Mhm… and what can I do with it? I mean… I don’t need an event that fires when OnFindSessionComplete executes
I need OnFindSessionComplete to call a Widget event when the SearchResult is ready
Below the implementation of OnFindSessionComplete
void UPAGameInstance::OnFindSessionsComplete(bool bWasSuccessful)
{
IOnlineSubsystem* const OnlineSub = IOnlineSubsystem::Get();
if (OnlineSub)
{
IOnlineSessionPtr Sessions = OnlineSub->GetSessionInterface();
if (Sessions.IsValid())
{
Sessions->ClearOnFindSessionsCompleteDelegate_Handle(OnFindSessionsCompleteDelegateHandle);
if (SessionSearch->SearchResults.Num() > 0)
{
// "SessionSearch->SearchResults" is an Array that contains all the information. You can access the Session in this and get a lot of information.
// This can be customized later on with your own classes to add more information that can be set and displayed
for (int32 SearchIdx = 0; SearchIdx < SessionSearch->SearchResults.Num(); SearchIdx++)
{
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 10.f, FColor::Red, FString::Printf(TEXT("Session Number: %d | Sessionname: %s "), SearchIdx + 1, *(SessionSearch->SearchResults[SearchIdx].Session.OwningUserName)));
}
}
else
{
// No sessions found...
}
}
}
}
Simply create a function that get’s called when OnFindSessionsComplete is fired that passes it the SearchResults array, you can then process these in UMG however you want, like clearing then populating a list of sessions.
I understand the frustration. What you are looking for is a native type, FBlueprintSessionResult, that should do the trick for you. It’s just a small wrapper that contains an FOnlineSessionSearchResult. To be even cleaner, you can extend UUserWidget and setup the delegate so that your UMG widget only has to ask for sessions and can bind to it’s callback directly, to get the array of session results right in the widget. No need to work around the game instance.
Most small projects avoid the trouble by using the Advanced Sessions plugin, which blueprints many other interactions and types for you.
The Game Instance blueprint now has the event **SessionSearchResultReady **which receives all the sessions found (array of FBlueprintSessionResult).
NOW, I need to pass this array to the Widget so that the Widget can loop throught it and for each one create a child-row in the user interface.
How do I pass this array from GameInstance (blueprint) to Widget blueprint?
Do I need to create a function in the Widget blueprint and call it from GameInstance blueprint passing the array? But the problem is: how do I reference the Widget from the GameInstance blueprint?
What a headache
My goal is to use C++ entirely for networking… but it feels like the Engine developers wanted to push these stupid blueprints
Not to talk about significant leak of documentation
I assumed you were using Unreal Motion Graphics for the UI part, if you are the standard convention is to pass widgets data they then use in their event graph to do things like populate lists, etc. All the networking can be and generally is handled in C++. ShooterGame is an excellent example but unfortunately uses Slate which you likely don’t want.
I think what you are looking to do is have your UUserWidget, which would be the parent class of your UMG widget in the editor, grab a reference to your GameInstance, ask it to search for some sessions and bind its OnFindSessionsComplete delegate to its own function, then it can handle the results within itself by passing a populated TArray of FBlueprintSessionResult’s to one of its events that you bind to in the widget. Then in the widgets graph you just have the event hooked up for whenever it gets called to populate your list or what have you with server widgets.
Just want to notify everyone: That Wiki Article mentioned in the first post is outdated as hell. I can’t edit it cause Epic locked the Wiki months ago and aren’t really doing anything properly with it…
Which is ridiculous, since that is the only valid C++/Networking documentation ever written… feels like Epic Games kindly aims to discourage the use of C++ for pushing Blueprints.
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By the way, if anyone knows the answer, i’ll quote myself:
UE4 changes often, which is why documentation tends to go out of date rather quickly. While Epic tries very hard to keep documentation updated, it inevitably falls behind the curve. The one source you can guarantee to be up-to-date is the samples. Like I said before, open up ShooterGame, go through it. Toss in breakpoints, read the code. It’s the best source.
As far as I’m aware, you cannot find host sessions from the same PC using the same steam account. You need two PCs. For testing replication in general, you can just do two PIE sessions via the Editor. When you absolutely have to test Steam features, you’ll need a buddy or another PC to help.
