What Network Library?

[jasonswearingen]

For basic background on networking in games and the various strategies, see https://www.gafferongames.com/post/what_every_programmer_needs_to_know_about_game_networking/ and the related articles

Some options:

1. Networking via SteamWorks library:
   • https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/networking
   • a good C# binding: https://github.com/Facepunch/Facepunch.Steamworks
2. Networking via Epic Online Services:
   • https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/services
   • official C# SDK: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/services/en-US/CSharp/GettingStarted/index.html
3. Litenetlib, a spiritual successor to the defunct Lidgren network libraries: https://github.com/RevenantX/LiteNetLib
4. A library supporting Nat Traversal: https://github.com/Toemsel/Network
5. A C# Port of the ENet Library:
   • https://github.com/nxrighthere/ENet-CSharp
   • https://github.com/lsalzman/enet (original lib)
   • http://enet.bespin.org/ (docs for ENet)
6. Simple implementation directly tied to Stride: https://github.com/manio143/Stride.Networking.Simple

Other networking related readings/research:

• NAT
  • C# NAT library: https://github.com/lontivero/Open.NAT
• Cheaters (other good networking stuff on site/book too)
  • http://ithare.com/chapter-iii-on-cheating-p2p-and-non-authoritative-servers-from-dd-of-mmog-book/
• other libraries not yet researched
  • https://github.com/Toemsel/Network
  • https://github.com/RevenantX/LiteNetLib

[danilobreda]

https://github.com/RevenantX/LiteNetLib seems more updated and strong.

[MsEpsilon]

I personally use it, together with LiteEntitySystem. 👍