A starting point for matchmaking in UE4 using PlayFab
This does NOT using Epic's OnlineSubsystem framework. Why? Online Subsystem is quite complex, and handles a lot of different things.
Ideally, this would use online subsystem, however, using online subsystem is a difficult topic unto itself. The idea is that you can drop this plugin into a project and be up and running with matchmaking within an hour or so.
In order to accomplish that, this plugin makes a number of assumptions, such as:
- There is only 1 logged in user
- Matchmaking is done by a single player
- You can only search a single queue
Matches end after a fixed amount of time, but this can be disabled/adjusted in project settings
GSDK Integration Multiplayer 2.0, specifically matchmaking Simplified login flows
You need to install the PlayFab SDK packages from Nuget (these are included in the example project)
Copy the BasicPlayFab folder to your project/Plugins folder.
In project settings -> Plugins -> Basic PlayFab you can configure various aspects of this plugin
Pull requests/issues are welcome. You can also contact me on Discord at narthur157#1290
The bulk of the work in this plugin is done by a GameInstanceSubsystem. The Gameinstance lifecycle allows matchmaking
regardless of which level is currently loaded. This means other maps can be loaded while matchmaking is active.
The UI/ folder contains widget bases which can provide more convenient methods for interfacing with the API via blueprint
MIT License, see LICENSE.md
The PlayFab plugin itself uses the Apache 2.0 license
https://github.com/PlayFab/UnrealMarketplacePlugin https://gitlab.com/mtuska/OnlineSubsystemPlayFab