Amazon GameLift is a dedicated game server hosting solution that deploys, operates, and scales cloud servers for multiplayer games.

Features

• Use AWS GameLift Server in Unreal Engine

Documentation

• https://gamelift.eeldev.com/

Important Note

• This product does NOT come with support for Amazon Services. If you need assistance regarding AWS you will need to consult the official AWS Documentation.

Requires an Amazon Account.

This product is not provided or affiliated with Amazon.

What is the difference between the Server plugin and the Client plugin?

• The Server plugin will be running on your dedicated server instance and is used to communicate with the AWS GameLift Service. It will listen and recieve commands from the gamelift service when it's time to shut down, etc.

• The Client plugin is used for GameLift Matchmaking features, it's used by game clients to request matchmaking functionality from GameLift and to tell gamelift if new servers need to be allocated, etc.

Do I need both Server and Client plugins?

• As described above you may only need one the plugins depending on your needs, if you're going to manually managing your gamelift server instances you only need the Server Plugin (if you're not going to use GameLift matchmaking features etc)

• Both Client and Server plugins are required if you're going to use GameLift Anywhere (this is a new functionality that enables you to host gamelift servers on your own home server).

You can find the Client plugin here:

• https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/slug/f966e14880654189ac3918b27ba2166b

Product Support

• For product support and technical support you'll have to verify product ownership as stated here: https://eeldev.com/help

• You can find product support hours and more information in the link above.

eelDev

• Products: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/profile/eeldev

• Discord: https://discord.gg/3Yu7pEy

Supported Engine Versions

• Epic does not allow plugin updates for older engine versions, this means only the 3 latest engine versions are supported. Older engine versions will have an older and outdated version of the plugin.

• If you need support for older engine versions you can purchase the plugin on Gumroad.com.

• It's also possible to obtain Source Control access to plugin source code through Gumroad.