Third Party Referencing a raycast hit from a client in Photon

I am having trouble getting the transformOfHit variable in this script to sync with other clients. Basically what I can see is happening is that the transformOfHit variable is reliant on the Ray "hit". Hit is set equal to Input.mousePosition so i'm pretty sure that the client that has "MyView set to true is using its own mouse position instead it thinks that I am not clicking on anything. If I am wrong please correct me but if not a solution to get a reference to a clients mouse position would be greatly appreciated as I have spent more than 10 hours over 2 days just trying to find a way to get the reference to this so I know what the client has clicked and thus set to its target. I am using this to fight the same enemy which is a scene object as other clients so they can both take its health down and kill it.

I also think it might be worth mentioning that I have 2 cameras on the prefab I am instantiating for each player. If the PhotonView IsMine then I am activating the main camera and if not then I am activating the secondary camera so I can still have a camera that is capable of raycasting based on the mouse position on the client.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Raycaster : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
2. {
3.     public PhotonView PV;
4.  
5.     private Transform camRotate;
6.  
7.     float currentMousePosition;
8.     float pastMousePosition;
9.  
10.     float screenWidth;
11.     float screenHeight;
12.  
13.     public Camera cam;
14.     public Player playerScript;
15.     public Transform transformOfHit;
16.  
17.     public RaycastHit hit;
18.  
19.     // Start is called before the first frame update
20.     void Start()
21.     {
22.         PV = GetComponent<PhotonView>();
23.         playerScript = GetComponent<Player>();
24.         screenWidth = Screen.width;
25.         screenHeight = Screen.height;
26.     }
27.  
28.     // Update is called once per frame
29.     void Update()
30.     {
31.         if (!PV.IsMine)
32.         {
33.             if (cam == null)
34.             {
35.                 cam = GetComponentInChildren<Camera>();
36.             }
37.             return;
38.         }
39.  
40.         if (cam == null)
41.         {
42.             cam = GetComponentInChildren<Camera>();
43.         }
44.  
45.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
46.         {
47.             // if left button pressed...
48.             Ray ray = cam.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
49.             Debug.Log("This ray hit assigned in this raycaster");
50.             PV.RPC("RpcSetHit", RpcTarget.OthersBuffered);
51.          
52.  
53.  
54.  
55.             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
56.             {
57.                 //Set transforOfHit to whatever the transform of the object that was hit
58.                 PV.RPC("RpcSetTransformOfHit", RpcTarget.AllBuffered);
59.  
60.                 // the object identified by hit.transform was clicked
61.                 // do whatever you want
62.                 if (hit.transform.tag == "NPC")
63.                 {
64.                     print("You clicked an NPC");
65.  
66.                     //If there is already one created then dont create one
67.                     if (GameObject.Find("ConvoBox(Clone)") == false)
68.                     {
69.                         //Flips the convobox after instantiation
70.                         Quaternion hitQuaternion = hit.transform.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(0, 180f, 0);
71.                         //Create the prefab
72.                         Instantiate(Resources.Load("ConvoBox"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x,
73.                             hit.transform.position.y + 5, hit.transform.position.z + 5), hitQuaternion);
74.                     }
75.                     else
76.                         Destroy(GameObject.Find("ConvoBox(Clone)"));
77.                 }
78.  
79.                 if (hit.transform.tag == "Teleporter")
80.                 {
81.                     print("You clicked a Teleporter");
82.  
83.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Flower Scene Teleporter")
84.                     {
85.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
86.                         if (GameObject.Find("FlowerSceneTeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
87.                         {
88.  
89.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
90.                             //Create the prefab
91.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("FlowerSceneTeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
92.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
93.  
94.                             //Create the Prefab
95.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load(""), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
96.                         }
97.                     }
98.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Hell Scene Teleporter")
99.                     {
100.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
101.                         if (GameObject.Find("HellSceneTeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
102.                         {
103.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
104.                             //Create the prefab
105.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("HellSceneTeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
106.                                 hit.transform.position.y + 20, hit.transform.position.z + 20), hitQuaternion);
107.  
108.                             //Create the Prefab
109.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("HellSceneTeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
110.                         }
111.                     }
112.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Winter Scene Teleporter")
113.                     {
114.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
115.                         if (GameObject.Find("WinterSceneTeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
116.                         {
117.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
118.                             //Create the prefab
119.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("WinterSceneTeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
120.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
121.  
