Since the design of the service is for there to be one catalog for the active game version, how can I manage groups of items I want to make available to certain users based on some in-game properties?
Since the design of the service is for there to be one catalog for the active game version, how can I manage groups of items I want to make available to certain users based on some in-game properties?
In order to simplify the job of managing your list of goods available for purchase in-game, we have added a Store class which works with your defined Catalog versions to provide sets of items and their prices. This allows games to have a logical distinction between their Catalog of goods which contain the definition of the items and their properties, and the actual Store used to present items for sale to the player, with pricing.
For example, a game could define a Catalog to contain the weapons, armor, and accessories for all players, and then set up distinct Stores for different character classes, user behaviors, or sale dates.
To get started using Stores, you can use the Admin SetStoreItems and UpdateStoreItems API calls to set them up, and the Client GetStoreItems API call for us in-game (in addition to the Admin GetStoreItems API call for testing and validation).
Titles already using the PlayFab Catalog will not be impacted by this update. The Store class works in conjunction with the existing Catalog class, to give developers the option of using them in this manner - no Catalog functionality has been deprecated as a result of this update.
