How Network Decides Host?

Unity Engine
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I am creating a game which will be PvP, so, 1 player vs 1 player. So, 2 player max. The game, will randomly match players looking to play.

What I am wondering is, how the game will determine host and client.

So, is this a random decsion? Is it the player who looks for a game first? How does it work? How does the network determine, which player is Host and which is Client?

Thank you

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You decide.

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okkkkkk.

So, let say me and you decide to play.

You press play before me. What will happen is a cue to look for other players wanting to play. None exist until I press play. Now that the server sees you and i, it matches us ( I am assuming this is the process (coming from photon)).

I am not sure if it matters, but then at this point, where two players are assigned to a room, is the host client role decided in the background automatically?

Perhaps I am not at the point yet where I have come across this in the tutorial.

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In Unet system, client can host.

If no rooms are availables on matchmaking server (on Unet server) : your first client, who want a room, have to create it.
It’s not “Automatically”, you have to see if a room is available and if not : create it and become a host.

BUT

Imagine you want to host some rooms(to prevent cheat or whatever) on a professional server. Developer will launch some servers, this servers host the game and your client will connect to them.

I haven’t tried yet the second solution (no money/knowledge for that ^^).

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edit…
I think I just found what I want, the NetworkLobbyManager.

//original

Right, thank you. I actually just started a related thread here…link

But what I am wondering is how do I a) set the room requirements (number of players), b) know those requirements are met?

I can not see anything in the official docs.