How do set the initial position of a rigidbody with a network transform.

Unity Engine
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I have a button that spawns in a gameobject with a Network Rigidbody and a Network transform.

The game object prefab is at (0,0,0). But If I want to set an initial position to (-3,0,0), what I see on the client is an object spawning at (0,0,0) then quickly sliding into place at (-3,0,0).

Even if I look carefully on the server instance, I see a brief flash where the object is at (0,0,0).

What am I missing here?

public class RobotControl : NetworkBehaviour
{
    new private Rigidbody rigidbody;

    public Vector3 defaultPosition = new Vector3(-3, 0, 0);

    public override void OnNetworkSpawn()
    {
        if (NetworkManager.Singleton.IsServer){
            rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
            rigidbody.position = defaultPosition;
        }
    }
}

I’m running netcode 1.2.0

2

This is an older post but for anyone else that comes across, I found calling rigidBody.MovePosition(customPosition) will work. (edit to update move position)

3

thx. This helped me out in setting my own spawn points. To clarify though. rigidbody does not have SetPosition but MovePosition.

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4

You’re right, I was typing too fast! MovePosition is what worked for me.