February 15th, 2022

• Added capability to grant rewards with the InstancedItemPlugin.update function.
• Required integration:
  • Update InstancedItemPlugin.update() with new parameter and return type.
• Optional integration:
  • Rename histogram config to continue using histogram metrics.
• Bug fix:
  • Removed distributedServiceCounts configuration.

Features: #

• Added capability to grant rewards with the InstancedItemPlugin.update function.

  • Description: We’ve made two changes to the InstancedItemPlugin.update() interface to enable rewards grant.

    • New parameter inventoryContent: InventoryServiceContent which gives access to all content
    • Returns type UpdateResult instead of ExtInstancedItem

  • Reference:

    • Structure of UpdateResult:

    data class UpdateResult(
      val extInstancedItem: ExtInstancedItem,
      val rewardGrants: List<RewardGrant>
    )
    

  • Related note: Integration required. See content system note below.

Integrations #

• Update InstancedItemPlugin.update() with new parameter and return type.

  • Description: You will need to update InstancedItemPlugin.update() to integrate with the new crafting system.

  • Integration step:

    • In the update() method, add inventoryContent: InventoryServiceContent parameter after updateEntry.
    • In the update() method, change return type from ExtInstancedItem to UpdateResult.

    Original	Replacement
    InventoryContent.UpdateEntry	inventoryContent: InventoryServiceContent
    ExtInstancedItem	UpdateResult

  • Reference:

    • Check out the pet update example in DemoInstancedItemPlugin for a sample implementation.

  • Related note:

    • New related feature. See rewards feature note above.

• Rename histogram config to continue using histogram metrics.

  • Description: Histogram metric config has been renamed.
  • Integration step:
    • To continue using histogram metrics, you must rename the config.

    Original	Replacement
    enableHistogram	enableHistogramMetrics

Bug fix #

• Fixed issue with creating Limited Access Events with multiple player groups.
  • Description: You can now create and update Limited Access Events with more than one player group using MariaDB.

Deprecations #

• Removed distributedServiceCounts configuration.
  • Description: We don’t expect anyone to be using this, so no integration steps are required. We will be adding a multi-node configuration soon. If you are using this configuration to change the number of instances of a service, please contact us for help integrating.