SteamAdvancedSessions for UE 5.0.1

[REIMYSS]

I recently upgraded my project from 4.26 to 4.27 where I have had endless issues with Steam Sessions. If I launched the game from the UE project file it connected to Steam and I could host a game with no issues. However when I packaged the game, I could not host a game.

So I upgraded the project to 5.0.1 as someone said the Steam Sessions were fixed in this version. I am getting the below error message when packaging the game.
Could someone please explain how and where I can declare the AdvancedSteamSessions that the engine is looking for? I have edited multiple files but they just get reset and revert to default settings.

Any hints / advice would be greatly appreciated.

[L1z4rD89]

What happens if you do not install the AdvancedSession plugin in the engine but only in the project?

[REIMYSS]

Then I get this warning.

[L1z4rD89]

Could you open your *.uproject file with a text editor and change

"Plugins": [
		{
			"Name": "AdvancedSession",
			"Type": "Runtime",
			"LoadingPhase": "Default"
		}
	]

to

"Modules": [
		{
			"Name": "AdvancedSession",
			"Type": "Runtime",
			"LoadingPhase": "Default"
		}
	]

Or test this example project:
AdvancedSession.zip (102.8 KB)

[REIMYSS]

So this isn’t exactly what solved it but did lead to me figuring it out.
My .uproject file has multiple items within it so instead of changing (replacing) everything, I simply added the “Modules” section as a new section and that seems to have fixed it.

Also, with regards to having the plugin installed on only the project, I had the paths incorrect.
So your project (by default) probably wouldn’t have a “Plugins” folder so you would need to create that. Then within the “Plugins” folder I created a new folder called “Online” and then pasted the “AdvancedSteamSessions” and “AdvancedSessions” folders from my engine’s directory.

I have not yet tried joining the game with another player but I can host a game and that is fantastic! Thank you so much!