCP and does not suffer from routing problem. Unfortunately I absolutely cannot think of how to replace the existing way:
_stream = new NetStream(_connection);
_video.attachNetStream(_stream);
This encloses all communication and I do not have a control over it. I understand that I can use appendBytes, but not sure what exactly to pass to this function. I can do anything on the server side. My video is H.264 and audio is ACC.
Unless it's a AIR application, you can't. It's native API which already handling application layer (OSI model).
If you want make your own, using flash.net.DatagramSocket class (available in AIR 2+) for your application layer and NetStream.appendBytes for audio/video stream decoding & playback (feeded with FLV/F4V chunks)
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/DatagramSocket.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/NetStream.html#appendBytes%28%29
I was betting on UDP, but never got it working in Flash. I'll explain it:
In your browser, there is really no way to make usage of UDP!!! Flash applications there run in a sandbox, which only talk TCP!
Air is used for desktop applications, which after compilation run in a desktop wrapper, which itself has direct access to the socket and other possibilities.
That's it! You have to use TCP.
I need to store a password locally from a Flash based app that runs within a browser. Is there an Flash equivalent to Air's encrypted local storage? (I'm publishing for Flash Player 10)
Thanks. Uli
I'd strongly advise against this, because the only way you can do this is by using Flash's shared objects, which are accessible to any flash application. Someone could simply create a flash wrapper to your SWF application and have people visit through their wrapper and then collect sensitive information (the password) with great ease. I'm posting this an answer because if you ever want anyone to feel remotely secure while using your application, this is the only answer.
On another note, you could simply write an AIR app and then when people visit your apps website, they can either have their AIR app launched from your web page or be prompted to install it if they do not already have it. Check out these links for more NFO on that:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=distributing_apps_3.html#1035834
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7fcb.html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7e15
I see Red5 which looks nice but it really lacks documentation and since I'm new to using sockets it would be a hassle.
I'm wanting to make a flash chat with audio/video (though just text will work at first) and I enjoy ES but the cheapeast license is $700! I'm a solo developer so the cost is too high.
The main factor is just having good enough documentation for a new comer.
(I use the flash CS4 IDE if that matters)
SmartFoxServer is a good choice. I played around with it a few years ago with AS2, so might be work a look.
They offer a free lite version, but it does not support AS3. I think you need to get the basic plan for that. The pricing plans do look well priced though.
They have some nice documentation and plenty of example.
SmartFoxServer seems to be targeted at multi-player games, but it could be used for your needs.
EDIT*
Just found these Beta AS3 classes for SmartFoxServer. I haven't tried it out for my self though.
EDIT 2*
Another option would be to make your own. It's probably easier than you think if you have a few programming languages under your belt. Of course, this is the kinda thing that can suck your time away.
There are a bunch of tutorials out there for building your own socket server, and some are even specifically for flash. Here are some of the best:
Building a Flash socket server with
Java in five minutes
Python socket server for Flash
XML Sockets / Flash / PHP Based Chat App
Writing Socket Servers in PHP
Asynchronous Socket Programming in C#
I would definitely suggest using C# .net if you have Windows hosting. It would definitely be the simplest to build and would have the best performance. I would stay away from PHP for anything bigger than a chat app, but if that's all you have then go for it.
Try Union. IT's written by one of the best actionscript programmers out there, Colin Moock. The options seem affordable and it's well documented as well.
You can get a free flash socket policy server from https://fsps.rpath.org. I built this appliance for internal use at rPath where I work, but I also maintain it on our free rBuilder Online service. Just click on the Home tab, and download the type of appliance you want (ISO, vmware image, etc.). The Appliance is a full system image including the OS (in this case rPath Linux 2) plus the fsps application.
The policy service resides in the fsps package and runs on the standard Adobe port of 843. By default, it only opens up access to port 443 on the system (https). The policy file served up lives in /usr/share/fsps if you want to change it.