I was just wondering, when matchmaking, if you guys have any system in place where we can set game server states? For example, I would not want to connect to a game that already in progress when I can connect one that in a voting lobby.
If not, any idea on the best way to do something like this?
Sure, you can set the servers to not be open to matchmaking using https://api.playfab.com/documentation/server/method/SetGameServerInstanceState.
But what if I still wanted them to have the posibility of joining, but save it for the last resort? I would have to have some sort of custom logic.
Could you explain the game flow you have in mind? Do you mean that players would join it by knowing the LobbyId (because a friend is in it, perhaps), or something else? What does "last resort" mean, in this context (given that you can always just start a new game server instance)?
I would want to have my own matchmaking logic.
For example, if 5 servers are up, compare each one.
If a server is in the lobby state, prefer to join that one. If no servers are in a lobby state then find servers that have an opening in the gameplay state. If no servers are up then, then go ahead and spin up a new one.
Just trying to maximize the current servers that are up before creating a new one.
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