This is a PlayFab Party plugin for game development on Unity.

• Windows
• Microsoft Game Core (just "Game Core" below)
• iOS
• Android

Officially supported versions of PlayFab Party binaries with this release, by platform:

• PlayFab account (www.playfab.com) registered and set up:
  • Studio and App configured, TitleID exists
  • Party feature enabled
  • Highly recommended: PlayFab Unity test app tried to ensure seamless PlayFab integration
• PlayFab Unity Editor Extensions plugin
• PlayFab (Core) SDK (installed via PlayFab Unity Editor extensions)
• If you are targeting iOS:
  • Unity iOS Build Support Add-on installed
• If you are targeting Android:
  • Unity Android Build Support Add-on installed with additional components:
    • Android SDK and NDK tools
    • OpenJDK
• If you are targeting Windows:
  • Unity Windows Build Support (IL2CPP) Add-on installed
• If you are targeting Game Core platform (consoles and/or PC):
  • Have access to the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK)
  • GDK installed (with all optional components)
  • GDK Unity plugin installed (available in Add-ins download section on GDK portal)
  • If you are targeting Game Core on Xbox consoles:
    • Unity Game Core Add-on for a necessary console installed (download from Unity)
    • Party on Xbox consoles requires Xbox Live authentication, and therefore make sure that:
      • Your Xbox app title is registered in Xbox Partner Center
      • Necessary SandboxID and developer Xbox Live account are created, and configured to work with the registered Xbox app title
  • If you are targeting Game Core PC:
    • Party Unity SDK is "Game Core PC ready", as soon as Unity build tools for Game Core PC are available

The SDK contains the following:

• /PlayFabPartySDK – This folder contains APIs that you will call from your game to take advantage of networking, in-game chat and other functionality offered by PlayFab Party.
• /PlayFabPartySDK/Examples – This folder contains a simple demo scene with a script that shows how to call the Party APIs.
• /PlayFabPartySDK/Prefabs – This folder contains the PlayFabMultiplayerManager prefab.
• /PlayFabPartySDK/Setup/GameCore – This folder contains set up scripts that need to be used once to prepare the SDK to build for Game Core.
• /PlayFabPartySDK/Source/DLLs – This folder contains the underlying Party C++ library binaries for each supported platform.

• Create a new Unity project
• Open player settings from the Unity main menu: Edit > Project Settings...
• Next, select the 'Player' tab
• Scroll down and check the box: Allow 'unsafe' Code
• Close the Project Settings window
• Link your Unity project with PlayFab by installing the editor extensions: https://github.com/PlayFab/UnityEditorExtensions/releases
• Import this plugin
• Install latest version of PlayFabSDK plugin using PlayFab Unity Editor Extensions UI
• Log in to your PlayFab title using PlayFab Unity Editor Extensions UI
• Follow README guidelines from PlayFabSDK to test basic PlayFab functionality
• If you are targeting Game Core:
  • Install GDK Unity plugin
  • If you are targeting Game Core on Xbox consoles:
    • In Unity Project tree navigate to Assets/XGamingRuntime folder and enable all platforms in Inspector panel for XGamingRuntime.dll and XGamingRuntimeThunks.dll files
• Create a new, empty scene
• Import PlayFab Party Unity SDK plugin (unity package)
• If you are targeting Game Core:
  • Go to /Assets/PlayFabPartySDK/Setup/GameCore folder in File Explorer and run install-party-game-core-libs.ps1 script, it will copy Party binaries installed with GDK to PlayFabPartySDK assets
• Go to the /Assets/PlayFabPartySDK/Prefabs folder and drag and drop the PlayFabMultiplayerManager prefab into your scene
• Note: Party SDK is x64, so when you build Standalone (Windows) please build for x64.
• If you are targeting iOS:
  • Enable 'Prepare iOS for Recording' (set checkbox) in iOS Player Settings
  • Two PlayFabParty.framework libraries are provided: one for real iOS devices and another one for iOS Simulator (x64). Make sure to enable only one of them for iOS platform before building. The framework for a device is enabled by default (see Inspector settings for PlayFabParty.framework folders)
• If you are targeting Android: please make sure to allow your app to use microphone on the device.

For a detailed guide please check out Quickstart: PlayFab Party Unity Plugin