Simple UNET issue - 2 player game, let opponent 'hear' a button press

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Creating a 2 player turn based board game with UNET. More precisely using the NetworkLobby asset Unity Engine - Unity Discussions

Stumbling over something which should be so simple.
When the local player presses a button, I need the remote (opponent) player to ‘hear’ the button press.

and vice versa of course.

I’m trying the usual [Command] plus [ClientRpc] methods and there is communication happening but can’t figure out how to determine if a receiving event is from the remote or local player.

Can any UNET experts help?

Also just to clarify
a [Command] originates on a Client but is executed on the Server. There is only 1 at a time.
and
a [ClientRpc] method originates from the Server but executes on the Client(s). There are as many as there are Clients or players.

Am i correct?

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You can also use TargetRpc to only send it to one specific player

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Thanks, wasn’t aware of that. But with TargetRPC how do you determine the NetworkConnection object?

Also figure that since its only a 2 player game might be easier for me to use the default ClientRpc and then do a check for isLocalPlayer.

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@eco_bach

You can override OnServerAddPlayer() in a custom network manager script and assign the network connection to a list of “active players” on your server.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Networking;

public class NetworkManager_Custom : NetworkManager
{
    public MatchManager matchMan;

    public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn, short playerControllerId)
    {
        Debug.Log("OnServerAddPlayer()...");
        //Add Player to the active player list.
        matchMan.activePlayers.Add(conn);
    }
}

MatchManager has a list that the server can use as a reference to the player.
Hope that helps.