122.                             //Create the Prefab
123.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("WinterSceneTeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
124.                         }
125.                     }
126.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Test Scene Teleporter")
127.                     {
128.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
129.                         if (GameObject.Find("TeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
130.                         {
131.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
132.                             //Create the prefab
133.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("TeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
134.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
135.  
136.                             //Create the Prefab
137.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("TeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
138.                         }
139.                     }
140.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Floor 1 Teleporter")
141.                     {
142.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
143.                         if (GameObject.Find("Floor1TeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
144.                         {
145.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
146.                             //Create the prefab
147.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("Floor1TeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
148.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
149.  
150.                             //Create the Prefab
151.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("Floor1TeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
152.                         }
153.                     }
154.  
155.  
156.                 }
157.  
158.                 if (hit.transform.tag == "Mob")
159.                 {
160.                     PV.RPC("RpcSetTargetMob", RpcTarget.AllBuffered);
161.  
162.                     print("You clicked on " + transformOfHit.name);
163.                 }
164.  
165.              
166.             }
167.         }
168.     }
169.  
170.     [PunRPC]
171.     void RpcSetTargetMob()
172.     {
173.         playerScript.targetMob = transformOfHit;
174.     }
175.  
176.     [PunRPC]
177.     void RpcSetTransformOfHit()
178.     {
179.         transformOfHit = hit.transform;
180.     }
181.  
182.     [PunRPC]
183.     void RpcSetHit()
184.     {
185.         Ray ray = cam.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
186.         Debug.Log("This ray hit assigned in some1 elses raycaster");
187.     }
188. }

 

So I'm still not sure what it was that was preventing me from passing a reference from the clients RaycastHit directly but I was able to workaround this by referencing the PhotonId of the RaycastHit object (targeted enemy) on the Clients computer and passing that with OnPhotonSerializeView as an int then comparing that id to get the object for the rpc. This was a very complicated issue that took me 3 days to find a workaround for. I will post the code if any1 wants to learn how to find targeted objects from clients using a referenced PhotonId.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Raycaster : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks, IPunObservable
2. {
3.     public PhotonView PV;
4.  
5.     private Transform camRotate;
6.  
7.     float currentMousePosition;
8.     float pastMousePosition;
9.  
10.     float screenWidth;
11.     float screenHeight;
12.  
13.     public int idOfTarget = -1;
14.  
15.     public Camera cam;
16.     public Player playerScript;
17.     public Player targetPlayerScript;
18.     public GameObject targetEnemyObject;
19.  
20.     public Transform transformOfHit;
21.  
22.     public RaycastHit targetHit;
23.  
24.     public Enemy targetEnemyScript;
25.  
26.     // Start is called before the first frame update
27.     void Start()
28.     {
29.         PV = GetComponent<PhotonView>();
30.         playerScript = GetComponent<Player>();
31.         screenWidth = Screen.width;
32.         screenHeight = Screen.height;
33.     }
34.  
35.     // Update is called once per frame
36.     void Update()
37.     {
38.         if (!PV.IsMine)
39.         {
40.             return;
41.         }
42.  
43.         if (cam == null)
44.         {
45.             cam = GetComponentInChildren<Camera>();
46.         }
47.  
48.  
49.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
50.         {
51.  
52.             // if left button pressed...
53.             Ray ray = cam.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
54.  
55.             RaycastHit hit;
56.  
57.             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
58.             {
59.                 targetHit = hit;
60.  
61.                 //Set transforOfHit to whatever the transform of the object that was hit
62.                 transformOfHit = hit.transform;
63.  
64.                 if (transformOfHit != null)
65.                 {
66.                     if (transformOfHit.gameObject.GetPhotonView() != null)
67.                     {
68.                         idOfTarget = transformOfHit.gameObject.GetPhotonView().InstantiationId;
69.                     }
70.  
71.                 }
72.  
73.  
74.  
75.  
76.  
77.                 // the object identified by hit.transform was clicked
78.                 // do whatever you want
79.                 if (hit.transform.tag == "NPC")
80.                 {
81.                     print("You clicked an NPC");
82.  
