Third Party Mirror - Authority issues

I have been trying to learn how to use mirror to make a simple chat. I have been running into authority issues for the command. My script is the same as the tutorial but it is a bit a old.

I have a networkmanger on one object and a network identity and this script on another

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using System;
4. using UnityEngine;
5. using Mirror;
6. using TMPro;
7.  
8. public class Chat : NetworkBehaviour
9. {
10.     public TMP_Text textOutPut;
11.     public TMP_InputField inputText;
12.     private static event Action<string> OnMessage;
13.  
14.     public override void OnStartAuthority()
15.     {
16.  
17.         OnMessage += HandleNewMessage;
18.     }
19.  
20.     [ClientCallback]
21.     private void OnDestroy()
22.     {
23.         if (!hasAuthority) { return; }
24.  
25.         OnMessage -= HandleNewMessage;
26.     }
27.  
28.     private void HandleNewMessage(string message)
29.     {
30.         Debug.Log("recieve message");
31.         textOutPut.text += message;
32.     }
33.  
34.     [Client]
35.     public void Send(string message)
36.     {
37.  
38.         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(message)) { return; }
39.         if(hasAuthority)
40.             CmdSendMessage(message);
41.  
42.    
43.     }
44.  
45.     [Client]
46.     public void Send()
47.     {
48.         Debug.Log("calling send");
49.         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(inputText.text)) { return; }
50.  
51.         //if(hasAuthority)
52.         //    CmdSendMessage(inputText.text);
53.         CmdSendMessage(inputText.text);
54.  
55.         inputText.text = string.Empty;
56.     }
57.  
58.     [Command]
59.     private void CmdSendMessage(string message)
60.     {
61.         Debug.Log("calling cmd");
62.         RpcHandleMessage($"[{connectionToClient.connectionId}]: {message}");
63.     }
64.  
65.     [ClientRpc]
66.     private void RpcHandleMessage(string message)
67.     {
68.         Debug.Log("calling rpc");
69.         OnMessage?.Invoke($"\n{message}");
70.     }
71. }

I gather I don't have the authority to call CmdSendMessage but I don't how I should be doing this properly/how to fix the error.

I tried using if(hasauthority) but then it gives me no error but doesn't call the command.


I think some of my issues stem from the player object this is attached to not being spawned by the network manager. Now that I have changed it to do that it kind of works and the last connected client can send to themselves but not to anyone else. If I connect another client they get that power.

One more edit. I have figured the last connected client ends up with authority. I don't know how to give authority back to the previously connected clients I think it my problem.

It works if i replace [command] with [Command(ignoreAuthority = true)] but I assume that isn't how you are meant to do it!

 

any tips on how to do this properly? I feel using [Command(ignoreAuthority = true)] is a really bad idea.

I would love to know how to do it properly.