Advanced Sessions Plugin

Fanghidian · March 17, 2021, 11:06am

Hey! im having an issue where after a player quits a server (either host or listen client) when they attempt join or host a game, they end up on a black screen with no UI. from what i can understand their sessions are not actually being destroyed (i am calling destroy session though?). Have you guys come across this before or have an idea where i might be going wrong?

Legend255626 · March 17, 2021, 1:01pm

thanks, it were so

Nostrildumbass · March 17, 2021, 8:51pm

Hi ,

I don’t absolutely need this any time soon and I’m aware it doesn’t actually enable anticheat, but I noticed that the anticheat enabled boolean isn’t present on the Update Session node.

Also, it looks like “Get Session Settings” isn’t working for me (the result doesn’t come out as success and all the values are 0). Is that the right way to get the current session’s settings? Found your post from a while ago about this so I’m good on this point.

[QUOTE]
This is the correct behavior, when running non standalone with the editor ue4 makes its own session so that you can run clients on the editor. Get session settings only works with sessions hosted by the interface as it looks it up by name.

Albaocram · March 18, 2021, 10:23pm

I’m having issues with packaging a project with this plugin, not sure if this is where to ask.
If I run the .uproject as a game, it’ll open up just fine. But when I try to package the project to windows(64-bit) it will not open. The logs say something like

LogPluginManager: Error: Unable to load plugin ‘OnlineSubsystemSteam’. Aborting.

Is this due to the advanced sessions plugin or am i missing something?

mordentral · March 19, 2021, 12:31pm

[quote=“Albaocram, post:2816, topic:30020”]

I’m having issues with packaging a project with this plugin, not sure if this is where to ask.
If I run the .uproject as a game, it’ll open up just fine. But when I try to package the project to windows(64-bit) it will not open. The logs say something like

LogPluginManager: Error: Unable to load plugin ‘OnlineSubsystemSteam’. Aborting.

Is this due to the advanced sessions plugin or am i missing something?

Not due specifically to the plugin no, OnlineSubsystemSteam is an engine module. Do you have the steam module disabled?

mordentral · March 19, 2021, 12:32pm

[quote=“Nostrildumbass, post:2815, topic:30020”]

Hi ,

I don’t absolutely need this any time soon and I’m aware it doesn’t actually enable anticheat, but I noticed that the anticheat enabled boolean isn’t present on the Update Session node.

Also, it looks like “Get Session Settings” isn’t working for me (the result doesn’t come out as success and all the values are 0). Is that the right way to get the current session’s settings? Found your post from a while ago about this so I’m good on this point.

Its not really supposed to “change live”, update sessions does pull the original session settings and only sets the ones that get changes. Is there a particular reason you want to live change anticheat enabled on an already active session? Normally that isn’t even possible with most anti cheats.

Nostrildumbass · March 19, 2021, 12:45pm

[quote=“, post:2818, topic:30020”]

Its not really supposed to “change live”, update sessions does pull the original session settings and only sets the ones that get changes. Is there a particular reason you want to live change anticheat enabled on an already active session? Normally that isn’t even possible with most anti cheats.

Hmm maybe I’m not understanding something. When the match ends and you want to start a new one (same map, for example), is update session not the appropriate thing to call? I thought the popup hint says anything you don’t set will be defaulted so be sure to set everything.

mordentral · March 19, 2021, 5:18pm

[quote=“Nostrildumbass, post:2819, topic:30020”]

Hmm maybe I’m not understanding something. When the match ends and you want to start a new one (same map, for example), is update session not the appropriate thing to call? I thought the popup hint says anything you don’t set will be defaulted so be sure to set everything.

If you are in the same session sure, but why would you be toggling anti cheat between maps?

Everything on the node is what would be default values, everything that isn’t on the node is copied from the current session settings, UpdateSessionSettings only changes those specific entries. The hint is warning you to fill out everthing that is on the node or whatever it is defaulted at will be its new value.

Nostrildumbass · March 19, 2021, 5:31pm

[quote=“, post:2820, topic:30020”]

If you are in the same session sure, but why would you be toggling anti cheat between maps?

Everything on the node is what would be default values, everything that isn’t on the node is copied from the current session settings, UpdateSessionSettings only changes those specific entries. The hint is warning you to fill out everthing that is on the node or whatever it is defaulted at will be its new value.

Awesome, ok, I agree I wouldn’t be switching anti-cheat between matches. I took the hint literally, thinking default would mean disabled (not what’s currently configured on the session). Thanks!

Legend255626 · March 23, 2021, 7:24pm

ld.lld: error: duplicate symbol: AAdvancedGameSession::AAdvancedGameSession(FObjectInitializer const&) on native bp. what do?

