UserId or UniqueNetId, just something to identify unique user.

I'm looking to see if there's a cleaner solution, but so far it looks like UniqueNetId isn't directly expose through blueprints. I was able to get a string representation of the userid this way in a blueprint this way:If you were to put this in the level blueprint and hit play, it'll at first give you the UE4 fallback ids (something like 257). This is because Oculus is still logging in when it starts up. After it logs in, this will print out the correct user id. You can see it by doing a "open <your map>" in the console after starting it up. >I'm trying to accomplish this for GearVR.We only just enabled using the oculus OSS in the next release (August 11th) for Gear VR. We started with just Rift, so that could be why you are running into issues.

motorsep said: vrdaveb said: > Does your comment re: Unreal 4.13 suggest that the Platform plugin will be bundled with 4.13 stable release?Yes, Epic has already merged it for 4.13.So, does it mean that with UE 4.13 we can do achievements, leaderboards, IAP, etc. for Gear VR apps and games out of the box ?Yes and no. We've included all the the header files needed to do all that through our API. However, if you want to do it through Unreal OSS, we've only exposed a subset of those functionalities: achievements, leaderboards, room & matchmaking via session interface, p2p through the NetDriver. So if you want the full functionality in 4.13, you can code against the native c header located in Engine\Source\ThirdParty\Oculus\LibOVRPlatform. If you are more comfortable with the OnlineSubsystem, you can adjust your defaultEngine.ini file to use Oculus:[OnlineSubsystem]DefaultPlatformService=Oculus[OnlineSubsystemOculus]bEnabled=trueOculusAppId=<app_id_here>

motorsep said: @brian_jew Do you know by chance if 4.13 pre3 (or 4.13 release at least) will have Platform SDK working with Gear VR ? (not the github version, but the one Epic releases through launcher)I'm working with Epic and in addition to their github, Epic has merged it to 4.13.1

> Does your comment re: Unreal 4.13 suggest that the Platform plugin will be bundled with 4.13 stable release?Yes, Epic has already merged it for 4.13.

@brian_jew So enabling Oculus Platform in the .ini, as you just described, would allow full functionality of Oculus Platform (including IAP) in UE 4.13 stock build (without a need to re-compile engine) ?Is it all exposed to Blueprints?Is it 100% functional on Gear VR and not just Rift, as it used to be?Do you guys plan on making tutorials about using Platform features within UE4 using BP ?Thanks

Can I get the userid of Oculus Platform using blueprint?

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narvalouspeter
Honored Guest
10 years ago
I've been trying to get this for a while too, can't seem to figure it out. I'm also running into problems trying to integrate the Oculus Platform Plugin (if that's required) to try to achieve this task more 'manually.'

EDIT: I'm trying to accomplish this for GearVR.
brian_jew
Expert Protege
10 years ago
I'm looking to see if there's a cleaner solution, but so far it looks like UniqueNetId isn't directly expose through blueprints. I was able to get a string representation of the userid this way in a blueprint this way:

If you were to put this in the level blueprint and hit play, it'll at first give you the UE4 fallback ids (something like 257). This is because Oculus is still logging in when it starts up. After it logs in, this will print out the correct user id. You can see it by doing a "open <your map>" in the console after starting it up.

>I'm trying to accomplish this for GearVR.

We only just enabled using the oculus OSS in the next release (August 11th) for Gear VR. We started with just Rift, so that could be why you are running into issues.
fengkan
Explorer
10 years ago
Thank you for the help, brian_jew.
narvalouspeter
Honored Guest
10 years ago
Got it, thank you! Do know if I'd be able to use the Oculus Platform Plugin for similar features, or is the Platform SDK/Plugin only for C++ projects?
cybereality
Grand Champion
10 years ago
@narvalouspeter We have Unity and Unreal plugins that come with the Platform SDK. See the folders inside the download zip. Thanks.
motorsep
Start Partner
10 years ago

cybereality said:

@narvalouspeter We have Unity and Unreal plugins that come with the Platform SDK. See the folders inside the download zip. Thanks.

No 4.12.x plugin as far as I know, nor 4.13.x+ plugin will be coming as it suppose to be integrated into UE4. Do you happen to know when Platform SDK will be in stock UE4 ? (afaik it's not happening for 4.13)
narvalouspeter
Honored Guest
10 years ago
@cybereality I've tried using the plugins in the Platform SDK, but trying to open my project with the plugin causes Unreal to silently fail/crash. The instructions online are also different compared to the instructions in the download zip. Do you know if there are updated instructions, or which ones are most accurate/recent?
vrdaveb
Oculus Staff
10 years ago
> No 4.12.x plugin as far as I know, nor 4.13.x+ plugin will be coming as it suppose to be integrated into UE4. Do you happen to know when Platform SDK will be in stock UE4 ?

See https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/tree/4.13/Engine/Plugins/Online/OnlineSubsystemOculus and https://github.com/Oculus-VR/UnrealEngine/tree/4.12/Engine/Source/Runtime/Online/OnlineSubsystemOculus.

> trying to open my project with the plugin causes Unreal to silently fail/crash.

Can you share logs from the failure?
narvalouspeter
Honored Guest
10 years ago
> Can you share logs from the failure?

@vrdaveb sure, I'll try to reproduce it next week and get it logged. Does your comment re: Unreal 4.13 suggest that the Platform plugin will be bundled with 4.13 stable release?
vrdaveb
Oculus Staff
10 years ago
> Does your comment re: Unreal 4.13 suggest that the Platform plugin will be bundled with 4.13 stable release?

Yes, Epic has already merged it for 4.13.