Having a hard time with InstantiateSceneObject

Forgot to mention in the title that this is a question related to Photon PUN

So what I want is this.
A player disconnects the game, so OnPlayerLeave() I instantiate a scene object with a lot of the same variables/properties on it, that the leaving game object had... Basically its a copy-prefab with despawn animations.
I added this to the script of my PlayerDespawn prefab:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.     void IPunInstantiateMagicCallback.OnPhotonInstantiate(PhotonMessageInfo info)
3.     {
4.         FindObjectOfType<SceneObjectContainer>().DespawnContainer.Add(this.gameObject);
5.         SceneObjectValue = FindObjectOfType<SceneObjectContainer>().DespawnContainer.Count;
6.     }
7.  

And I have this in my OnPlayerLeftRoom

Code (CSharp):

1.     public override void OnPlayerLeftRoom(Player player)
2.     {
3.         base.OnPlayerLeftRoom(player);
4.  
5.         var playerTagObj = (GameObject)player.TagObject;
6.         if (PhotonNetwork.IsMasterClient)
7.         {
8.             GameObject playerDespawn = PhotonNetwork.InstantiateSceneObject(Path.Combine("Prefabs/Player", "PlayerDespawn"), playerTagObj.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
9.             photonView.RPC("RPC_SetPlayerDespawnProperties", RpcTarget.All, player);
10.         }
11.         var sceneHolder = FindObjectOfType<SceneObjectContainer>();
12.         var playerDespawnRef = sceneHolder.DespawnContainer[sceneHolder.DespawnContainer.Count-1];
13.  
14.         photonPlayers = PhotonNetwork.PlayerList;
15.         playersInRoom--;
16.  
17.         if (MultiplayerSettings.multiplayerSettings.maxPlayers == playersInRoom)
18.         {
19.             if (!PhotonNetwork.IsMasterClient) return;
20.             PhotonNetwork.CurrentRoom.IsOpen = true;
21.         }
22.     }

The non-masterclients never receives the properties I set through the RPC, even though the object does get instantiated to the scene. What gives? Afaik, custom properties can't be given to Scene Objects, am I wrong?

 

I'm not at my PC so I can't check it will work (however,I think it should), but have you tried using PhotonInstantiationData to pass the player data to the remote clients rather than using an RPC?

 

Thank you, I didnt realise you could send InstantiationData as a sort of equivalent to custom properties, this worked. Important to note is that retrieving this data had to be done in Awake() as opposed to Start() otherwise it wouldn't work

 

I seldom if ever use Start or Awake for networked objects, in this case I would usually retrieve and use the InstantiationData in the OnPhotonInstantiate callback.

 

Ah thank you very much for clarifying Munchy!
I just encountered another issue related to this, not on this specific object though.
The object I'm having trouble with now is an instance I already have in my scene prior to starting the game. This means I gave it a photonview through the prefab, and I never call PhotonNetwork.InstantiateSceneObject, but other than that I call it as a scene object. Players can interact with it (move it around) and it all works, up until a new client comes in and all the "changes" don't load. Ah, so another case with InstantiationData right?

But how am I supposed to load these in on a Scene object of which I never call Photon.InstantiateSceneObject on?
Is this a necessesity to do or is there a workaround I'm not seeing?

 

In this instance, I would probably dispense with PhotonView and use RaiseEvent, that's how I handle objects that are built into the scene but need to be networked, along the lines that I talk about here.