Legend255626 · March 24, 2021, 2:32pm

id (Multi:ASTC,DXT,ETC2)): ld.lld: error: duplicate symbol: AAdvancedGameSession::AAdvancedGameSession(FObjectInitializer const&)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (Multi:ASTC,DXT,ETC2)): >>> defined at AdvancedGameSession.h:70 (E:/Documents\UnrealEngine\CrabSimulator\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Source\AdvancedSessions\Classes\AdvancedGameSession.h:70)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (Multi:ASTC,DXT,ETC2)): >>> E:/Documents/UnrealEngine/CrabSimulator/Plugins/AdvancedSessions/AdvancedSessions/Intermediate/Build/Android/UE4/Shipping/AdvancedSessions/Module.AdvancedSessions.gen.1_of_2.cppa7.o:(AAdvancedGameSession::AAdvancedGameSession(FObjectInitializer const&))
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (Multi:ASTC,DXT,ETC2)): >>> defined at AdvancedGameSession.h:70 (E:/Documents\UnrealEngine\CrabSimulator\Source…\Plugins\AdvancedSessions\AdvancedSessions\Source\AdvancedSessions\Classes\AdvancedGameSession.h:70)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (Multi:ASTC,DXT,ETC2)): >>> E:/Documents/UnrealEngine/CrabSimulator/Intermediate/Plugins/NativizedAssets/Android/Game/Intermediate/Build/Android/UE4/Shipping/NativizedAssets/Module.NativizedAssets.5_of_13.cppa7.o:(.text._ZN20AAdvancedGameSessionC2ERK18FObjectInitializer+0x0)
UATHelper: Packaging (Android (Multi:ASTC,DXT,ETC2)):

Pouia_Pouia · March 26, 2021, 11:10am

Hello, I tried to follow the integration of the Steam overlay from different tutorials, but can’t get it to show. Here are the steps I did:

Download last (4.26.1) version of advanced sessions.
Create blank 3rd person project
Add Plugin to both engine and project
Restart UE, activate Both AdvancedSession & AdvancedSteamSession, and restart again
Check that i’m in Developement build
Check that steam is launched and running on my local pc
Check that I added the config in DefaultEngine.ini (from Online Subsystem Steam | Unreal Engine Documentation)
Launch in Standalone Mode

What did I do wrong here ?

mordentral · March 26, 2021, 12:59pm

[quote=“Pouia_Pouia, post:2825, topic:30020”]

Hello, I tried to follow the integration of the Steam overlay from different tutorials, but can’t get it to show. Here are the steps I did:

Download last (4.26.1) version of advanced sessions.
Create blank 3rd person project
Add Plugin to both engine and project
Restart UE, activate Both AdvancedSession & AdvancedSteamSession, and restart again
Check that i’m in Developement build
Check that steam is launched and running on my local pc
Check that I added the config in DefaultEngine.ini (from Online Subsystem Steam Interface in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.2 Documentation)
Launch in Standalone Mode

What did I do wrong here ?

Check your log, it should state if steam had to shut down

Pouia_Pouia · March 26, 2021, 1:29pm

In the logs this seems to be the error:



LogSteamShared: Display: Loading Steam SDK 1.47
LogSteamShared: Steam SDK Loaded!
LogOnline: OSS: Creating online subsystem instance for: Steam
LogOnline: Display: STEAM: OnlineSubsystemSteam::Shutdown()
LogOnline: OSS: Unable to create OnlineSubsystem module Steam

No sure what to do with this ^^

Nostrildumbass · March 26, 2021, 2:46pm

[quote=“Pouia_Pouia, post:2827, topic:30020”]

In the logs this seems to be the error:



LogSteamShared: Display: Loading Steam SDK 1.47
LogSteamShared: Steam SDK Loaded!
LogOnline: OSS: Creating online subsystem instance for: Steam
LogOnline: Display: STEAM: OnlineSubsystemSteam::Shutdown()
LogOnline: OSS: Unable to create OnlineSubsystem module Steam

No sure what to do with this ^^

Try:

YOURGAME\Binaries\Win64\ Create a new text file and call it: steam_appid.txt

Open the file and write 480 and save

Pouia_Pouia · March 26, 2021, 2:55pm

Yep already tried that, altough I had to create the folders by hand.

It is supposed to work when I launch it through “Play->Standalone Game” right ?

Nostrildumbass · March 26, 2021, 3:01pm

[quote=“Pouia_Pouia, post:2829, topic:30020”]

Yep already tried that, altough I had to create the folders by hand.

It is supposed to work when I launch it through “Play->Standalone Game” right ?

Actually I’m not so sure mine works that way, I think I actually have to package and launch the packaged exe, have you tried that?

Pouia_Pouia · March 26, 2021, 3:55pm

Ok it worked when I package the project. So I guess the tutorial video showing it with the Standalone Game is outdated.

Thanks a lot

heimspiel · April 1, 2021, 11:52am

Hello.

I have problems finding my dedicated server from ingame browser.

So I have built a dedicated server and its running. I can see it in the steam server browser under the lan tab. I also can connect to the server using “open steam.SERVER_ID”.
I have a ingame server browser but here is the problem, that It does not find the server.
I used the find sessions advanced node but on success the returned array lenght is 0.
I have connected the player controller, using results at 99, tested with use lan true/false, server type to search is dedicated servers only. I leave the other options as default.
Why does the node not find my server?

edit
I forgot. For testing I am on Windows with both, the dedicated server and the client. I am using the source build from epic 4.26.2

zynthetikk · April 2, 2021, 3:09am

I’m getting this error when I try to launch my packaged game.

LogPluginManager: Error: Unable to load plugin ‘OnlineSubsystemSteam’. Aborting.

Does anyone know what’s wrong?