very nice. great series, maybe later you can add voice chat? also maybe pin the comment by Spit Fyre UK, that discusses how to make the cursor show up, cause for me it didnt.
@@BquuD28123 In the game instance Host Session custom event, drag from the standard execution pin and not the ON Success pin, I don't know if that is the correct way to do it yet but it is now loading my multiplayer lobby.
Hi! Does it matter what drive your project is on? I have this working on a project I saved in C: drive and not on a project I saved in D: drive. I can't figure out why, and I'm thinking maybe the Steam code points to a specific directory where it expects to find the project?
I was having the same issue. Go into your MainMenu level blueprint and pull from the "Return Value" node on the "Create Widget", then "Set Input Mode UI Only". "In Mouse Lock Mode" set to "Lock on Capture". Player controller will work just fine with "Get Player Controller". Drag off the "Return Value" of the "Get Player Controller" and "Set Show Mouse Cursor". Set this to true, and wedge it in before adding the widget to the viewport for good measure.
i can join myself on PIE Standalone... but cannot join my other pc when i send them the packaged file over. i can see other people server pop up but never my own. Any help would be appreciated
Hi Ryan! Love your videos :) i have a problem with this part of the tutorial. i have tried it 3 times now just for figure out that the "online subsystem steam" is causing my project not to get packaged. sadly, the first time i found the problem i was on part 15 of the tutorial. can you help me go past this issue? i'm sure its the plugin because i build it before adding the plugin and tried after the plugin and if failed. i have looked in every forum and documentation and couldn't find the fix. :(
@@KDmadness18 Hi! :) thank you. I will check it out for UE4. I found that its better to move to UE5. Worked perfectly with no issues. When i will be back in the indie games industry i will try this. Thanks again
Im having issues with both of these right now, i tried emailing my second computer the packaged files but for some reason the second machine cannot create a server, and cannot see the server that I made, despite seeing two random users servers? any sources/help?
@@thatelusivedot you and me both lol, I can’t figure out why my second computer isn’t seeing the server I created, even though it works with two standalone instances on the same laptop. I’m trying to figure it out with the dev of the steam sessions plugin, (at the bottom of his forum), but I havnt made any progress yet
@@KDmadness18 same damn issues, works locally l, but on another computer externally it breaks. from reading other comments it's a .27 issue, I'm downloading .26 right now so I can confirm if it is the case. Hopefully I can get back to you about if it works tonight, we'll see
Took a while getting back to it. But I can confirm it's a 4.27 issue, in the engine.ini file you also have to remove a couple of semi colons to let steam use sessions
Make sure u set the main menu map as default map in the project settings (project settings - maps and modes and the "game Default map" change it to "main menu"
I was having the same problem.. running UE 5.0.2 [workaround] I opened the MainMenu Level Blueprint and got the player controller then Set Show Mouse Cursor to (True) and plugged it into the On Begin Play line.. Not sure if its the right place to do it but it worked. Hope this helps..
For all people having trouble with 4.27! First check that your game instance is still set, if you still have issues then use "Advanced Sessions" from this video instead ruclips.net/video/EDNF2DNLhPc/видео.html - I literally swapped out the nodes for the ones used in this video and it worked
@@RyanLaley why my level the main menu with the wigdet of menu won't appear on screen instead is display the default level with the overlay of steam how to fix that?
Double check that your game instance is still assigned under Project Settings > Maps & Modes. I found mine had cleared itself, which was causing the cast to fail, and after setting it back to my custom game instance the cast started succeeding and everything worked again.
Warning: this tutorial does not work on UE4 4.27. Hopefully I've saved some headaches. Not sure why its not working with it but yeah. Works great with 4.26 though.
I got it working in 4.27. As I said in a previous comment, double check your game instance is will assigned in the project settings, because mine cleared itself at some point through this video. As soon as I assigned it again, everything continues to work, and I've had no issues since.
@@spitfyreUK Nah my issue wasn't to do with the instance as it was running through there (tested with a print string). It just seemed to not create a session successfully.
Once again, a life saver. I can’t believe how many other videos I watched before I stumbled on this one.
Works perfectly so far - 07-08-2023
I don't see the servers. What can I do?
any updates about the problem of hosting a game?
Hello
to play online does 2nd pc have to have unreal engine too? or can I export the game and share to my friend and connect thru steam
where did you find online multiplayer in your folder ?
is it working on WAN? Or only on LAN?
very nice. great series, maybe later you can add voice chat? also maybe pin the comment by Spit Fyre UK, that discusses how to make the cursor show up, cause for me it didnt.
My create session fails please help, I have subsystem setup, im playing spacewar on steam.
me to how to fix it?
@@BquuD28123 In the game instance Host Session custom event, drag from the standard execution pin and not the ON Success pin, I don't know if that is the correct way to do it yet but it is now loading my multiplayer lobby.
@@deadhead657 I think this just means your only opening the level of the lobby your not actually creating an online session
Hi! Does it matter what drive your project is on? I have this working on a project I saved in C: drive and not on a project I saved in D: drive. I can't figure out why, and I'm thinking maybe the Steam code points to a specific directory where it expects to find the project?
Unable To Find Sessions But Can Host Sessions
hi my cast in MainMenu_UI to the game instance is not working
i figured it out i did not set the game instance
its not letting me package the game
How do you keep the mouse visible on the Manu Menu screen? I have to press the windows key then click back into the game and on the Host Button
I was having the same issue.
