pedroalvesq/3_steam_multiplayer

Connect your games P2P over steam. This game introduces Unreal's Online Sub-System (OSS) and shows you how to use it with the Steamworks API. By the end of the section, you will be able to connect player through Steam lobbies. (ref:SM_UEM)

Unreal Multiplayer Course - Section 3 - Steam Multiplayer

Connect your games P2P over steam. This game introduces Unreal's Online Sub-System (OSS) and shows you how to use it with the Steamworks API. By the end of the section, you will be able to connect player through Steam lobbies.

0 Introduction to Steam Multiplayer

• We overview the section topic.

1 Getting The Steamworks SDK

• Introducing Steamworks.
• Downloading the Steamworks SDK.
• Steamworks and the Online Sub-System.

2 Building SpaceWar In Visual Studio

• Introducing the Steamworks example project.
• Updating the project.
• Downloading & installing DirectX SDK.
• Fixing the build errors.

3 Building SpaceWar In Xcode

• Introducing the Steamworks example project.
• Applying recommended settings.
• Running with Steam.

4 Testing Steam Lobbies

• Finding a testing partner.
• Testing servers.
• Testing lobbies.

5 The Online Sub-System

• Importing PuzzlePlatforms.
• Capabilities of Online Sub-Systems.
• Including the OSS module.
• Getting a pointer to the sub-system.

6 NULL Sub-System For Testing

• Role of the NULL sub-system.
• Configuring the NULL service.
• Printing the current service name.

7 Memory Management In C++

• Stack vs Heap.
• Manual memory management.
• Reference counting with TSharedPtr.
• Garbage Collection of UObjects.

8 Creating Online Sessions

• Creating a session.
• Asynchronous operations and delegates.
• Creating a session on host.

9 Destroying Online Sessions

• Asynchronous destruction.
• Checking if a session exists.
• Destroy the session if we need to.

10 Finding Online Sessions

• FindSessions and TShareRef.
• Handling OnFindSessionsCompleteDelegates.

11 Query Parameters & Session Settings

• Configuring Session Settings.
• Adding query parameters.
• Iterating over a TArray

12 Lists Of Widgets With ScrollBox

• Introduction to the ScrollBox.
• Creating a row widget.
• Add rows in C++.

13 Populating The Server List

• Expose the text property.
• Setting a server list from GameInstance.
• Clearing the previous list.
• Requesting a refresh.

14 Selecting A Server

• Using TOptional values.
• Setup the UServerRow.
• Adding a UButton.
• Set the selected index.

15 Joining A Session

• Passing the index to GameInstance.
• How to JoinSession.
• Handling OnJoinSessionComplete.
• Getting the platform connect string.

16 Enabling The Steam OSS

• Enabling the steam plugin.
• Compiling with the steam module.
• Configuring the DefaultEngine.ini.
• Reading the verbose logs.

17 "Presence" For Steam Lobbies

• Enabling presence for the server.
• Enabling presence for search.
• Debugging our connection.

18 Row Selection In Lists

• Update text colour on hover.
• Update all rows when Selected.
• Select colors for Hovered and Selected.

19 Displaying Search Result Properties

• Disabling Steam for testing.
• Creating a struct.
• Populating the struct.
• Updating the UI.

20 Debugging The Search Results

• Disabling Steam fully.
• Getting the available connections.
• Padding the text properly.

21 Custom Session Settings

• How to set custom settings.
• How to retrieve custom settings.
• Setting the server name.

22 Continued: Custom Session Settings

• We finish the challenge solution.
• We make our menu pretty again.

23 GameMode And Multiplayer

• Joining into the lobby.
• Creating a GameMode override.
• Handling PostLogin.
• Handle Logout and count players.

24 Enabling Seamless Travel

• Ensuring we call Super.
• Traveling to the game.
• What is non-seamless travel?
• Enabling seamless travel.
• The transition map.

25 Debugging Engine Code

• Installing editor symbols.
• Finding the NULL subsystem code.
• What code should be called?
• Attaching and debugging.
• Fixing the NULL subsystem bug.

26 Starting A Session

• Update maximum number of players.
• Adding a session start timeout.
• Starting the session.