Hi! I am looking for advice if you could tell me which online dedicated server service to use? I was planning to use EOS but concerned will it work on steam? I also am interested in getting data from players so need backend. I heard playfab or gamelift is fine for that. I am lost and do not know which to select. I do not need help with replication itself. My problem is choosing correct service for my needs.
Please, give me an advice.
Thanks!
Take a Lyra example project and check documentation on connecting it to EOS; Then try to do it. This will give you a good starting point of understanding of online features is UE.
From there, difference between using eos vs steam for matchmaking is literally the configuration file (albeit, ue’s support of steam really sucks: it may be unstable from one version of engine to another, so you may spend quite a time trying to make it work; Also ue support only most basic steam features like matchmaking, 80% of other are unimplemented)
Should note that in my steam-only project i dropped idea of using CommonUserPluging and gone for AdvancedSessionsSteam which is a good custom wrapper over engine’s features
I also am interested in getting data from players so need backend. I heard playfab or gamelift is fine for that.
Not quite getting your idea here, especially since i didn’t use playfab\gamelift myself. But you may specify which exactly you mean by “getting data from players”, so i can try explain it further
Gamelift is only for Matchmaking and Dedicated Servers while it doesn’t provide any client backend.
EOS provide everything except dedicated servers, and PlayFab has all of it.
Suggest you just try them out and see what fits your needs and price range.
In backend I mean, dedicated servers, player statistics, matchmaking, activity, etc.
Obviously, my main point is I am planning to upload to steam so for everything to work fine