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Join via Steam Overlay

If you want to give your friends the ability to join your games by clicking “JOIN GAME” from the Steam Overlay / Friends Menu, you have to implement the functionality within your game, here is a barebones example of how we do that

Joining via Steam Overlay​

This example will allow you to join a friends multiplayer session from the Steam Overlay (SHIFT+TAB) while the game is already running.

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SteamCore Session Setup​

If you are using a “SteamCoreSession“, use the following example, The logic in this example is implemented in the players PlayerController

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Advanced Session Setup (Legacy)

If you are using the “Advanced Session” setup, use the following example. The logic found below is implemented in the games GameInstance.

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