SIG-Networking 11/30 release notes

Ulrick28 commented 2 years ago

Please fill any info related to the below for the 11/30 release notes: Note this has a due date of Friday Nov 12th, 2021

(Note: Notes should cover July 6th to Nov 12th)

Features

AWS GameLift Gem completed and out of preview
- Added Linux and FlexMatch support

Added support for Network Hierarchy of Entities - Provides a way to group network entities to combine their multiplayer input processing.
- RFC: https://github.com/o3de/sig-network/blob/main/rfcs/rfc-net-20211005-2-entityhierarchies.md
Added support for networking scripting inputs - Enables extensive use of script canvas to build and run networking scripts
- RFC: https://github.com/o3de/sig-network/blob/main/rfcs/rfc-net-20211005-1-inputscripting.md
Added Linux support for Client and Server targets in O3DE-MultiplayerSample
- MultiplayerSample.GameLauncher and MultiplayerSample.ServerLauncher can be built and executed on Linux

Fixed dependencies for networking that could crash the Editor: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/5277
Enabled tests for HttpRequestor gem: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/4687
Changed the serialization format for networking to binary to save space and time: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/4608
Multiplayer NetworkInput Silently Fails Unless LocalPredictionPlayerInputComponent is Attached: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3155

(Add MPS updates here)

SelfishOlex commented 2 years ago

lmbr-pip commented 2 years ago

Added these known issues

Server launchers are manually relocatable. There is currently no automated build or asset layout generation. See instructions here https://o3de.org/docs/user-guide/gems/reference/aws/aws-gamelift/build-packaging-for-windows/ and https://o3de.org/docs/user-guide/gems/reference/aws/aws-gamelift/build-packaging-for-linux (can ignore GameLift specific steps if not relocating to GameLift instances).
Monolithic release server builds are currently not supported.
Network entity hierarchies are limited to hierarchies with max count of 16 entities.
imgui keyboard not working in server launcher
console is not working on server launcher.
Legacy GridMate networking layer is still shipped in code, its not recommended for use for networking. See new networking components: https://o3de.org/docs/user-guide/networking/
Mouse controls are not friendly to working over remote desktop connections. See https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/5339. You may need to turn off “'Capture Mouse Cursor” mode in the editor (Edit -> Editor Settings -> Global Preferences->Camera)

All release notes are not moved to staging area, sig-docs-community controls further updates.

Resolving story as completed