How can I instantiate different prefabs for owner and proxy using photon?

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I was using uLink and on uLink I have the ability to instantiate different prefabs for owner, proxy and server. Using photon it seems to have only the option to instantiate one prefab for all machines. How can I solve this problem? Is there one way to instantiate different prefabs for proxy and owner?

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You have 2 options:

  1. You can create a prefab which is basically just a place-holder for the actual object you instantiate. A script on the prefab checks isMine and creates whatever you want the owner or proxy to see.
  2. Skip PhotonNetwork.Instantiate and do instantiation via buffered RPC. This means: The player who needs to instantiate something will call PhotonNetwork.AllocateViewID() to get a viewID, then it calls some RPC with that viewID. All clients execute the RPC method and execute GameObject.Instantiate a local object or a proxy. BOTH prefabs you instantiate need a PhotonView and in the RPC method you need to assign the viewID that the originating player sent.

There is a short section about manual instantiation in the manual that is in the PUN package. For detail questions, post in the Exit Games Forum.

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You can check if you are the owner with photonView.isMine or master client with photonNetwork.isMasterClient. With these you could customise the instantiate behaviours.