What type of parameters does NetworkView.RPC accept?

I'm trying to send data in a class via an RPC, but I keep getting this error :

I made my PlayerData class Serializable, but still no dice.

So I'm wondering, what are the allowed types?
The method interface says params object[] args, so any object should do, but that would be too easy I suppose !

Should I manually serialize/de-serialize the data?

 

OK... I had noticed you could send a NetworkPlayer (I use a RPC to associate PlayerData to a NetworkPlayer), that's why I hoped any class would do, like in a webservice.

For anyone interested, you can use an XML serializer, the following works perfectly:

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3.  
4. using System.IO;
5. using System.Text;
6. using System.Xml.Serialization;
7.  
8. [System.Serializable]
9. public class PlayerData
10. {
11.     public string nick;
12.     public int bla;
13.  
14.  
15.     static XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PlayerData));
16.     public string Serialize()
17.     {
18.         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
19.  
20.         serializer.Serialize(
21.             System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(builder),
22.             this);
23.  
24.         return builder.ToString();
25.     }
26.     public static PlayerData Deserialize(string serializedData)
27.     {
28.         return serializer.Deserialize(new StringReader(serializedData)) as PlayerData;
29.     }
30. }

And then RPC() the serialized result, and deserialize on the other end.
A simple usage test :

Code (csharp):

1.     string xml;
2.     void Awake()
3.     {
4.         PlayerData data = new PlayerData();
5.         data.nick = "abc";
6.         data.bla = 123;
7.  
8.         xml = data.Serialize();
9.         Debug.Log(xml);
10.     }
11.     void Start()
12.     {
13.         PlayerData data = PlayerData.Deserialize(xml);
14.         Deebug.Log("{0} - {1}", data.nick, data.bla);
15.     }
16.  

 

It would be lovely to have that information available in the documentation of NetworkView.RPC()! I have just spent a little while twisting my mind to do a certain thing thinking I can't put NetworkViewIDs across RPCs when I remembered this thread ;-)

Jashan

 

if someone can explain me how exactly can network.rpc work, i woud apriciate this alot
i got problems with it for ages, i cant get 1 light source to work with it

 

networkView.RPC ("Command name to execute on the receiver", RPCMode, params);
A player sends an RPC to a destination.
RPCmode = the destination (receiver) ... can be : Server, Others, All.
Depending to who you are sending the RPC, the receiver will execute the command.