83.                     //If there is already one created then dont create one
84.                     if (GameObject.Find("ConvoBox(Clone)") == false)
85.                     {
86.                         //Flips the convobox after instantiation
87.                         Quaternion hitQuaternion = hit.transform.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(0, 180f, 0);
88.                         //Create the prefab
89.                         Instantiate(Resources.Load("ConvoBox"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x,
90.                             hit.transform.position.y + 5, hit.transform.position.z + 5), hitQuaternion);
91.                     }
92.                     else
93.                         Destroy(GameObject.Find("ConvoBox(Clone)"));
94.                 }
95.  
96.                 if (hit.transform.tag == "Teleporter")
97.                 {
98.                     print("You clicked a Teleporter");
99.  
100.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Flower Scene Teleporter")
101.                     {
102.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
103.                         if (GameObject.Find("FlowerSceneTeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
104.                         {
105.  
106.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
107.                             //Create the prefab
108.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("FlowerSceneTeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
109.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
110.  
111.                             //Create the Prefab
112.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load(""), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
113.                         }
114.                     }
115.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Hell Scene Teleporter")
116.                     {
117.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
118.                         if (GameObject.Find("HellSceneTeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
119.                         {
120.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
121.                             //Create the prefab
122.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("HellSceneTeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
123.                                 hit.transform.position.y + 20, hit.transform.position.z + 20), hitQuaternion);
124.  
125.                             //Create the Prefab
126.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("HellSceneTeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
127.                         }
128.                     }
129.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Winter Scene Teleporter")
130.                     {
131.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
132.                         if (GameObject.Find("WinterSceneTeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
133.                         {
134.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
135.                             //Create the prefab
136.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("WinterSceneTeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
137.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
138.  
139.                             //Create the Prefab
140.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("WinterSceneTeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
141.                         }
142.                     }
143.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Test Scene Teleporter")
144.                     {
145.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
146.                         if (GameObject.Find("TeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
147.                         {
148.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
149.                             //Create the prefab
150.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("TeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
151.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
152.  
153.                             //Create the Prefab
154.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("TeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
155.                         }
156.                     }
157.                     if (hit.transform.name == "Floor 1 Teleporter")
158.                     {
159.                         //If there is already one created then dont create one
160.                         if (GameObject.Find("Floor1TeleporterConvo(Clone)") == false)
161.                         {
162.                             Quaternion hitQuaternion = transform.rotation;
163.                             //Create the prefab
164.                             Instantiate(Resources.Load("Floor1TeleporterConvo"), new Vector3(hit.transform.position.x + 4,
165.                                 hit.transform.position.y - 20, hit.transform.position.z + 4), hitQuaternion);
166.  
167.                             //Create the Prefab
168.                             //Instantiate(Resources.Load("Floor1TeleporterConvo"), hit.point - new Vector3(7, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
169.                         }
170.                     }
171.  
172.  
173.                 }
174.  
175.  
176.             }
177.  
178.  
179.         }
180.  
181.         PV.RPC("RpcSetTarget", RpcTarget.AllBuffered);
182.     }
183.  
184.     void FixedUpdate()
185.     {
186.         if (idOfTarget != -1)
187.         {
188.             targetEnemyObject = PhotonView.Find(idOfTarget).gameObject;
189.         }
190.  
191.     }
192.  
193.     [PunRPC]
194.     void RpcSetTarget()
195.     {
196.         if (targetEnemyObject != null)
197.         {
198.             if (targetEnemyObject.transform.tag == "Mob")
199.             {
200.                 playerScript.targetMob = targetEnemyObject.transform;
201.  
202.                 print("You clicked on " + targetEnemyObject.name);
203.  
204.                 targetEnemyScript = playerScript.targetMob.gameObject.GetComponent<Enemy>();
205.  
206.                 if (targetEnemyScript.health <= 0)
207.                 {
208.                     idOfTarget = -1;
209.                 }
210.             }
211.             else if (targetEnemyObject.transform.tag == "Player")
212.             {
213.                 playerScript.targetMob = targetEnemyObject.transform;
214.                 targetPlayerScript = targetEnemyObject.GetComponent<Player>();
215.                
216.             }
217.         }
218.     }
219.  
220.     public void OnPhotonSerializeView(PhotonStream stream, PhotonMessageInfo info)
221.     {
222.         if (stream.IsWriting)
223.         {
224.             stream.SendNext(idOfTarget);
225.         }
226.         else
227.         {
228.             idOfTarget = (int)stream.ReceiveNext();
229.         }
230.     }
231. }