I can’t find enough documentation to get started with the networking part of the game. As a beginning I would want to being able to host a game and join with a few other clients. How can I achieve this in C++? I’m new to unreal engine 4 and haven’t used UDK before. However I think I understand the concept of replication and RPC.
To be more clear:
A. how to properly setup the host as a listen server.
B. how to join that server with a client.
I have found the “shooter” example but find it a bit too complicated as a starting point for understanding the networking system in UE4.
Some help on this subject would be much appreciated.
I have the same problem currently. I have managed to launch a host by using:
<game.exe> MapName?listen
I have also managed to connect a client by using:
<game.exe> <host ip address>
(It also worked to launch the game and then in game press ~ and then type open
But I am still in the same boat as you, since the actual required code inside I am still unsure about. My client connects successfully, but then the character stops responding to input
I was able to solve a similar problem. Make sure the clients really gets a start location that isn’t blocked. You can try this by turning of the player-player collision temporary for your players and see if they spawn properly then. If so some custom code must be written to check for non blocked start locations.
