Spawning players via NetworkManager ignores rotation

Unity Engine
1

I’m using my own override method for player spawning as I quickly integrated my old spawnpoint system from old networking. Everything is working fine, players appear in the right positions… except for the rotation.
As I have some client prediction/lag compensation/peer interpolation system I’m migrating, I do not use automtic syncing via NetworkTransform - it would not work together with the existing code I have.

    public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn, short playerControllerId)
    {
        Debug.Log(name + ": OnServerAddPlayer");
        PlayerSpawnPoint spawnPoint = PlayerSpawnPoint.Next();
        Vector3 position = Vector3.zero;
        Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.identity;
        if (spawnPoint != null)
        {
            position = spawnPoint.position;
            rotation = spawnPoint.rotation;
            Debug.Log(rotation);
        }
        GameObject player = (GameObject)GameObject.Instantiate(playerPrefab, position, rotation);
        playerTracker.Add(player);
        NetworkServer.AddPlayerForConnection(conn, player, playerControllerId);
    }

Next I tried to switch to the Network start position Manager of NetworkManager (meaning not overriding OnServerAddPlayer() and calling NetworkManager.RegisterStartPosition(transform); for my spawnpoints), but the result stays exactly the same.

Is this intended?
Because it doesn’t seem logical if I instantiate with position and rotation, but only position is transferred to the client.
Anything obvious I’m missing from my side?

Thanks for help.

2

The same seems to be the case with NetworkServer.Spawn()… that correct rotation needs extra sync work seems to be a clear drawback compared to Network.Instantiate().

3

This behaviour will fix the rotation problem, but I can’t help: this feels like super clumsy and reinventing the wheel…

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Networking;
using System.Collections;

public class FixRotation : NetworkBehaviour
{
    [SyncVar]
    Vector3 rotation;

    public override void OnStartServer()       
    {
        rotation = transform.rotation.eulerAngles;
    }

    public override void OnStartClient()
    {
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(rotation);
    }
}