What is the easiest way to make Epic Account Services work in the game?

Distribution Store Presence & Configuration
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What is the easiest way to make Epic Account Services work in the game? When I hit Shift + F3, the Epic Games overlay does not appear.

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Hey tongucci! Would you mind elaborating a bit on what engine you’re using, what you’re looking to do in-game with Epic Account Services, etc.? We do have our ‘Get Started’ documentation about EOS Epic Account Services that are available for reference, but should that documentation not meet your needs, we’ll need a bit more detail to get you pointed in the right direction.

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Hi Doug, I’m on 4.27. I just need to make the achievements work and make the Shift + F3 function properly to open the Epic overlay, and that’s it :slightly_smiling_face:

The problem is that I have no experience in programming and/or Visual Studio. I have downloaded the SDK files but I don’t know which location to add the files into, along with what to do with them.

I searched Youtube a lot but there is no video that specifically addresses my need.

I purchased and installed two different plugins on Unreal Market, that were supposed to make it work, but they both return with packaging errors instead of making the job done. I’m communicating with their developers but they seem to be confused as well, therefore they are also having a difficult time supporting me.

I feel like I’m stuck.

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Hello,

Our OnlineSubsystemEOS plugin doesn’t support BP. I can provide you with some C++ code if you would like to try in C++. Otherwise, there are third party plugins you can use that integrate the EOS SDK and expose OSS functionality to Blueprints. Here are some you can use:

  1. Redpoint (the Blueprint plugin is paid)
  2. Advanced Sessions (free) and there is a Youtube video serie. Login video here.

The basic workflow you would do is:

  1. Login (via Identity Interface→AutoLogin or Identity Interface→Login)
  2. Wait for Login callback make sure you are succesfully logged in.
  3. When an achievement should be unlocked, call Achievement Interface → WriteAchievement.
  4. Wait for the callback and make sure the achievement was correctly unlocked.
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I recently purchased EOSCore plugin and it helped me make it work. Thanks to that plugin, now when my game launches on the Epic Launcher, the user automatically signs in and the overlay works as well as the achievements, when pressing Shift + F3.