Idea

Yes, great idea. With Multiplayer 2.0 and the Matchmaking there are great possibilities, just need some more feature ported from the legacy systems IMO.

A workaround for us was that silently log in and queue another player when the queue is empty.

Yes, devs should be able to set any number they need without artificial restrictions.

Exactly what I need for my game right now as well. Why make a systems this rigid.

I was integrating Multiplayer 2.0 for a client and then hit this wall. In this case it was a dealbreaker and he decided to use another service for hosting.

Please take into account that:

- Games with progression elements will want all XP/currency granting gameplay to take place on managed servers, even when playing solo

- Many modern multiplayer games provide drop-in drop-out experience: starting a session by yourself, then having other people join in. See: Left 4 Dead.

- Indie games cannot guarantee 24/7 that there are other players to play with, so would want a matchmaking ruleset that says "if after 120 seconds there is no match, let him join a server by himself" after bots will keep him busy until matchmaking backfill adds more players to the server. Or in some cases, again due to progression you'd still want him on a managed server rathar then playing offline.

I have this exact same need - to let players into my server 1 by 1, without requiring a minimum match size of 2. I understand how I will need to implement this myself using cloudscript, but it sure would be nice if the matchmaker natively supported this already.

I'm also needing this feature. The game will have single-player progression elements combined with multiplayer social and competitive features. When there are no servers available, we don't want players to have to wait around until someone else wants to play, as much of the game will be playable without other players.

Also need this, for server-side validation of player actions in a competitive game.

Yeah this would be a Critical Feature in our current architecture. as we have game mode that allow players to start with 1 players and other players later join through server browser. Also it will make the Client Joining to Server Method unified with normal matchmaking.

I agree, it sucks that we need alternate solution to rest of matchmaking or even to test it on single client without hassle.

This is blocking us transitioning from Legacy matchmaking to 2.0. In game modes where it can take a while for players to find a match, we have a 1 player <> server AI experience they can play until someone shows up.

Is there a recommended workaround for this? Dispatching a fake player to queue up with single players seeking to start a match?