What is a good Flash Socket server for newbies?
I discussed which Flash Socket Server to use for the virtual world (multiplayer game).
I want something that has a very abstract api and requires little server side programming.
From what I can see, only Smartfox and ES are related to game development.
I'm open to any suggestions, and if anyone knows which API is easier to learn (Smartfox or ES) don't be afraid to call :)
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I am currently developing a flex + smartfox mmo project. my experience with smartfox is not that "simple", if you want some custom behavior or some bandwidth saving protocols you just need to choose another way. the big drawback of smartfox is amf support, no data is sent or received over a binary socket, everything is transmitted as a string, so you can only imagine the bandwidth attaching the transmission ... however smartfox plus is you can easily compose it with terracotta, and can you implement your extensions in java, python and as3. it then delivers some ready-to-use functionality like chats, girlfriends, etc.
I have some experience with red5, it's a completely different approach, the main plus of working with it is streaming resources such as mp3 or video to clients, so if you need ambient sounds or something like red5 or fms, be your choice.
however I have no experience with electroserver or union so I cannot say much about them.
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Well, Flash Media Server will probably be the easiest to program, since you are programming the server in ActionScript.
I have experience with them - FMS, ElectroServer, Union (used to be Unity), Red5, etc. and I must say that I really liked Union. The Union website contains a bunch of good tutorials for beginners.
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