Getting geographic distance
Return the relative geographic distance between two match requests.
Overview
Use the geoLatency() function in the expression of a matchmaking rule to get the geographic distance between two devices that submit match requests. This function uses the location of the players’ devices that the match request contains, but keeps that information private.
Declaration
number geoLatency(object $request1, object $request2)Parameters
request1A match request to compare with
request2.request2A match request to compare with
request1.
Return value
A value between 0.0 and 1.0 that represents the relative geographic distance between the player devices that issued these requests, where 0.0 is in the same local area and 1.0 is the longest possible distance.