Creating a custom data layer to a database

Hi,

I am starting to work on creating a custom data layer that will connect the game foundation system of our project to a SQL database.

I am a bit confused: what does the methods Configure, Initialize and the constructor (with the CatalogAsset parameter) should do? Is there any example of implementation ? (I was hopping to check the ChilliConnect implementation but it doesn't seems not included in the package anymore).

Thanks!

 

See the skeleton code from Kevin here, substitute your MySQL read writes for the json serialization (or keep that and just use a blob field), profit!

 

Thank you! It's simpler than I thought. I saw this thread before but the initial post made me think that it was not what I was looking for.

Cheers!

 

One thing I don't understand in this implementation is when the Save method (from PersistenceDataLayer class) is called. Is it up to the developer to decide, like when the player save the game for instance ?

Furthermore, the system I am looking for is more for an MMORPG style of game, where the inventory and currencies are updated to the database in realtime. I guess then the PersistenceDataLayer is not what I am looking for?

 

Saves happen in real-time, on every change to inventory. The main thing you will need to do is:

1. instantiate the datalayer after the player selected
2. equip from the inventory on first read, likely on the datalayer initialization success callback

If you watch my latest devlog video, you'll see that its entirely MMO style.