Getting the NetworkPlayer variable

I am trying to get the NetworkPlayer variable for the currently running Unity program.

It seems to work okay on the Mac, but not Windows:

Code (csharp):

1. var myNetworkPlayer : NetworkPlayer;
2.  
3. function StartServer(){
4.    Network.InitializeServer( 32, 8000 );
5. }
6.  
7. function StartClient( serverIP, serverPort ){
8.    Network.Connect( serverIP, serverPort );
9. }
10.  
11. function OnServerInitialized(){
12.    myNetworkPlayer = networkView.owner;
13. }
14.  
15. function OnConnectedToServer(){
16.    myNetworkPlayer = networkView.owner;
17. }

There is a NetworkView attached to the GameObject with that script. And the script is being observed by the NetworkView.

The error I get in Windows is:

Code (csharp):

1. NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
2. UnityEngine.NetworkView.get_owner()
3. NetworkLogic.OnServerInitialized()
4. UnityEngine.Network:InitializeServer( Int32, Int32 )
5. NetworkLogic:StartServer()
6. MainMenuGUI:ServerWindow(Int32)
7. UnityEngine.GUI:BeginWindows(Event, Int32)

Same type of error for the client as well. But the code seems to work on Mac. Any ideas?

 

Each client(and the server) own their own version of that GameObject. I created a little workaround that fits my needs:

Code (csharp):

1. function OnConnectedToServer()
2. {
3.    networkView.RPC( "RequestOwner", RPCMode.Server );
4. }
5.  
6. @RPC
7. function RequestOwner( info : NetworkMessageInfo )
8. {
9.    networkView.RPC( "SetOwner", info.sender, info.sender );
10. }
11.  
12. @RPC
13. function SetOwner( a_owner : NetworkPlayer )
14. {
15.    networkPlayer = a_owner;
16.    currentPlayerID = parseInt( networkPlayer.ToString() );
17. }

Kind of a roundabout way of finding each client(or server) NetworkPlayer, but it gets the job done.

The reason I needed to do it is because the server is authoritative. So all player GOs are owned by the server. Each player has an extra NetworkPlayer variable to say which GO is 'theirs' locally.

 

Thanks Doug, I was kind of looking for a logic like this.

 

"networkView.owner.ToString();"
That was what i was looking for as Network.player.ToString(); was returning my own number.
Thanks ^_^

 

Just so people don't get confused, this thread (from 2007!) is about Unity's old networking system (RakNet) and doesn't apply to UNET.