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| 0s | can either generate |
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| 2s | a man there's going to be a lot of words |
| 4s | that I'm not going to be to pronouncing |
| 5s | this video |
| 9s | so hey everyone snot here welcome back |
| 12s | to yet another video and today's video |
| 14s | is going to be absolutely packed with |
| 16s | information you you better clear your |
| 18s | schedules cuz there there's there's a |
| 20s | lot to cover today okay in this video |
| 23s | we're going to mainly talk about |
| 24s | dedicated servers we've spent a lot of |
| 26s | time improving them and we have a couple |
| 28s | of really juicy new features to unveil |
| 30s | for you today before we dive into this |
| 32s | though I have a couple of really cool |
| 34s | announcements to make the first one is |
| 36s | that the official soundtrack for |
| 38s | satisfactory has been released on Steam |
| 40s | and it is available right freaking now |
| 43s | okay a lot of people have been asking us |
| 44s | about the soundtrack and we initially |
| 46s | said that we were going to release it |
| 47s | along with 1.0 but we got we got a |
| 50s | little bit trigger happy so we we're |
| 52s | releasing it now okay it's currently |
| 54s | available on Steam and we might release |
| 56s | it on other streaming platforms |
| 57s | something in the future check the link |
| 59s | for that stuff it's got bangers such as |
| 63s | this not to mention this |
| 66s | song and this |
| 70s | song wow such great Tunes the next thing |
| 72s | I want to mention is a little something |
| 74s | made by our friends over at box Dragon a |
| 76s | different Game Dev studio in gothamberg |
| 78s | sort of part of the you know the Cain |
| 80s | family |
| 82s | ecosystem uh and they've been tinkering |
| 84s | on a strategy roguelike deck builder |
| 86s | called as we descend and they just |
| 89s | revealed this game this week actually so |
| 91s | so good for them not much has been shown |
| 94s | yet but I just want to let you know that |
| 96s | this exists and and let you know that |
| 98s | they're actually looking for people that |
| 99s | might enjoy this type of genre to give |
| 101s | them feedback on their game uh because |
| 103s | they're also planning to host a close |
| 105s | beta sometime in the near future so if |
| 107s | you think this genre sounds interesting |
| 109s | and games like slay the Spire is up your |
| 111s | alley then then don't hesitate to sign |
| 114s | up check out their steam page in the |
| 116s | description and and why don't you wish |
| 118s | list it I don't know you follow your |
| 120s | heart the last thing I want to mention |
| 121s | before you dive into the good stuff is |
| 123s | that between March 28 and April 11 |
| 126s | there's going to be a big publishing |
| 127s | sale a big publishing sale uh and it's a |
| 131s | joint sale between Cofe stain publishing |
| 133s | and Ghost Ship publishing where multiple |
| 135s | coffee stain games will be on sale |
| 137s | including you know this silly little |
| 139s | game um it's actually at its lowest |
| 142s | discount ever in the sale so I mean |
| 144s | that's cool I guess uh there's also a |
| 147s | bunch of bundles as well so if you're |
| 149s | into sales then this is bang on target |
| 152s | pal all right so anyways links are in |
| 154s | the description and if you're watching |
| 156s | this video after April 1124 then tough |
| 160s | luck I guess too bad let's get to the |
| 163s | main course all right let's talk about |
| 164s | dedicated servers so up until this point |
| 167s | we've needed to focus and prioritize our |
| 169s | efforts on the main game so dedicated |
| 171s | server support has always sort of Fallen |
| 173s | a bit short but as of 1.0 dedicated |
| 176s | servers are going to get a bit more love |
| 178s | before we talk about the new features I |
| 179s | need to address one thing and that is |
| 181s | the current state when it comes to bugs |
| 183s | when playing on dedicated servers |
| 185s | there's a couple of bugs that happen on |
| 187s | dedicated servers only and in some cases |
| 189s | these are pretty severe so in the past |
| 192s | we've not always had chance to like fix |
| 194s | these issues as they we sort of had to |
| 196s | focus on the main game but going forward |
| 198s | we're going to pay more attention to |
| 200s | fixing these problems and we're also |
| 201s | going to resolve some of the like |
| 203s | lingering issues that we've had up until |
| 205s | this point you know everything not might |
| 206s | not be perfect on release but our |
| 208s | atttention at least is to better support |
| 210s | dedicated servers from now on and the |
| 212s | goal is to not have you know any |
| 214s | critical issues linger any longer okay |
| 217s | so with that out of the way let's dive |
| 220s | into the actual topic of the video which |
| 222s | is dedicated servers all right let's go |
| 223s | here we go first of all dedicated |
| 225s | servers are going to be easier to |
| 226s | install in general the distribution size |
| 229s | has decreased significantly so they're |
| 231s | way faster to download now when setting |
| 233s | up dedicated servers the servers now |
| 235s | only use one port from now on and this |
| 237s | is both for UDP and TCP and that Port is |
| 242s | 7777 sounds like a children's song |
| 246s | 77777 and it's important to to remember |
| 248s | to let both UDP and TCP through that one |
