Configuring the Plugin

warning

Project Settings settings have been removed in recent versions of the plugin

warning

Project Settings settings have been removed in recent versions of the plugin

DefaultEngine.ini

• Edit your projects DefaultEngine.ini (located in Project\Config\DefaultEngine.ini)
• To use multiplayer you'll also have to configure SteamCoreSockets

note

Make sure that you do not have duplicate entries in your DefaultEngine.ini, remove any old Steam configurations that you might have in your config.

Recommended Settings

[OnlineSubsystemSteamCore]
SteamDevAppId=480
SteamAppId=480
bVACEnabled=True
bEnabled=True
bUseSteamNetworking=True
bAllowP2PPacketRelay=True
bRelaunchInSteam=False
P2PConnectionTimeout=90
GameServerQueryPort=27015
GameVersion=1.0.0.0

[OnlineSubsystem]
DefaultPlatformService=SteamCore

[/Script/Engine.GameEngine]
!NetDriverDefinitions=ClearArray
+NetDriverDefinitions=(DefName="GameNetDriver",DriverClassName="SteamCoreSockets.SteamCoreSocketsNetDriver",DriverClassNameFallback="/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver")

Minimal Required Settings

[OnlineSubsystemSteamCore]
bEnabled=True
SteamDevAppId=480
SteamAppId=480

[OnlineSubsystem]
DefaultPlatformService=SteamCore

Available Settings

/**
* Enable or disable steam
*/

bEnabled=True

/**
* AppID of your application
*/

SteamAppId=480
SteamDevAppId=480

/**
* Steam Server Port
*/

Port=7777

/**
* Copy steamclient dlls when packaging a dedicated server configuration
* Only windows is supported at this time.
*
* Steam Client must be installed on the machine that is packaging.
* This will throw packaging errors if enabled and steam dlls are not found.
*/

bCopySteamDlls=true

/**
* Enable Steam VAC
*/

bVACEnabled=True

/**
* Use SteamNetworking
*/
bUseSteamNetworking=True

/**
* Should Steam P2P sockets all fall back to Steam servers relay if a direct connection fails
* Only usable with the SteamCoreSocketsNetDriver
*
* Listen servers always use this setting regardless of what this is set to
*/

bAllowP2PPacketRelay=True

/**
* Should the game force a relaunch in Steam if the client isn't already loaded
*/

bRelaunchInSteam=False

/**
* Timeout (in seconds) period for any P2P session
*/
P2PConnectionTimeout=90

/**
* Steam Server Query Port
*/
GameServerQueryPort=27015

/**
* Current game version
*/

GameVersion=1.0.0.0

/**
* Override console variable: net.MinHandshakeVersion
*/

bOverrideMinHandshakeVersion=True
MinHandshakeVersion=0

/**
* Override console variable: net.CurrentHandshakeVersion
*/

bOverrideCurrentHandshakeVersion=True
CurrentHandshakeVersion=0