How do I spawn an object on the server and bind it on the client?

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. public GameObject playerObject;
4. public Player player;
5.  
6. ...
7. void Spawn()
8. {
9.     playerObject = (GameObject)Instantiate(playerPrefab
10.                                           ,playerPrefab.transform.position
11.                                           ,playerPrefab.transform.rotation);
12.     player = playerObject.GetComponent<Player>();
13.     player.playerController = this;
14.     NetworkServer.Spawn(playerObject);
15. }
16. ...
17. public override void OnStartServer()
18. {
19.      Spawn();
20. }
21.  
22.  

This code spawns the object correctly on the server and on the client. The problem is that player and playerObject are both null on the client.

How do I assign the spawned object to the client?

 

I also tried to send a ClientRpc with a NetworkInstanceId and then use http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.ClientScene.FindLocalObject.html but the problem is that I can only send command messages on objects that have isLocalPlayer=true.

Is there a way to 'own' multiple objects?

I just wanted to create a PlayerController class that can posses other GameObjects.

 

Could it be possible that UNet only supports one GameObject per client with the ability to send commands to the server?

 

So I was reading though the docs and I found this

So I gave it a try with

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.Networking;
3. using System.Collections;
4.  
5. public class TestNetworkManager : NetworkManager
6. {
7.     public GameObject testPrefab;
8.     public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn, short playerControllerId)
9.     {
10.         GameObject proxyPlayer = (GameObject)Instantiate(playerPrefab,playerPrefab.transform.position,playerPrefab.transform.rotation);
11.         GameObject test = Instantiate(testPrefab);
12.         Debug.Log(playerControllerId);
13.         NetworkServer.AddPlayerForConnection(conn, proxyPlayer, playerControllerId);
14.         ClientScene.AddPlayer(conn, (short) (playerControllerId + 1));
15.         NetworkServer.AddPlayerForConnection(conn, test, (short)(playerControllerId + 1));
16.     }
17. }

Which seems to work. Both gameobjects are spawned on the client with isLocalPlayer set to true. I just have to do a bit more work to wire everything correctly on the client and on the server. I will probably do it with

Code (CSharp):

1. ClientScene.FindLocalObject(netid);

Are there any drawbacks with this approach?