In the Settings->General tab of the Game Manager, there are options to enable posting statistics from the client, as well as adding and subtracting virtual currency. Why do those options exist?
In the Settings->General tab of the Game Manager, there are options to enable posting statistics from the client, as well as adding and subtracting virtual currency. Why do those options exist?
We designed the PlayFab services to be a secure, reliable backend for games. As part of that, we initially ensured that key updates, such as adding virtual currency to the user account and updating user statistics, could only be made by an authoritative server, to prevent cheating. For some titles however, that’s not really a concern. As an example, players cheating their scores or currency balances could be something which keeps them playing longer, potentially increasing the player lifetime value (LTV) due to in-game advertising.
Because of this, we’ve enabled several new options for titles in the PlayFab Game Manager:
All of these options can be found on the General tab of the title Properties, available under Settings in the Game Manager. In all cases, the default is that these features are disabled.
Hi, so i am still trying to figure out how this would be working with the server calls?
Is there any example on how to Add Virtual Currency with this server logic?
What functions do i have to call from the client side to make this happen?
You would do this either from a hosted game server or via Cloud Script. For the latter, we do have an example of doing exactly that in our Cloud Script Samples repo, in GitHub: https://github.com/PlayFab/CloudScriptSamples/tree/master/Rewards. You would call the Cloud Script from the client with ExecuteCloudScript, and in the script, you'll want to add any checks you need to help prevent cheating (checking maximum scores, time since last score reported, etc.).
