Hello!
I currently need to call the GetCurrentGames method from a Cloudscript. Here is my idea:
I want the client to call a cloudscript. The cloudscript retrieves all CurrentGames and selects one and sends back the lobby Id of that room.
But the GetCurrentGames method is not included in the server API?
How should I solve this?
GetCurrentGames was added to the Client API in response to a need to be able to do client-side session selection. Can you clarify what you'd like to do in Cloud Script that would specifically require that to not be done client-side?
We are creating matchmaking and we are only running dedicated servers. For us we have two options:
One, is to get all servers via cloudscript and then select the most full one to fill that server up.
Or Two, do the same client sided.
However, it just feels unneccecary to expose all the server ip addresses to the client that easily. Seems like a perfect job for a cloudscript.
Any player would simply be able to get a nice JSON array of the server addresses.
I'd have to recommend simply using GetCurrentGames as-is, then. What you're describing (moving the call to the Cloud Script) doesn't actually change anything about the way the game is selected for the client in question. The recommended pattern for something like this is to use GetCurrentGames on the client, pick a sever, and use Matchmake with that server's Lobby ID to get a slot assigned. Then when you join the client to the server, use RedeemMatchmakerTicket to allow the server to validate that the client should be allowed to join.
That's what we are currently doing. But I would much prefer to give only the lobby Id to the player.
For us we see it as quite a security issue to expose all the servers we run just like that.
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