AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Creates a multiplayer game session for players in a specific fleet location. This operation prompts an available server process to start a game session and retrieves connection information for the new game session. As an alternative, consider using the Amazon GameLift game session placement feature with StartGameSessionPlacement , which uses the FleetIQ algorithm and queues to optimize the placement process.

When creating a game session, you specify exactly where you want to place it and provide a set of game session configuration settings. The target fleet must be in ACTIVE status.

You can use this operation in the following ways:

If successful, Amazon GameLift initiates a workflow to start a new game session and returns a GameSession object containing the game session configuration and status. When the game session status is ACTIVE, it is updated with connection information and you can create player sessions for the game session. By default, newly created game sessions are open to new players. You can restrict new player access by using UpdateGameSession to change the game session's player session creation policy.

Amazon GameLift retains logs for active for 14 days. To access the logs, call GetGameSessionLogUrl to download the log files.

Available in Amazon GameLift Local.

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Start a game session

All APIs by task

Note:

This is an asynchronous operation using the standard naming convention for .NET 4.5 or higher. For .NET 3.5 the operation is implemented as a pair of methods using the standard naming convention of BeginCreateGameSession and EndCreateGameSession.

Namespace: Amazon.GameLift
Assembly: AWSSDK.GameLift.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public abstract Task<CreateGameSessionResponse> CreateGameSessionAsync(
         CreateGameSessionRequest request,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.GameLift.Model.CreateGameSessionRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the CreateGameSession service method.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken

A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation.

Return Value


The response from the CreateGameSession service method, as returned by GameLift.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ConflictException The requested operation would cause a conflict with the current state of a service resource associated with the request. Resolve the conflict before retrying this request.
FleetCapacityExceededException The specified fleet has no available instances to fulfill a CreateGameSession request. Clients can retry such requests immediately or after a waiting period.
IdempotentParameterMismatchException A game session with this custom ID string already exists in this fleet. Resolve this conflict before retrying this request.
InternalServiceException The service encountered an unrecoverable internal failure while processing the request. Clients can retry such requests immediately or after a waiting period.
InvalidFleetStatusException The requested operation would cause a conflict with the current state of a resource associated with the request and/or the fleet. Resolve the conflict before retrying.
InvalidRequestException One or more parameter values in the request are invalid. Correct the invalid parameter values before retrying.
LimitExceededException The requested operation would cause the resource to exceed the allowed service limit. Resolve the issue before retrying.
NotFoundException THe requested resources was not found. The resource was either not created yet or deleted.
TerminalRoutingStrategyException The service is unable to resolve the routing for a particular alias because it has a terminal RoutingStrategy associated with it. The message returned in this exception is the message defined in the routing strategy itself. Such requests should only be retried if the routing strategy for the specified alias is modified.
UnauthorizedException The client failed authentication. Clients should not retry such requests.
UnsupportedRegionException The requested operation is not supported in the Region specified.

Version Information

.NET Core App:
Supported in: 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5

See Also