Advanced Sessions Plugin

[Rod.Runnheim]

Hi Mythic!

We're encountering a very strange problem, and I'm reaching out to anyone that may be knowledgeable on the topic -- so who better!

We have just moved our engine from 4.17.2 to 4.20.2 and have not been able to see steam games in the session browser any longer. However the discovery process WILL find 4.17.2 sessions.

So our 4.20 clients can see 4.17 dedicated servers, but not 4.20 dedicated servers.

We have some confusion surrounding the third party steam dll's as well. What is the proper location for these? Our 4.17 dedicated server builds worked without copying them into the <ProjectName>/Binaries/Win64 folder but 4.20 does not seem to. Does this mean we've missed a config step and UE4 can't find them in the ThirdParty folder or.....

If you have any suggestions for where to start looking, please reply!

[mordentral]

Hi Mythic!

We're encountering a very strange problem, and I'm reaching out to anyone that may be knowledgeable on the topic -- so who better!

We have just moved our engine from 4.17.2 to 4.20.2 and have not been able to see steam games in the session browser any longer. However the discovery process WILL find 4.17.2 sessions.

So our 4.20 clients can see 4.17 dedicated servers, but not 4.20 dedicated servers.

We have some confusion surrounding the third party steam dll's as well. What is the proper location for these? Our 4.17 dedicated server builds worked without copying them into the <ProjectName>/Binaries/Win64 folder but 4.20 does not seem to. Does this mean we've missed a config step and UE4 can't find them in the ThirdParty folder or.....

If you have any suggestions for where to start looking, please reply!

Sounds like its still looking for the wrong engine version / build id? How did you update? Full re-download or merge?

[FardreamStudios]

Sorry I'm very new to all this. Mordentral you said in the setup if I install at project level I need to create a blank c++ file "in editor" so it can package. I tried to create a blank c++ class and it requires a name. Is this what I need to create? and if so does the name matter?

[mordentral]

Sorry I'm very new to all this. Mordentral you said in the setup if I install at project level I need to create a blank c++ file "in editor" so it can package. I tried to create a blank c++ class and it requires a name. Is this what I need to create? and if so does the name matter?

no the name wouldn't matter, however I actually don't think that is required anymore as long as the binaries are complete.

Those instructions were from 4.12 or so.

[the_hack]

Hey there. Firstly thanks for making this plugin.

I'm a bit lost though - it's preventing me from packaging my project. I believe the issue is to do with c++ compiling, which I know very little about. I installed unreal source because I wanted to make a dedicated server, and things have been a bit of a headache since then.

The log says the following is missing...
Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.20\Engine\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4\Development\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions.precompiled'

and yes it isn't there. What would I need to do to get past this? I do have VS2017 community installed with c++ for game dev and unreal engine addon ticked at install.

Cheers

Ali.

[FardreamStudios]

no the name wouldn't matter, however I actually don't think that is required anymore as long as the binaries are complete.

Those instructions were from 4.12 or so.

Hey pretty sure this is bad juju but I never get responses to posts. mordentral if you could take a look at my post I would love you forever. I'm pretty sure its a simple issue and im about to whiteboard it, to help me look at it logically. If not thanks again for making that plugin! https://forums.unrealengine.com/deve...lication-issue

[mordentral]

Hey pretty sure this is bad juju but I never get responses to posts. mordentral if you could take a look at my post I would love you forever. I'm pretty sure its a simple issue and im about to whiteboard it, to help me look at it logically. If not thanks again for making that plugin! https://forums.unrealengine.com/deve...lication-issue

You are loading the server local save file every time and applying it to everyone else.

Regardless, yeah that is off topic here.

[mordentral]

Hey there. Firstly thanks for making this plugin.

I'm a bit lost though - it's preventing me from packaging my project. I believe the issue is to do with c++ compiling, which I know very little about. I installed unreal source because I wanted to make a dedicated server, and things have been a bit of a headache since then.

The log says the following is missing...
Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.20\Engine\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4\Development\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions.precompiled'

and yes it isn't there. What would I need to do to get past this? I do have VS2017 community installed with c++ for game dev and unreal engine addon ticked at install.

Cheers

Ali.

Install it at project level and not at engine level post 4.20

[the_hack]

Thanks mordentral .

