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Does "Use external game server provider" cause existing Custom Game Servers to stop functioning?

We're exploring possibly migrating over from Custom Game Servers to an external Game Server Provider, (& possibly sticking with PlayFab matchmaking for now). & eventually we might then switch back from the external provider and use Thunderhead / the new matchmaking.

We don't want to interrupt our existing Custom Game Server integration while testing this external game server provider.

Does checking the "Use external game server provider" checkbox under General cause existing custom game servers/matchmaking to stop working? Or can we run both in parallel while developing + testing using the external service provider for different build version?

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We can currently only support one or the other - hosting with PlayFab or external game server hosting. A mixture of the two isn't something we're able to support right now. If you have a live title you want to move to external hosting, I'd recommend using a separate Title ID for development and testing, and schedule a brief downtime with your player community for when you're making the "switch" (moving that to the live title).

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