Resolved Unity Gaming Services Analytics always giving consentIdentifiers 0

So I started to play with Unity Services and the Analytics stuff. When I try to get the Consent Identifiers, for some reason I always get back 0.

This is my code (this is a Playmaker custom action btw):

Code (CSharp):

1.  try
2.             {
3.                 //wait until Unity Services are initialized
4.                 await UnityServices.InitializeAsync();
5.  
6.                 //Check for Required Consent and store each list item as strings
7.                 List<string> consentIdentifiers = await AnalyticsService.Instance.CheckForRequiredConsents();
8.                 Debug.Log("ConsentIdentifiers Count is " + consentIdentifiers.Count);
9.  
10.                 if (consentIdentifiers.Count > 0)
11.                 {
12.                     consentIdentifier.Value = consentIdentifiers[0];
13.                     Debug.Log("Consent Identifier is: " + consentIdentifiers[0]);
14.                     country.Value = consentIdentifiers[1];
15.                     Debug.Log("Country is: " + consentIdentifiers[1]);
16.                     region.Value = consentIdentifiers[2];
17.                     Debug.Log("Region is: " + consentIdentifiers[2]);
18.                     ageGateLimit.Value = consentIdentifiers[3];
19.                     Debug.Log("Age Gate Limit is: " + consentIdentifiers[3]);
20.  
21.                     //Set Consent Required Bool if Identifier is gdpr, ccpa or pipl
22.                     isConsentRequired.Value = consentIdentifier.Value == "pipl" || consentIdentifier.Value == "gdpr" || consentIdentifier.Value == "ccpa";
23.                 }
24.  
25.                 //send events
26.                 if (isConsentRequired.Value)
27.                 {
28.                     Fsm.Event(consentRequiredEvent);
29.                 }
30.                 else
31.                 {
32.                     Fsm.Event(noConsentRequiredEvent);
33.                 }
34.             }

When I open the Website: https://pls.prd.mz.internal.unity3d.com/api/v1/user-lookup
I do get the identifier and country and all... so in theory it should return the usual 4 rather than 0 items. Why do I get 0 items though all the time?

PS: I'm not in a GDPR, CCPA or PIPL country if that makes any difference.

 

So trying to debug this further with my limited coding knowledge, the problem actually seems to be that Unity Gaming Services never are initialized.

I use this code (in a playmaker action as well) to initialize:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System;
3. using Unity.Services.Core;
4. using Unity.Services.Core.Environments;
5.  
6. namespace HutongGames.PlayMaker.Actions
7. {
8.     [ActionCategory("Unity Engine")]
9.     [Tooltip("Initializes the Unity Gaming Services (UGS) and sends an event when finished.")]
10.     public class InitializeUGS : FsmStateAction
11.     {
12.         [Tooltip("Event to send once the Unity Gaming Services are initialized.")]
13.         public FsmEvent initializedEvent;
14.  
15.         public ServicesInitializationState initializationState;
16.  
17.         public override void Reset()
18.         {
19.             initializedEvent = null;
20.         }
21.  
22.         public override void OnEnter()
23.         {
24.             InitializeUGSAsync();
25.         }
26.  
27.         public override void OnUpdate()
28.         {
29.            
30.  
31.             if (initializationState == ServicesInitializationState.Initialized)
32.             {
33.                 Debug.Log("Unity Gaming Services IS " + initializationState);
34.                 Fsm.Event(initializedEvent);
35.             }
36.  
37.             if (initializationState == ServicesInitializationState.Initializing)
38.             {
39.                 Debug.Log("Unity Gaming Services is " + initializationState);
40.             }
41.  
42.             if (initializationState == ServicesInitializationState.Uninitialized)
43.             {
44.                 Debug.Log("Unity Gaming Services is " + initializationState);
45.             }
46.         }
47.  
48.         async void InitializeUGSAsync()
49.         {
50.             try
51.             {
52.                 var options = new InitializationOptions()
53.                     .SetEnvironmentName("production");
54.  
55.                 await UnityServices.InitializeAsync(options);
56.             }
57.  
58.             catch (Exception exception)
59.             {
60.                 Debug.Log("An error occured during initializing the Unity Gaming Services. Reason: " + exception);
61.             }
62.          
63.         }
64.     }
65. }

I did the OnUpdate part to debug and it just continues to stay on Uninitialized. Doesn't even go into Initializing... what could be the reason for this? The action is called, and the code clearly runs...

 

ok, ChatGPT to the rescue. Got me to correct my action to:

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System;
3. using Unity.Services.Core;
4. using Unity.Services.Core.Environments;
5.  
6. namespace HutongGames.PlayMaker.Actions
7. {
8.    [ActionCategory("Unity Engine")]
9.    [Tooltip("Initializes the Unity Gaming Services (UGS) and sends an event when finished.")]
10.    public class InitializeUGS : FsmStateAction
11.    {
12.         [Tooltip("Event to send once the Unity Gaming Services are initialized.")]
13.        public FsmEvent initializedEvent;
14.  
15.        public override void Reset()
16.        {
17.            initializedEvent = null;
18.        }
19.  
20.        public override void OnEnter()
21.        {
22.            InitializeUGSAsync();
23.        }
24.  
25.         async void InitializeUGSAsync()
26.         {
27.             try
28.             {
29.                 var options = new InitializationOptions()
30.                     .SetEnvironmentName("production");
31.  
32.                 await UnityServices.InitializeAsync(options);
33.             }
34.  
35.             catch (Exception exception)
36.             {
37.                 Debug.Log("An error occured during initializing the Unity Gaming Services. Reason: " + exception);
38.             }
39.            
40.         }
41.  
42.         public override void OnUpdate()
43.         {
44.             if (UnityServices.State == ServicesInitializationState.Initialized)
45.             {
46.                 Debug.Log("Unity Gaming Services is " + UnityServices.State);
47.                 Fsm.Event(initializedEvent);
48.             }
49.             else if (UnityServices.State == ServicesInitializationState.Initializing)
50.             {
51.                 Debug.Log("Unity Gaming Services is " + UnityServices.State);
52.             }
53.             else if (UnityServices.State == ServicesInitializationState.Uninitialized)
54.             {
55.                 Debug.Log("Unity Gaming Services is " + UnityServices.State);
56.             }
57.         }
58.     }
59. }

Now it works and seems it's actually initializing correctly. My debug code was wrong.

Will keep researching why the heck I get 0 consentidentifiers...

 

No matter what I do I always get a consentIdentifiers.Count of 0. Anyone could help?

I connected with a VPN and even being in France it shows that the count is 0. It just won't fill the list with the needed items.

What could be the problem?

 

Wouldn't the identifier be 'pipl' rather than it being 0? Also, pipl should show/apply only in China as far as I'm aware.

I tried with and without a VPN. I'm myself in a no consent required country, but it still shows 0. In Europe it should show 'gdpr', yet still 0, in USA, California it should show 'ccpa' yet it still shows 0.

I can make a webrequest and the items show correctly as they should with or without VPN on. So for some reason the API request is not working.

 

CheckForRequiredConsents method is obsolete in Analytics SDK 5.0.0. How can I check if a user is from GDPR or CCPA or PIPL area?