Works! I am having an issue where if I the plugin only seems to work if I launch the game via editor (standalone). If I package the game (dev or shipping), I don't get an overlay, name, and the create session function that works in standalone doesn't seem to work.

I do have a steam_appid.txt file with the contents of 480 next to the executables in binaries, but no luck.

Any tips? I'm sure this was working when i first installed the plugin.

[hamaro02]

Hi, I get this error when im building dedicated server in UE4 source:

Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
Error        MoveFile was unable to move 'C:/Users/User/Documents/Unreal Projects/MultiplayerTemplate/MultiplayerTemplate/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSteamSessions/Intermediate/Build/Win64/MultiplayerTemplateServer/Inc/AdvancedSteamSessions/SteamRequestGroupOfficersCallbackProxy.generated.h.tmp' to 'C:/Users/User/Documents/Unreal Projects/MultiplayerTemplate/MultiplayerTemplate/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSteamSessions/Intermediate/Build/Win64/MultiplayerTemplateServer/Inc/AdvancedSteamSessions/SteamRequestGroupOfficersCallbackProxy.generated.h', retrying in .5s...    MultiplayerTemplate    C:\Users\User\Documents\Unreal Projects\MultiplayerTemplate\MultiplayerTemplate\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\LogFileManager    1

Then build fails with:

Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
Error        Error exporting AdvancedSteamSessions: couldn't write file 'C:/Users/User/Documents/Unreal Projects/MultiplayerTemplate/MultiplayerTemplate/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSteamSessions/Intermediate/Build/Win64/MultiplayerTemplateServer/Inc/AdvancedSteamSessions/SteamRequestGroupOfficersCallbackProxy.generated.h'    MultiplayerTemplate    C:\Users\User\Documents\Unreal Projects\MultiplayerTemplate\MultiplayerTemplate\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\LogCompile    1

[mordentral]

Hi, I get this error when im building dedicated server in UE4 source:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error MoveFile was unable to move 'C:/Users/User/Documents/Unreal Projects/MultiplayerTemplate/MultiplayerTemplate/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSteamSessions/Intermediate/Build/Win64/MultiplayerTemplateServer/Inc/AdvancedSteamSessions/SteamRequestGroupOfficersCallbackProxy.generated.h.tmp' to 'C:/Users/User/Documents/Unreal Projects/MultiplayerTemplate/MultiplayerTemplate/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSteamSessions/Intermediate/Build/Win64/MultiplayerTemplateServer/Inc/AdvancedSteamSessions/SteamRequestGroupOfficersCallbackProxy.generated.h', retrying in .5s... MultiplayerTemplate C:\Users\User\Documents\Unreal Projects\MultiplayerTemplate\MultiplayerTemplate\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\LogFileManager 1

Then build fails with:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Error exporting AdvancedSteamSessions: couldn't write file 'C:/Users/User/Documents/Unreal Projects/MultiplayerTemplate/MultiplayerTemplate/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSteamSessions/Intermediate/Build/Win64/MultiplayerTemplateServer/Inc/AdvancedSteamSessions/SteamRequestGroupOfficersCallbackProxy.generated.h' MultiplayerTemplate C:\Users\User\Documents\Unreal Projects\MultiplayerTemplate\MultiplayerTemplate\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\LogCompile 1

Looks like path name length is too long

[hamaro02]

You were right, thank you

[RagiinnPotato]

Hi, Just before i get started with my cry for help, wanna say thanks for making this plugin its super useful,

Anyways im with UE4 4.20 And when i try to package i get some errors Such as


PackagingResults: Error: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'J:\UE_4.20\Engine\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4\Shipping\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions.precompiled'.
PackagingResults: Error: UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Steven\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\J+UE_4.20\UBT-ZSG-Win64-Shipping.txt)
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\Steven\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\J+UE_4.20\UBT-ZSG-Win64-Shipping.txt)

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Reflection code generated for ZSG in 6.409986 seconds
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'J:\UE_4.20\Engine\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4\Shipping\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions.precompiled'.

Is there any fix? because it worked on 4.19

Thanks!

[mordentral]

Is there any fix? because it worked on 4.19

Thanks!

Install in the project directory, not the engine one.

[Alfffffffffff]

Is there any way to get a steam avatar from a net ID that is not ur friend? (Like the "Get steam friend avatar" function but more general) Ty.