Set Up the Unity SDK #

In this section, we’ll be generating a Unity SDK package, importing it into our project, and completing the initial configuration.

This tutorial can be run against either a new Unity project or a preexisting one. This tutorial uses Unity Engine 2021.3.


Create a new project (optional) #

Create a new project
  1. Open the Unity Hub application.
  2. When Unity Hub opens, click the New Project button.
  3. In the New project view:
    • Select the version of Unity you wish to use.
    • Select the appropriate template for your game.
    • Name your project.
    • Choose the save location for your project.
    • Click the “Create project” button to get started.

Edit the Pragma SDK setup script #

  1. Copy the setup script (update-pragma-sdk.sh) from pragma-engine/sdk/unity into the root directory of your Unity project.

  1. Open update-pragma-sdk.sh and modify it as follows:
  • Uncomment SOURCE_ENGINE_RELATIVE_FOLDER.
  • Change the value of SOURCE_ENGINE_RELATIVE_FOLDER to point to your local Pragma Engine repo.
  • Uncomment TARGET_PRAGMA_SDK_DIR.
  • Change the path to "Assets/PragmaSDK".

  1. Run update-pragma-sdk.sh in Git Bash. Confirm that the PragmaSDK folder now exists in your Assets directory.

Configure the Pragma SDK #

Create a “Pragma.json” file in your project’s Assets folder and add the following:

{
    "backendAddress": "http://127.0.0.1:10000",
    "protocolType": "WebSocket",
    "gameClientVersion": 1
}
Game servers need to connect to the Partner (10100) port over HTTP. These requirements are enforced by the Pragma.Server session object.

Edit player settings #

  1. Open your Unity project.

  2. From the File menu, choose Build Settings…, then click the Player Settings button.

  3. Expand Other Settings, then scroll to the Script Compilation section. Under Scripting Define Symbols click the + button and add PRAGMA_LOG_VERBOSE, then click Apply. This enables full payload logging of all messages to and from the engine.

Additional setup is required for Unity 2022.1 and newer. Please see the following directions.
Unity 2022 setup
  1. Reopen the Player Settings window if necessary.
  2. In the Other Settings section, scroll to the Configuration section. In the Allow downloads over HTTP* dropdown, select Allowed in development builds.