Custom Operation error message

zoultrex

By looking at the error message below, is there something obvious being logged in this error that I should check?

Unity: unexpected operation error OperationNotSupported from operation Shoot in state WorldEntered
UnityEngine.Debug:Log(Object)
MmoEngine:LogError(Game, String) (at Assets\Photon\MmoEngine.cs:192)
Photon.MmoDemo.Client.Game:OnUnexpectedOperationError(OperationCode, ErrorCode, String, Hashtable)
Photon.MmoDemo.Client.GameStateStrategies.WorldEntered:OnOperationReturn(Game, OperationCode, ReturnCode, Hashtable)
Photon.MmoDemo.Client.Game:OperationResult(Byte, Int32, Hashtable, Int16)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.NConnect:deserializeNeutron(Byte[])
ExitGames.Client.Photon.EnetPeer:DispatchIncomingCommands()
ExitGames.Client.Photon.EnetPeer:Service()
ExitGames.Client.Photon.PhotonPeer:Service()
Photon.MmoDemo.Client.GameStateStrategies.WorldEntered:OnUpdate(Game)
Photon.MmoDemo.Client.Game:Update()
MmoEngine:Update() (at Assets\Photon\MmoEngine.cs:151)

I really believe everything is ok, I just copied everything from the previous version of photon where I have this working, and where btw I call the operation inside the Player class like that:

this.engine.Peer.OpCustom((byte)OperationCode.Shoot, shootOpData, true);

Maybe some things changed in this version, like its not necessary to call PopulateParameters anymore, so maybe there is more that was changed that I should take care of?

Thanks

ktweedy1

Did you add your Shoot operation to the switch statement in the OnOperationReturn function?

Boris

OperationNotSupported is probably the debug return from the server.
Check the MmoActor if the "case OperationCode.Shoot" is missing.

zoultrex

Boris wrote:

Check the MmoActor if the "case OperationCode.Shoot" is missing.

That was it, it was missing...
I knew i was forgetting something.

Thanks guys

zoultrex

I got the custom Operation working but now Im having a problem with the serialize function, this is the error log from the server log file.

2010-08-31 08:22:45,088 [9] ERROR Photon.MmoDemo.Server.PhotonApplication - System.IO.InvalidDataException: cannot serialize(): Photon.SocketServer.Mmo.Vector
   at #7d.#8d.Write(IBinaryWriter , Object , Boolean ) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Rpc\Protocols\GpBinaryByte\GpBinaryByteWriter.cs:line 72
   at #7d.#8d.#vd(IBinaryWriter , Hashtable ) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Rpc\Protocols\GpBinaryByte\GpBinaryByteWriter.cs:line 16777215
   at #7d.#8d.Write(IBinaryWriter , Object , Boolean ) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Rpc\Protocols\GpBinaryByte\GpBinaryByteWriter.cs:line 134
   at #7d.#8d.Write(IBinaryWriter , Object ) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Rpc\Protocols\GpBinaryByte\GpBinaryByteWriter.cs:line 35
   at #7d.#he.SerializeEventData(EventData ) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Rpc\Protocols\GpBinaryByte\GpBinaryByteProtocol.cs:line 361
   at Photon.SocketServer.PhotonPeer.SendEvent(EventData eventData) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\PhotonPeer.cs:line 187
   at Photon.SocketServer.Rpc.Peer.#e.#A.#Sd() in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Rpc\Peer.cs:line 185
   at (Object )
   at Photon.SocketServer.Concurrency.ActionQueue.#bd(Action ) in c:\Dev\photon-socketserver-sdk\src\Photon.SocketServer\Concurrency\ActionQueue.cs:line 16777215

It looks to me that its saying it cant serialize a vector, but im not sure where would that be happening, would it be telling me that it cant serialize what I am Sending To the server or what the Server is Returning to the clients?
Id like to know more about the serialize function and whats its basic functionality. Is it called only when the clients send data or from the server to the clients too?

Thanks in advance

dreamora

Looks like its the step where the server want to send the event forward.

Boris

Serialization on the server happens when you send an operation response or an event to the client.
Events are serialized with "peer.PhotonPeer.Protocol.SerializeEventData", and the operation response with "SerializeOperationResponse" found in the same class. The bytes are then sent with the PhotonPeer.SendBytes method.

Custom types such Vector cannot be serialized.
Supported types are:
boolean
byte
short
integer
long
string
float
double
hashtable
and all of the above as array or list

There are several conversion methods defined in ExtensionMethods.cs, one adds a ToFloatArray() to the Vector.
If you got the Vector from an ICoordinate use the ICoordinate.Value property - it contains the original values that were previously submitted from the client.