Matchmaker query problem (godot)

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#1

I am using Godot with Nakama and it’s going pretty well.
I’m using the matchmaker to connect players and as long as I keep the query “*” it works, but as soon as I try to filter for certain properties it doesn’t.

func search_game(role:String):
    	var query = "*"
    	if role == "compete":
    		query = "+properties.role:judge"
    	elif role == "judge":
    		query = "+properties.role:compete"
    	var string_properties = {"role":role}
    	var matchmaker_ticket : NakamaRTAPI.MatchmakerTicket = yield(
    	  socket.add_matchmaker_async(query, 2, 2,string_properties),
    	  "completed"
    	)
    	if matchmaker_ticket.is_exception():
    	  print("An error occured: %s" % matchmaker_ticket)
    	  return
    	print("Got ticket: %s" % [matchmaker_ticket])

this is the code I’m using, I tried tinkering with it but nothing works, not even the example posted here: Matchmaker - Nakama server

#2

@Simemetti What version of the Godot client do you use? There’s been some bug fixes to the client which are on GitHub but not released yet.

#3

I’m using the one here Release 2.1.0 - August ☀️ · heroiclabs/nakama-godot · GitHub, the link you see on the documentation.

I tried using the github code and this fixed this issue, however now I have another one. Sometimes the presences array for the match is empty.

I’m using the same code in the documentation basically,

Edit: after some searching I think I fixed the problem. What I needed was a list of all opponents in the match, but I was noticing this array was full only for one player. I found out that this array only contains the players that have already joined the match when said player joins. Then I tried using the _p_match_presence signal to add opponents but still this didn’t result in full player lists. Then I found out this signal is only called when another player joins a match that the “listening” player already has, so I needed to use both the Match.presences array and _p_match_presence to get a full list.
This works for me I just wanted to ask if this is the “right” way of doing this because it kinda feels like an hack to me.

#4

@Simemetti This is not a “hack” but is exactly how the match presences are shared to the game client.

The initial matched event returns a list of matched_users who may join and when the user joins the match itself they obtain a full-sync of who’s currently connected and can use the callback event to observe joins and leaves which occur. This is the typical initial-sync + deltas approach to the realtime features of the server that all of the APIs in Nakama use.