Multiplayer Manager advertises the lobby in the shell for friends to join. All other users are added to the existing lobby as secondary users. A new lobby is hosted when the first user is added. Create the lobby session by adding local usersĪdd the locally signed-in Xbox services users to the lobby session. Flat C API HRESULT hr = XblMultiplayerManagerInitialize(lobbySessionTemplateName, queueUsedByMultiplayerManager) įor more information, see XblMultiplayerManagerInitialize. The lobby session instance on the service isn't created until a user has been added. Session templates are defined in the service configuration. The lobby session object is automatically created when Multiplayer Manager is initialized with a valid session template name.

Step 4 is typically initiated on the invitee's device, following app launch via protocol activation.įor more information, see Playing a game with friends (flowchart). Steps 1, 2, 3, and 5 are done on the device that's performing the invite. Create the lobby session by adding local users.The following steps use Multiplayer Manager to send an invite to a user's friend so that friend can join a game in progress. This topic describes the basic steps that you need to implement to support this scenario by using Multiplayer Manager. In a simple multiplayer scenario, a player of your game can play it online with friends.

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