How to do you access a client/collider "use" variable on the server-side to trigger events?

Hello Modders!

I want an opening door, I want an enter-able car, I want interactions!

I know that the server is authoritative, and so the client send movement into to the server, and I know the Character_X server-side prefab holds some replicated data points for "action" of attack, melee, jump, ect.

Can you tell me what string I should use, to access the "use" or "f" key entered by a client, and transferred to the server, so I can have the server-side scripts scrub against colliders to it, and then see if that collider is pressing "use/f" to trigger a server side function?

I've been playing with GetComponent and transform.parent on the collider with limited success... and hope someone here has figured this out already?

Thank you,
Micah

 

As far as I know, there are two ways that the client could send commands to the server. One is ClientGameLoop.CmdRunAtServer. This is available even when the client owns no entity. Another one is UserCommand which will be processed by ClientGameWorld.PredictionUpdate.
If you want to trigger server-side scripts and prediction is not your concern, you could use CmdRunAtServer .

 

Senpai, could we get a verbose tutorial on this once you have it mastered?

 

ahahahha, yes!

Come on guys, this was supposed to be my "easy out"

I am kind of waiting on Unity here... 2019 fixes terrains not freaking meshing... I want that feature. Plus, the FPS Team mentioned releasing 'how to's and I am sure one will give me all the steps for the ECS job system to check for "use" keys on all colliders and then execute any "use" scripts on them...

But that stuffs not here yet maaa

 

hmm, maybe that CmdRunAtServer for "use-scripts-on-coliiders" would act as a on-demand job until I figure thoes out better.