Feedback NetworkAnimator should not require an animation component.

While its easy to make this modification and remove: [RequireComponent(typeof(Animator))], it should not have that requirement.

The reasoning:
1) you have to reference the animation component in editor anyways. (it doesn't just "get component"
2) For larger projects I think it is going to be a common practice to have a small amount of network prefabs and spawn "visuals" independently.
-Spawn network object
- network object creates visuals on clients.
- Network object drives visuals on clients.

it is simply not practical to have a list of network prefabs for every enemy art/projectile/animated item variant. Imagine an RPG with hundreds of enemy types.

I Recommend removing the Animator component requirement. Also I'd consider a better more scale-able and less error prone way to define NetworkPrefabs. I can't have a team of 100 all adding content to the game and touching the same prefab list.

 

I'm dealing with issue right now.

It seems I need to reorganize the avatar prefab with its parent. Or maybe attaching it with code.

The Boss Room demo is not following the requirement of the Animator component either: it is not attached in the same object.

 

I made an empty network object which would be the blank avatar root pretty much, all my main player network scripts would go on it, when i wanted to change avatar i made a clientrpc to tell the players which one to instantiate under that cartain empty object.this would allow me to keep one player prefab on the network prefab list but have an char model spawned under it. Im going to try this one a weapon script which would be a empty placeholder for a weapon and i would make a clientrpc to put the model under the empty networkgameobject.

 

There's an upcoming change on the develop branch concerning the handling and accessibility of network prefabs. Rather than a single prefab list in the network manager it handles a list of lists you can create and drop in. More on it here https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/pull/2322