Spawning clients with the correct rotation

Code (CSharp):

1. public class TestNetworkManager : NetworkManager {
2.  
3.     public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn, short playerControllerId)
4.     {
5.         GameObject proxyPlayer = (GameObject)Instantiate(playerPrefab,playerPrefab.transform.position,playerPrefab.transform.rotation);
6.         NetworkServer.AddPlayerForConnection(conn, proxyPlayer, playerControllerId);
7.     }
8. }
9.  

I have created a new prefab with a location, rotation. The prefab is spawned correctly on the listenserver but I have some trouble spawning the prefab on the clients.

If I connect as a client the prefab is spawned in the correct location but the rotation is not applied.

Have I done anything wrong?

 

You instantiate it with the position and rotation of the prefab. You can change that if you click on your prefab.

 

Yes I know and I already did this, but it still spawns differently on the client / server. Maybe this is a bug in 5.1.f1?

 

Yeah, I had the same problem. What I was make a SyncVar. I instantiate the object. Then set the SyncVar. Then spawn the object to clients. This way, the SyncVar is synced with the spawning. In the start function I just set the rotation to whatever the SyncVar is. Not the most beautiful implementation, but it works.

 

Yeah I did almost the same thing.

 

I think that is the correct way because if you look at http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.SpawnDelegate.html it is only sending clients the prefab network ID and the transform position. No rotation!

 

If it is the player object and rotation is important, wouldn't you need a network transform anyway?

 

I was suggesting for non-player objects.

I understand it, but it is another stumbling block that all the samples for spawning follow:

Instantiate(prefab, pos. rot)
Spawn()

Which makes you think it's sending rotation when in fact it isn't. Some of the docs even say it does send rotation. It's only digging deeper into the docs it is apparent its only position when a new or existing client is good to spawn the prefab.

 

It's better to have the choice to sync rotation or not to optimise network bandwidth. But I agree the docs can always be improved.

 

Bit old of course, but the answer is to use a network transform

 

Thread is obviously old, but thank you Bmandk for offering this suggestion. Was having this same problem and used this method to implement my solution.