Can I retrieve the currently logged in players high score from leaderboard? [Unity + GPGS]

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Hi everyone,

I have looked around for the method with which to do this and have seen a variety of conflicting ideas and code.

When posting a high score to a leaderboard with the Google Play Games Services plugin installed, it’s actually very easy once set up;

Social.ReportScore(CLIENTHIGHSCORE, "LEADERBOARD-ID", (bool success) => {    });

This simply checks whatever my games ‘CLIENTHIGHSCORE’ against the users reported scores on the “LEADERBOARD-ID” leaderboard. If the local score is greater, then it replaces the score on the leaderboard. If not, nothing happens.

Currently I save the CLIENTHIGHSCORE locally, and display it both at the end of a round, and in the options menu.

I am just wondering if there is a reverse method for this type of function. So that if a user uninstalls, then reinstalls the product, the moment they sign into the game (and GPGS) it will query the Highest score for the user from the “LEADERBOARD-ID” leaderboard, and then replace the local “CLIENTHIGHSCORE” so that their high score moves with them across devices.

I would really like to know if there is a simple method for doing this as implementing save states for just a high score seems kind of unnecessary, especially since I am still having trouble wrapping my head around cloud saving stuff.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot

Adam Nickerson
Game in question “Bing Bong”

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Also, if there is a better place to ask this question, please direct me there.

Thanks

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tbh, I wouldnt bother.

if they un-install it, they lose their score, it gets replaced when they submit a new highscore.

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Thanks for the feedback.

I just thought it’d be neat so that if a person plays on say a tablet and a phone it would be the same high score.

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have you found any solution for this please ? i need the answer too