Create Server Matchmaking Ticket what for?

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paul-tanaskov asked Feb 27, '20

Create Server Matchmaking Ticket what for?

Could you, please, explain to me the difference between

CreateServerMatchmakingTicket (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/playfab/multiplayer/matchmaking/createservermatchmakingticket?view=playfab-rest)

and just CreateMatchmakingTicket (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/playfab/multiplayer/matchmaking/creatematchmakingticket?view=playfab-rest)

in matchmaking API?

"Create a matchmaking ticket as a server. The matchmaking service automatically starts matching the ticket against other matchmaking tickets." is not clear for me.

What does it mean "as a server" in the context of matchmaking?

What is the use case for the server one?

Matchmaking

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Answer 1 · 2020-02-28T03:45:55Z

Sarah Zhang answered Feb 28, '20

>> What does it mean "as a server" in the context of matchmaking?

It means:

1. The entity of this API’s caller must be title type.

2. This API can create tickets for clients as a server. In other words, the player that contained in the Members field of API CreateServerMatchmakingTicket should not create the MatchMaking tickets by themselves. This player should poll the API GetMatchmakingTicket using the ticketId that created by the server, or let the server poll the API GetMatchmakingTicket, only return Match Info(MatchId, etc.) to clients.

>> What is the use case for the server one?

When you have a dedicated server, and want the matchmaking requests are sent and processed on the server, you can use it. Such API is used to help implement custom matchmaking servers.

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