Question Unique Player Username

Hi Chris,
Great question and thanks for posting on the forum.
At this current time there isn't a way to verify cloud save data for other players.

I will be adding your name to the feature request this is something that is on the roadmap.

I will update this post as soon as I have more information

NB: A potential workaround may be for CLOUD CODE to execute a query that would verify if a certain name exists. However I will verify with my colleagues if this is possible.

 

Hi Chris,
I've verified with my colleagues and unfortunately my potential suggestion mentioned above will not work. (Hope this will be possible in the future)
I've added the feature request for Cloud Save. If the feature is developed and released I will update this post.
I've also added a secondary feature request for querying cloud save data with cloud code and or Analytics.

Wishing you all the best,
Seb

 

Hi BayouSoftware,

Thanks for the feedback. I've brought your concerns to various teams at Unity.
We are trying to get most use cases and will work to get more solutions out to the everyone as soon as we can.

 

Hi all,

You could also use the new Cloud Save queries feature to implement this feature for your game - https://docs.unity.com/ugs/en-us/manual/cloud-save/manual/concepts/queries. I would suggest you give the player-name management a try first to see if that solves your use case though.

To do this, you would need to 1) create an index in cloud save and 2) save your player names in cloud save 3) use cloud code to query cloud save with the EQ operator on the created index.

This is a brand new feature and there are a couple of caveats that you need to keep in mind:
1. Only data saved after you've created the index can be queried
2. This feature is currently only available through cloud code - we're still working on the Unity SDK

Hope that helps!

 

Hi rainyblue99,

Here is a simple Cloud Code javascript example with some comments inline. Using Cloud Code C# would be similar to this example.

Code (JavaScript):

1. const { DataApi } = require("@unity-services/cloud-save-1.4");
2.  
3. module.exports = async ({ params, context, logger }) => {
4.   const { projectId, playerId, accessToken } = context;
5.   const cloudSaveApi = new DataApi({ accessToken: context.serviceToken });
6.   // step 0: configure cloud code with a playerName parameter
7.   const { playerName } = params;
8.  
9.   try {
10.     // step 1: create the index on the "name" key for the "players" entity type and "default" access type in Cloud Save
11.     // step 2: save the player name to cloud save
12.     // await cloudSaveApi.setItem(projectId, playerId, {
13.     //   key: "name",
14.     //   value: playerName,
15.     // });
16.     // const playerResult = await cloudSaveApi.getItems(projectId, playerId);
17.     // logger.info(playerResult.data);
18.  
19.     // step 3: do an "equals" query operator.
20.     // The operator could be one of the following operators:
21.     // * EQ - Equal
22.     // * NE - Not Equal
23.     // * LT - Less Than
24.     // * LE - Less Than or Equal
25.     // * GT - Greater Than
26.     // * GE - Greater Than or Equal
27.     const result = await cloudSaveApi.queryDefaultPlayerData(projectId, {
28.       fields: [{
29.         "key": "name",
30.         "value": playerName,
31.         "op": "EQ",
32.         "asc": true
33.       }],
34.       returnKeys: ["name"]
35.     });
36.  
37.     // step 4: do something with the query result, in this case, return it to the caller
38.     return result.data;
39.   } catch (err) {
40.     logger.error("Error while calling out to Cloud Save", {"error.message": err.message});
41.     throw err;
42.   }
43. };