Modern games are more than just real-time action, or late night explorations. They are complete, sprawling, living worlds. As such, building and maintaining these experiences is a bigger and bigger undertaking. Bringing your world alive often requires things like daily rewards, asynchronous events, and timed tasks that keep players coming back and experiencing new things every day. But how do you make all of this happen?
Enter User Impersonation, a new feature in the LootLocker Server API and Unreal Server SDK that lets your server act on behalf of any player, at any time, using just their player ID.
User Impersonation allows your server to generate an active token for any player using their unique player ULID. This means you can perform actions through the Game Api on behalf of players even when they’re offline or not actively playing.
Think of games like Clash Royale or Genshin Impact, where daily rewards, moderation, and scheduled events are crucial. With User Impersonation, you can automate all of this from your game servers.
Games like Minecraft or Fortnite often rely on heavily curated online experiences making sure that players have a fun but safe time playing. With impersonation you can now greatly improve the tools you make available for moderation. If a player is reported for inappropriate behavior, your moderation tool can impersonate the player and remove offending content or items, change the player name, or undo other actions that the player has taken. All without needing the player to be logged in.
In games like World of Warcraft players buy, sell, and earn items which are stored in their inventory. Sometimes, however players make mistakes that cannot be easily undone on their own and need to contact a Game Master for help. With impersonation, the moderator (in this case a Game Master) can use the tools avaialble to them to fix the issue even if the player isn't online.
For more detailed instructions, refer to our user documentation.
To get started, check out our Unreal Server SDK documentation and see how User Impersonation can power up your server automation.
User Impersonation gives you the power to automate, moderate, and enhance your game like never before. Whether you’re running daily events, handling moderation, or building new backend features, this tool is here to help.
For more details, visit our documentation or join the conversation on Discord.