From 8f916c855bc47cc73c3f6d68eb136ffa0fde04d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Norman Lansing <nlforgegames@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 22:06:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Find of Create Game Session Endpoint

---
 Config/DefaultEngine.ini                      |   2 ++
 .../Data/DA_GameSessionsAPIData.uasset        | Bin 1862 -> 2012 bytes
 .../Portal/BP_PortalManager.uasset            | Bin 5742 -> 5959 bytes
 .../Private/Game/DS_GameMode.cpp              |   2 +-
 .../GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.cpp      |   2 ++
 .../Public/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.h |   1 +
 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Config/DefaultEngine.ini b/Config/DefaultEngine.ini
index a693cdf2..7644458e 100644
--- a/Config/DefaultEngine.ini
+++ b/Config/DefaultEngine.ini
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ SoundCueCookQualityIndex=-1
 [/Script/EngineSettings.GameMapsSettings]
 EditorStartupMap=/Game/Maps/StartupMap.StartupMap
 GameDefaultMap=/Game/Maps/StartupMap.StartupMap
+GlobalDefaultGameMode=/Script/FPSTemplate.ShooterGameModeBase
+GlobalDefaultServerGameMode=/Script/FPSTemplate.ShooterGameModeBase
 
diff --git a/Content/DedicatedServers/Data/DA_GameSessionsAPIData.uasset b/Content/DedicatedServers/Data/DA_GameSessionsAPIData.uasset
index a1b881ef1abb617a1d39f4f810ef45a6a50ea727..4139c74b391c507fc896a481ce8f1522ee83df61 100644
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diff --git a/Content/DedicatedServers/Portal/BP_PortalManager.uasset b/Content/DedicatedServers/Portal/BP_PortalManager.uasset
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diff --git a/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/Game/DS_GameMode.cpp b/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/Game/DS_GameMode.cpp
index 222c3332..7fbfd44b 100644
--- a/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/Game/DS_GameMode.cpp
+++ b/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/Game/DS_GameMode.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void ADS_GameMode::BeginPlay()
 void ADS_GameMode::InitGame(const FString& MapName, const FString& Options, FString& ErrorMessage)
 {
 	Super::InitGame(MapName, Options, ErrorMessage);
-	
+	UE_LOGFMT(LogTemp, Error, "We got into InitGame of ADS_GameMode");
 #if WITH_GAMELIFT
 	
 	CachedCommandLine = FCommandLine::Get();
diff --git a/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.cpp b/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.cpp
index 3d1818ea..78484a4d 100644
--- a/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.cpp
+++ b/Source/DedicatedServers/Private/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.cpp
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ namespace DedicatedServersTags
 	namespace GameSessionsAPI
 	{
 		UE_DEFINE_GAMEPLAY_TAG_COMMENT(ListFleets, "DedicatedServersTags.GameSessionsAPI.ListFleets", "List Fleets resource on the GameSessions API")
+		UE_DEFINE_GAMEPLAY_TAG_COMMENT(FindOrCreateGameSession, "DedicatedServersTags.GameSessionsAPI.FindOrCreateGameSession", "Retrieves an active game session, creating one if one doesn't exist.")
+
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/Source/DedicatedServers/Public/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.h b/Source/DedicatedServers/Public/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.h
index 7824d30f..aa1dcced 100644
--- a/Source/DedicatedServers/Public/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.h
+++ b/Source/DedicatedServers/Public/GameplayTags/DedicatedServerTags.h
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ namespace DedicatedServersTags
 	namespace GameSessionsAPI
 	{
 		UE_DECLARE_GAMEPLAY_TAG_EXTERN(ListFleets);
+		UE_DECLARE_GAMEPLAY_TAG_EXTERN(FindOrCreateGameSession)
 	}
 }
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