| 251s | port the server now also correctly binds |
| 253s | to both ipv4 and IPv6 end points |
| 257s | simultaneously so you no longer need to |
| 259s | use like the multi-home command line |
| 261s | option thingy if you need to bind it to |
| 263s | ipv4 the server executable also now |
| 265s | comes in both the form of a window |
| 267s | application and a console application uh |
| 270s | this is because there are some cases |
| 272s | where having the server run as a window |
| 274s | application can cause some issues in |
| 275s | certain setups uh there are other |
| 278s | benefits to the console application as |
| 279s | well uh such as having better logging |
| 281s | and being able to like run scripts and |
| 283s | stuff like that that booted up and etc |
| 285s | etc another Improvement to Dedicated |
| 287s | servers is that we've implemented |
| 288s | support for TLS which stands for |
| 290s | transferred layer security uh which is |
| 293s | endtoend encryption for both server |
| 295s | traffic and game traffic when creating a |
| 297s | dedicated server you can either generate |
| 299s | a certific ific at manually or have the |
| 301s | server generate one for you uh when |
| 304s | booting up automatically and when |
| 306s | connecting to the server you'll be |
| 307s | prompted with the certificate to verify |
| 309s | that the instance is safe to connect to |
| 311s | this might sound a bit complicated but |
| 313s | it really is quite easy like even I |
| 314s | could do it so like when you connect you |
| 316s | just need to check that the the |
| 318s | certificate is correct and you know if |
| 320s | you don't care about this stuff then you |
| 321s | can just close your eyes and just press |
| 323s | the button or whatever just connect I |
| 325s | just connect to any dedicated server I |
| 327s | find honestly when booting up a fresh |
| 328s | dedicated server you'll be greeted by |
| 330s | this little guy this is the unreal |
| 332s | console uh with this bad boy you can |
| 334s | clearly see server status you can see |
| 336s | uptime which build it's running Etc it's |
| 338s | a bit better than like the general you |
| 339s | know console application that you get it |
| 341s | also makes logging way better because |
| 343s | you'll be able to better like filter |
| 345s | logs and and best of all it has a |
| 347s | built-in terminal so you can type in |
| 349s | like supported uh server commands in the |
| 352s | running instance right there and then so |
| 354s | I mean it's pretty it's pretty nice it's |
| 356s | pretty nice once you have the service |
| 357s | set up and and you've claimed the server |
| 359s | with your your user which pretty much |
| 361s | works the same way as before um it's now |
| 364s | also easier to set up like new game |
| 366s | sessions and sort of the flow that |
| 368s | follows the same as when you create like |
| 369s | any other uh game session in |
| 371s | satisfactory dedicated servers now also |
| 373s | support being able to set up Advanced |
| 375s | game settings right here in the menu so |
| 378s | you no longer need to like send up a |
| 379s | save file with AGS enabled or anything |
| 382s | like that it can all be set up in this |
| 383s | menu uh and it'll also be possible to |
| 385s | sort of configure AGS settings uh when |
| 388s | loading save files on the server there's |
| 389s | also a couple of new configuration |
| 391s | settings in the server menu it's now |
| 393s | possible to set stuff like the save |
| 394s | interval servers restart interval uh |
| 397s | whether you want to send gameplay data |
| 399s | or not and most importantly being able |
| 401s | to set the network quality on server |
| 403s | easily some of these settings will |
| 404s | require the server to restart to take |
| 406s | effect and this is clearly marked in the |
| 408s | menu now when this is the case we might |
| 410s | still add more options to this menu in |
| 412s | the future such as being able to set the |
| 414s | connection time out another neat thing |
| 416s | is that it's now possible to download |
| 417s | the save file directly from the server |
| 420s | in this menu however this is only |
| 422s | possible for Server admins and on the |
| 424s | client side one Improvement we've done |
| 426s | is that in game the server now notifies |
| 428s | all clients when it's about to save so |
| 430s | everyone will get like a notification |
| 432s | that the server is saving letting people |
| 434s | know that the server might currently be |
| 435s | under a heavy workload and in some cases |
| 438s | be a bit unresponsive this feature is |
| 440s | not exclusive to Dedicated servers so |
| 442s | this will work in regular multiplayer as |
| 444s | well some things that we weren't able to |
| 446s | finish yet are that we want to add the |
| 448s | ability to set client privileges such as |
| 450s | being able to like have people join the |
| 452s | server but maybe not be allowed to |
| 453s | dismantle or stuff like that uh we also |
| 456s | want to improve how blueprints are |
| 457s | handle server side so it'll be easier to |
| 459s | sort of upload blueprints to the server |
| 461s | or make it possible to use blueprints |
| 463s | created locally on client or or |
| 465s | something I don't know we haven't quite |
| 467s | you know figured this stuff out yet but |
| 469s | we'll see what we do there but this is |
| 470s | something that we at least want to look |
| 472s | into in the future I think so these are |
| 474s | some of the new additions to Dedicated |
