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IOnlineSubsystemUtils::CreateForeignUniqueNetId

Create a TRANSPORT LAYER unique id NOTE: Do NOT Use this for anything other than replication to non native platforms This is NOT a shortcut for creating unique ids

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References

Module	OnlineSubsystemUtils
Header	/Engine/Plugins/Online/OnlineSubsystemUtils/Source/OnlineSubsystemUtils/Public/OnlineSubsystemUtils.h
Include	#include "OnlineSubsystemUtils.h"

Syntax

TSharedPtr< const FUniqueNetId > CreateForeignUniqueNetId
(
const FString & Str,
FName Type
) const

Remarks

Create a TRANSPORT LAYER unique id NOTE: Do NOT Use this for anything other than replication to non native platforms This is NOT a shortcut for creating unique ids

Returns

unique net id in "transport" format

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Str	string form an opaque unique net id
Type	name of the online subsystem this unique id belongs to

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