Hello all,
I have spent the last week trying to get a variable to sync on the server and the client side for my project. I am implementing a character selection system where users can create a character and then select it for a game. All of the characters are saved to a file and they all load perfectly. However, when the game tries to select a user, it simply does not work. The only time it works is if the user is the host. If a host selects a character, it selects it for him but the clients don’t receive that update. When clients select a character, the selected character defaults to the default constructor for the Character class.
Say we have a character list that has 4 different characters on it. If the host tries to select one of these character, it will work for him but all of the clients will not know about it and won’t update.
If a client has a different list of 5 characters and tries to select one, he cannot; even if the character is perfectly valid, it will default to the default Character constructor for some reason. I am invoking a method called CmdSelectCharacter. When a client passes in a perfectly fine Character, somehow it defaults to the default constructor of the Character class.
Take a look at some code below:
[SyncVar(hook = "OnCharacterChange")]
private Character _currentCharacter = null;
public override void OnStartLocalPlayer()
{
base.OnStartLocalPlayer();
//Set the default character
if(isServer)
{
CmdSetCharacter(_characterList[0]);
}
else
{
CmdSetCharacter(_characterList[1]);
}
}
private void OnCharacterChange(Character character)
{
Debug.LogError("Selecting character: " + character.Name);
}
[Command]
private void CmdSetCharacter(Character character)
{
_currentCharacter = character;
}
And here is the Character class
[System.Serializable]
public class Character
{
public string Name = "";
public Sprite Portrait = null;
public GameObject Prefab = null;
//Constructors
public Character()
{
Name = "Character";
Portrait = null;
Prefab = null;
}
public Character(string name, Sprite portrait, GameObject prefab)
{
Name = name;
Portrait = portrait;
Prefab = prefab;
}
}
As you see under the OnStartLocalPlayer method, the server and client are trying to select two different characters, but for some reason, the host is the only one that selects normally! When a client joins a game, it justs selects the default constructor of Characters, even though _characterList[1] is a character named “Kyle.”
Does anybody have any idea as to why the [SyncVar] command is not working properly here? If I need to explain further, please let me know!