| 475s | servers uh but but wait there's more |
| 478s | okay I've saved the best to last at |
| 480s | least in my opinion and that is that |
| 482s | we've implemented support for an HTTP |
| 484s | API that can handle HTTP request methods |
| 487s | between the server and the client what |
| 490s | the hell does that mean tell you what |
| 492s | that means so what this means is that it |
| 494s | will be possible to develop external |
| 496s | applications that can talk directly to |
| 498s | the dedicated server by using token |
| 499s | authentication applications are going to |
| 501s | be able to send HTP requests to the |
| 503s | server such requests could be like |
| 505s | getting the server state or you know any |
| 507s | information about the current game |
| 508s | session or telling the ser to pause or |
| 511s | shut down like there's there's a bunch |
| 513s | of stuff that you're going to be able to |
| 514s | take advantage of uh using this API and |
| 517s | it makes the server way more extendable |
| 519s | for scripting and you know any kind of |
| 521s | cool service that you might want to |
| 522s | develop for it and depending on what |
| 524s | people make with this we might extend |
| 526s | the functionality for the API in the |
| 527s | future and while we don't have any |
| 530s | documentation for the API right now we |
| 533s | do plan to release some documentation |
| 534s | for the API in the future but the thing |
| 536s | that I am looking forward to the most uh |
| 538s | is once the mon Community managed to get |
| 540s | proper modding support for dedicated |
| 542s | servers which by the way I know you all |
| 544s | are working really hard on this like |
| 546s | just hang in their modders okay uh once |
| 548s | they do this they're going to be able to |
| 550s | create their own hooks into this API so |
| 553s | we're really looking forward to see like |
| 554s | what you people make with this cool so |
| 556s | yeah those are some of the new features |
| 558s | and improvements coming to Dedicated |
| 559s | servers in 1.0 but the video ain't over |
| 562s | yet okay we actually have more to |
| 565s | cover because I also want to talk about |
| 566s | some improvements and new features |
| 568s | coming to the regular online subsystem |
| 570s | handling the regular you know |
| 571s | peer-to-peer connectivity for the game |
| 573s | yeah I don't know what to tell you man |
| 574s | we there's there's a lot of stuff we've |
| 576s | made like we've been hard at work on |
| 577s | this so up until this point when |
| 579s | creating a regular peer-to-peer game |
| 581s | session we've been using epic's online |
| 583s | services to manage the connectivity |
| 585s | aspect of things and on Steam we've now |
| 587s | also implemented support for steam's |
| 589s | backend version of this so people on |
| 591s | Steam are going to be able to choose |
| 593s | between using EOS or steam's backend |
| 595s | when creating game sessions this will |
| 597s | only be viable if you're only playing |
| 599s | with other people on Steam because if |
| 601s | you want to crossplay between epic and |
| 603s | steam you'll need to use EOS still but |
| 605s | now the option is there at least and it |
| 607s | will be sort of possible to upt out of |
| 609s | crossplay if you choose there's also |
| 611s | going to be a single player option to |
| 612s | sort of disable the online subsystem if |
| 614s | you know you don't want anyone to be |
| 616s | able to connect to your session and it |
| 618s | should optimize the game a little bit if |
| 621s | you do this uh if you want to like |
| 622s | disable online play completely for the |
| 624s | session you can potentially you know |
| 627s | maybe get a tiny bit more performance I |
| 629s | don't know if you if you do create a |
| 630s | single player session please note that |
| 631s | you will need to sort of restart the |
| 633s | game session if you want to switch back |
| 634s | to online uh it will no longer be |
| 637s | seamless to connect to you it is also |
| 638s | important to note that this doesn't mean |
| 640s | that the game will start pausing when |
| 642s | you open the main menu even in single |
| 644s | player I know a lot of people really |
| 646s | want that but yeah we still need to sort |
| 648s | of implement handling pausing and |
| 649s | unpausing regardless of if you're |
| 651s | playing online and I don't think we'll |
| 653s | have time to do that for 1.0 honestly |
| 655s | there's also going to be an option to |
| 656s | connect directly to an IP address |
| 658s | circumventing sort of all the services |
| 660s | that are in place to sort of make |
| 661s | connectivity seamless uh this is going |
| 663s | to require a bit of knowledge and |
| 665s | require a bit of Technical and |
| 666s | networking knowledge as you will need to |
| 668s | sort of connect manually in the console |
| 671s | but we figured that we'd add this option |
| 673s | in case uh you know steams or epic |
| 674s | Services go down and you know if you are |
| 676s | a bit Savvy and can manage all right |
| 679s | done I'm done that's it holy that |
| 682s | was a lot of information I don't know if |
| 684s | I'll ever recover emotionally from |
| 685s | recording this video uh anyway if you |
| 687s | made it all the way to the end please |
| 689s | post something like that was a lot of |
| 690s | information or something I don't know uh |
| 693s | I appreciate you all so much thank you |
| 695s | so much for watching until next time |
| 697s | take |
| 704s | care |