Why wont this script network to client?

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1

I am trying to have the localplayer tell the server to spawn a prefab and network it to all players. The prefab has network identity on it. My issue is the prefab wont spawn on the client (works as intended on the host/server). The script controlling the prefab spawning is as follows.

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

public class SnowpileController : NetworkBehaviour {

    public float spawnTime;
    
    private float nextTime;
    //  private GameObject[] powerupArray;
    public GameObject snowPile;
    // Use this for initialization
    void Start()
    {
        nextTime = Time.time+5;
        CmdSnowballSpawn();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {

        if (Time.time > nextTime)
        {
            nextTime = nextTime + spawnTime;
            Debug.Log("trying to spawn");
            CmdSnowballSpawn();
        }
    }
    [ClientRpc]
    void RpcSnowballSpawn()
    {
        CmdSnowballSpawn();
    }

    [Command]
    void CmdSnowballSpawn()
    {
        var objs = FindObjectsOfType<SnowpileSpawn>();
        var spawnPos = objs[Random.Range(0, objs.Length)];
        var randX = Random.Range(0.0f, 1.0f);
        var randY = Random.Range(0.0f, 1.0f);
        var bullet = (GameObject)Instantiate(
        snowPile,
        spawnPos.transform.position + (new Vector3(randX, randY, spawnPos.transform.position.z)),
        spawnPos.transform.rotation);
        
        NetworkServer.Spawn(bullet);
    }
}
2

Ok, the reason this didn’t want to work right was a combination of a few things. First, I was using isLocalPLayer on a NON-PLAYER object. I needed to use isClient instead. Secondly, the way I was placing the timer was a bit off. Finally, and not sure if this was necessary, I registered the prefab to the client. Here is my working script.

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

public class SnowpileController : NetworkBehaviour {

    public float spawnTime;
    [SyncVar]
    public float nextTime;
    [SyncVar]
    public float thisTime;
    //  private GameObject[] powerupArray;
    public GameObject snowPile;
    // Use this for initialization
    void Start()
    {
        ClientScene.RegisterPrefab(snowPile);
        if (isClient)
        {
            
            nextTime = Time.time;
        }
       // nextTime = Time.time;
        //CmdSnowballSpawn();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (!isClient)
        {
            
            return;
        }
        thisTime = Time.time;
        if (thisTime - nextTime > spawnTime)
        {
            nextTime = thisTime;
            
            CmdSnowballSpawn();
        }
    }
    [ClientRpc]
    void RpcSnowballSpawn()
    {
        CmdSnowballSpawn();
    }

    [Command]
    void CmdSnowballSpawn()
    {
        Debug.Log("trying to spawn");
        var objs = FindObjectsOfType<SnowpileSpawn>();
        var spawnPos = objs[Random.Range(0, objs.Length-1)];
        var randX = Random.Range(0.0f, 1.0f);
        var randY = Random.Range(0.0f, 1.0f);

        var bullet = (GameObject)Instantiate(
        snowPile,
        spawnPos.transform.position + (new Vector3(randX, randY, spawnPos.transform.position.z)),
        spawnPos.transform.rotation);
        
        NetworkServer.Spawn(bullet);
    }
}