Steam Game

[anonymous_user_94d42fdc1 (anonymous_user_94d42fdc)]

Hello,

I’ve got a quick question.
If I make my game using Unreal Engine and I use the Steam library and everything needed for Steam to work with my game.
Do I need to add a protection/verification if the user has bought the game via Steam or something like that? Or will Steam automatically do that and I don’t need to check if the user has bought the game.

Thanks in advance

[Kris]

You will need to use Steam authentication.
Never done it via the OSS, so apologies, I can’t point you to the right functions off the top of my head.
There is a Steam specific version of the Advanced Session plugin that may?

[eelDev]

I have a Steam Plugin (SteamCore::](SteamCore in Code Plugins - UE Marketplace)) that you can use to authenticate / validate players.

Check out the documentation here

[anonymous_user_94d42fdc1 (anonymous_user_94d42fdc)]

@Kris

You will need to use Steam authentication.
Never done it via the OSS, so apologies, I can’t point you to the right functions off the top of my head.
There is a Steam specific version of the Advanced Session plugin that may?

So basically just the Steamworks SDK?

[Kris]

I don’t know, I haven’t used it (Steam specific Advanced Session plugin).

There are various plugins you can use - Uworks, Steamcore.
UE4.24 made things easier by adding the SteamShared module:

• New: Introduced the SteamShared module! This enables projects to use the Steamworks SDK directly without having to worry about API initialization and dependency linking. Plugins and existing modules can link directly with the new shared module, providing a smoother flow for developers writing expansions to the engine using Steamworks.

With that you could roll you own more easily.

[anonymous_user_94d42fdc1 (anonymous_user_94d42fdc)]

@Kris

I don’t know, I haven’t used it (Steam specific Advanced Session plugin).

There are various plugins you can use - Uworks, Steamcore.
UE4.24 made things easier by adding the SteamShared module:

With that you could roll you own more easily.

But what I mean is, do I need to add some coding checks to see if the user has bought the game, or do I just need to add a Steam SDK/API and it will be self-checked by the SDK/API without additional code needed.

[Kris]

You will need to use the Steam SDK / API after a player connects to verify with Steam that they own the game, then take appropriate action.
e.g. kick them from the server.