Dedicated server shipping build with Steam

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Hi everyone!

The game I’m working on is almost finished, and I tried to build the dedicated server in shipping configuration, with Steam. The cooking process is doing fine, the problem occurs when I want to launch the server. It gives me this:

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And nothing more, it just freezes like this.
I had the exact same problem with the shipping client, and I solved it by adding the steam_appid.txt in the binaries folder. However, it doesn’t solve the problem with the server :frowning:
If I cook my dedicated server in development build, it works. And my client works in both development and shipping builds.
This only interesting warnings I had in the logs, while cooking, were this:

LogInit:Display: LogOnline:Warning: STEAM: Steam API disabled!
LogInit:Display: LogModuleManager:Warning: No filename provided for module OnlineSubsystemNull
LogInit:Display: LogModuleManager:Warning: ModuleManager: Unable to load module 'OnlineSubsystemNull' because the file 'C:/Epic Games/UnrealEngine-4.13/Engine/Binaries/Win64/' was not found.

I tried to add the steam_appid.txt file in the specified folder, and a new warning appeared:

LogInit:Display: LogOnline:Warning: STEAM: Steam API disabled!
LogInit:Display: LogFileManager:Warning: Error deleting file: C:/Epic Games/UnrealEngine-4.13/Engine/Binaries/Win64/steam_appid.txt (Error Code 5)
LogInit:Display: LogModuleManager:Warning: No filename provided for module OnlineSubsystemNull
LogInit:Display: LogModuleManager:Warning: ModuleManager: Unable to load module 'OnlineSubsystemNull' because the file 'C:/Epic Games/UnrealEngine-4.13/Engine/Binaries/Win64/' was not found.

I don’t know if this is the problem, but the fact that these warnings also appear in the client build (which works fine) makes me think this isn’t the problem.
Of course, I built my project using the shipping server configuration.
Last thing: my game is a blueprint project, maybe it helps.

Anyone got an idea?

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My dedicated server is still acting like this.
I really think this has nothing to do with the warnings. Maybe it’s a configuration build problem, but I tried to recompile using almost every configuration and it didn’t work.

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Ok, it seems that the server actually works, but the log window just don’t. The same occurs with the shipping client: it works, but the logs don’t.
At least, I can join my server, but I don’t have the logs.
Don’t know if I’m supposed to set the post as “Resolved”…

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Ok, it seems that the server actually works, but the log window just don’t. The same occurs with the shipping client: it works, but the logs don’t.
At least, I can join my server, but I don’t have the logs.

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Add bUseLoggingInShipping = true; in Your ProjectServer.Target.cs. You will get the logging in shipping

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Wow, I didn’t expect an answer anymore, but thanks, I’ll try that!

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I’m getting an error, where should I add this in the file, please? In the constructor? I’m using the 4.13 version, do you know if I can use your trick anyway?

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Oh, it was added in 4.18 if I’m correct.