Any advice for a good prefab workflow?

rymdbolt

I currently have two different views for one player, first person (entity.isOwner) and third person (!entity.isOwner). (All client auth here)

When I started out, I simply added the differences between these in Attached(), i.e. the camera which should only exist for the owner.

But as I add more features to my project, as you may imagine, this makes it very hard to configure each prefab (this entity needs a camera, this one needs a mouse look script, this one needs a third person body etc.).

What I want to do is to have a prefab that I can edit in the scene without having to add stuff when it gets attached. I want one prefab for entity.isOwner and one for !entity.isOwner, if that makes sense. But if I instantiate the prefabs on my own, Attached() won't get called.

Any tips on the workflow here?

stanchion

You can use different prefabs for one entity depending if owner or not owner with pooling. See pooling doc https://goo.gl/GjBg5a

For third and first person camera you can have this present in the scene and have your local player tell it to act as a camera for the entity.

rymdbolt

Thanks, I'll try it!

Are there any other examples out there where pooling is used? Like in the SamplePack or the Asset store tutorials?

stanchion

There will be examples in the Sample Pack.

rymdbolt

Sweet!

By the way, how do I buy the Sample Pack?

I noticed that you submitted it to the Asset Store but I can't find it there.

On Discord it says "Email developer@photonengine.com asking for sample pack with your invoice." but I don't have an invoice (yet).

stanchion

It will be on the asset store soon, you will have to wait a short time.

rymdbolt

Alright. Thanks for the help!