Character Selection in Steam Lobby - Unreal Engine 5 Tutorial [UE5] 

Yes, I'll do a chat system. And I'll make it in a way that you can just put it in the lobby or anywhere else. So it's not lobby related but you will be able to use it easily in the lobby :)

@@NiceShadow that Sounds cool!

Hey, glad to hear. You did something wrong if you've these issues. And the workaround doesn't work completly because multicasts are only triggering for a players that are already in the lobby but if a new player joins the lobby it doesn't get to know the lobby info. That's why I used repnotify variables because they trigger also for joining players. So if player joins the value of the repnotify variable gets loaded and the related repnotify function gets triggered.

Hi@@NiceShadow , thanks for confirming. Yes, I used MC combined with Repnotify because I was having the issue of the widget was becoming blank when selecting a new character. The widget was updated only when pressing Ready again. So, I also implemented ready status changes whenever a new character is selected, but the host can initiate the match regardless. My workaround is working in a packaged build. Perhaps it's happened because I am not using Steam plugin for now, just the basic session nodes. Thank you again for this series and please show the proper way to save the local character selected for clients and hosts. Thanks.

Hi there, I found there is something else wrong with my setup, but it's happening only in the packaged build. It's the flow of starting the Lobby widget that is getting invalid reference on Clients. I tested with 3 computers, and the Host's widget always shows up blank in the client's screens. It fixes only when the host toggles ready button. This bug is not happening when playing in editor.@@NiceShadow

Thanks, I thought avout it and generally I want to show it but I don't have much time atm

Ah yes I understand... I'll try to do it myself, do you have any ideas on how to implement it from your blueprints?@@NiceShadow

Hi, sorry, I haven't looked into it enough that I can do a tutorial about it

OK It's funny but I think I found the solution.Just change the equipment (probably a better one) and then try it again.I don't know why it didn't work on the previous one but it's nice to see it works as expected lol.Thanks again!

That is a bit more complicated because I think then you need also a state without any character before picked. But if you want to try it youself the game mode would need to check first in all platforms with for each loop if the requested character is not selected anywhere and only then accept to select the character for this player. Maybe I do a tutorial about it but I was also thinking about doing anotger lobby system with a similar system as LOL.

@@NiceShadow thanks i will try

I love that idea to be honest, looking forward to see this tuto if it comes out! @@NiceShadow