Go into your MainMenu level blueprint and pull from the "Return Value" node on the "Create Widget", then "Set Input Mode UI Only". "In Mouse Lock Mode" set to "Lock on Capture". Player controller will work just fine with "Get Player Controller".
Drag off the "Return Value" of the "Get Player Controller" and "Set Show Mouse Cursor". Set this to true, and wedge it in before adding the widget to the viewport for good measure.
@@spitfyreUK Can confirm to anyone looking that this worked, thank you so much mate!
@@thatelusivedot It works!
@@spitfyreUK Thank you - fixed the issue 👍
Hosting a session works in the editor but for some reason when i package it it wont do anything when i click Host session.
I fixed it!! For some reason I had to change the steam id in the Engine.ini from 480 to my steam id.
Never mind it doesnt work it only works on lan can someone pls help
@@jonaspriebeofficialI imagine you already fixed it by now, right?
@@cassiohenrique6815 Yeah I fixed it quite a while ago
@@jonaspriebeofficial Solution? Thanks!
i can join myself on PIE Standalone... but cannot join my other pc when i send them the packaged file over. i can see other people server pop up but never my own. Any help would be appreciated
did you solve it? i have the same bug!
Hi Ryan! Love your videos :) i have a problem with this part of the tutorial. i have tried it 3 times now just for figure out that the "online subsystem steam" is causing my project not to get packaged. sadly, the first time i found the problem i was on part 15 of the tutorial. can you help me go past this issue? i'm sure its the plugin because i build it before adding the plugin and tried after the plugin and if failed. i have looked in every forum and documentation and couldn't find the fix. :(
Look at what blueprints are causing the errors, then go through each one and click "refresh all nodes", that should work.
@@KDmadness18 Hi! :) thank you. I will check it out for UE4. I found that its better to move to UE5. Worked perfectly with no issues.
When i will be back in the indie games industry i will try this. Thanks again
Did you find a solution? Thanks in advance!
Aren't we supposed to package the game? I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned in this tutorial. Also what about adding the steam_appid.txt??
Im having issues with both of these right now, i tried emailing my second computer the packaged files but for some reason the second machine cannot create a server, and cannot see the server that I made, despite seeing two random users servers? any sources/help?
@@thatelusivedot you and me both lol, I can’t figure out why my second computer isn’t seeing the server I created, even though it works with two standalone instances on the same laptop. I’m trying to figure it out with the dev of the steam sessions plugin, (at the bottom of his forum), but I havnt made any progress yet
@@KDmadness18 same damn issues, works locally l, but on another computer externally it breaks. from reading other comments it's a .27 issue, I'm downloading .26 right now so I can confirm if it is the case. Hopefully I can get back to you about if it works tonight, we'll see
@@thatelusivedot alright thanks, yeah I noticed people talking about it as a 4.27 issue too
Took a while getting back to it. But I can confirm it's a 4.27 issue, in the engine.ini file you also have to remove a couple of semi colons to let steam use sessions
every time i press play it starts as the 3rd person character in the default arena
Make sure u set the main menu map as default map in the project settings (project settings - maps and modes and the "game Default map" change it to "main menu"
when I launch the main menu I do not have access to the mouse so I cant click the buttons. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
I was having the same problem.. running UE 5.0.2 [workaround] I opened the MainMenu Level Blueprint and got the player controller then Set Show Mouse Cursor to (True) and plugged it into the On Begin Play line.. Not sure if its the right place to do it but it worked. Hope this helps..
For all people having trouble with 4.27! First check that your game instance is still set, if you still have issues then use "Advanced Sessions" from this video instead ruclips.net/video/EDNF2DNLhPc/видео.html - I literally swapped out the nodes for the ones used in this video and it worked
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i click host and nothing happens please help
thx for the help everyone. tbh i gave up and used unity instead
Make sure steam is on and running
@@RyanLaley i had steam open but when i click host it now works but it doesn't show up in the join menu
@@RyanLaley why my level the main menu with the wigdet of menu won't appear on screen instead is display the default level with the overlay of steam how to fix that?
@@RyanLaley Using 4.27 - Casting to the "OnlineGameInstance" when clicking the 'Host Session Button' is failing to cast every time.
Double check that your game instance is still assigned under Project Settings > Maps & Modes.
I found mine had cleared itself, which was causing the cast to fail, and after setting it back to my custom game instance the cast started succeeding and everything worked again.
Not sure why its not working for you guys working great for me on even unreal engine 5 :)
is there a way to do this without enabling steam?
Warning: this tutorial does not work on UE4 4.27. Hopefully I've saved some headaches. Not sure why its not working with it but yeah. Works great with 4.26 though.
I got it working in 4.27. As I said in a previous comment, double check your game instance is will assigned in the project settings, because mine cleared itself at some point through this video. As soon as I assigned it again, everything continues to work, and I've had no issues since.
@@spitfyreUK Nah my issue wasn't to do with the instance as it was running through there (tested with a print string). It just seemed to not create a session successfully.
@@fletcherpoole1744 Hello, Did you get this working? Mine is doing the same thing. Thank You.
@@rickfreiberg39 I decided to just downgrade to 4.26 and am still using it to this day.
@@fletcherpoole1744 i am having this same issue in 4.27. i can not track it
My mouse does not appear in my game xd, i can not do anything
I still cannot find sessions on the second computer with my first computer host a session, anyone can help?