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Resolved To many prefabs, Network Prefabs List

Discussion in 'Netcode for GameObjects' started by RoWatts, Nov 14, 2022.

  1. RoWatts

    RoWatts

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    We have a huge problem. (And we are very new to multiplayer and Netcode)
    We create a random arena (between 4) with random tile types. Every tile type is a prefab, so we have something like 100 (a few less) prefabs in the assets. The arena is generated server side and clients see it.

    How can we avoid adding to the Network Prefabs List, 100 prefabs (network gameObjects)?
     
    RoWatts, Nov 14, 2022
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  2. CodeSmile

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    How is that a huge problem?

    If this is about not wanting to do 100 drag&drop operations manually I'm certain an editor script could be written easily that does this job for you, provided those prefabs are identifiable/categorizable by name/path or base class of a script or tag or probably a couple more things.
     
    CodeSmile, Nov 14, 2022
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  3. CosmoM

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    You can also avoid this by writing your own prefab handler. See here.
     
    CosmoM, Nov 15, 2022
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  4. RoWatts

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    thank you so much we're now trying these solutions :)
     
    RoWatts, Nov 16, 2022
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  5. RikuTheFuffs-U

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    I'd also add that if the tiles are just "static" and don't really do any kind of interaction (I.E: are spawned only at the beginning of the match and are not destructible), you could avoid handling their spawn over the network to save bandwidth and instead send the IDs of the tiles to spawn, do a lookup on the client and spawn them locally
     
    RikuTheFuffs-U, Nov 17, 2022
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