Release Notes 3.51.0

Release Date: June 19th, 2023

Client-side SDK latest version:

• AccelByte Cloud SDK Unreal Engine: 23.3.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte Cloud SDK Unity: 16.1.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte Cloud Network-Utilities: 4.1.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte P2P Unity: 0.3.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte Cloud OSS: 0.11.5 (opens new window)

Server-side SDK latest version:

• AccelByte Cloud C#: 0.37.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte Cloud Go: 0.47.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte Cloud Java: 0.40.0 (opens new window)
• AccelByte Cloud Python: 0.43.0 (opens new window)

DSuploader latest version:

Here’s a look at what’s new in AccelByte Gaming Services 3.51.0:

Highlights

• [Unreal] Support for Unreal Engine 5.2 added to the Game SDK!
• [App Editor] Introduced the launcher’s brand name and icon configuration menu. Admins are now able to personalize the launcher to match their branding. This requires a launcher rebuild

Quality of Life Changes

• [MPv1][Matchmaking] Ticket pivot configuration in the Admin Portal.
• [MPv2][Session] Join game sessions by code is implemented.
• [OSS] New interface added to support Epic Online Services' Voice Chat - Push to talk
• [Unreal] Removed a limitation for the Path and Parameter length. Support added for multiple values for single instance query params to be able to construct query params like this: foo=bar&foo=baz&foo=buz in the HttpClient.
• [Player Portal] The ‘Forgot Password’ email notification now contains a ‘Reset Password' redirect link in addition to a verification code. This allows users to reset their forgotten password without a code.
• [E-commerce] The Currency Code field in the ‘Add Currencies’ modal from the ‘Currencies’ menu of the Admin Portal now supports numbers.
• [IAM] Added a new addition to the ‘IAM Input Validations’ menu, called ‘Avatar Images’.
  • This allows admins to set up a whitelist for avatar URLs. This prevents users/players from modifying their avatars via URL injections.
• [Admin Portal] The ‘Product Key’ menu is now moved from the ‘Platform Configurations’ dashboard to the side bar menu of the Admin Portal.
• [Admin Portal] Convert the time format from UTC to local time in all Admin Portal sections.
• [Launcher] Improved the behavior of the Launcher’s Play button when the game is running.
• [Stats] The Statistic visibility option is now available for Unity and Unreal SDK.
• [Leaderboard] Additional data in Leaderboard is now available for different use cases:
  • Always update the additional data when there is a stat value change.
  • Update the additional data only if the stat value changes are accepted. This is only applied on MAX and MIN update strategies.
• [UGC] UGC now supports filtering UGC Channel using the UGC channel name.
• [Admin Portal] UX improvement in Game Record creation. It now shows a warning for existing key on current record.
• [Stats] Introducing a new Admin endpoint to support querying multiple Statistics items from a User:
  • API endpoint: /social/apidocs/#/UserStatistic/publicQueryUserStatItems_2

Breaking Changes

• [Unity] The underlying library for Peer-to-Peer Networking has been changed from WebRTC to LibJuice

Bug Fixes and Minor Changes

• [Session] Fix the session service not updating the latest session data after the session is inactive.
• [Admin Portal] Fix error when open matchmaking session in the joinable session.
• [MPv2][Session] Handle rejoin on session when player status is disconnected.
• [Session] Fix bulk query session only returns data for one session.
• [Unity] Support for Medium and High Stripping level added. This was causing build issues.
• [Unreal] Incorrect string formatting in the Unreal SDK and OSS.
• [Admin Portal] Fixed an error when accessing the admin’s account profile page right after login.
• [Admin Portal] Left sidebar icon appears as crumpled during the transition to hamburger menu when user shrinks browser screen below 550px.
• [Admin Portal] Reducing the amount of purchase limit did not trigger any notification error.
• [Admin Portal] Namespace selection dropdown does not show that it can be typed.
• [Login app] Login page is not showing the default company logo when the header value on logoVariant config is null.
• [Player Portal][Launcher] Remove static background in Account Management menu and support global styles from the App Editor.