Assigning Persistent Player Number

johnny_tictoc

This is the scenario, I have 4 players in a room. I want a player to keep it's player number when it disconnects and reconnects. How do I do that?

I remember reading something about this in the forums but I can't find it anymore.

JohnTube

Hi @johnny_tictoc,

In Photon Unity SDK:
Please create rooms with PlayerTTL != 0 and CheckUserOnJoin = true.
This way actors can persist in the room's ActorList as inactive when they leave using OpLeave(true) and return to room with same ActorNr using OpReJoinRoom(roomName).

In PUN:
I think some of the features are not enabled yet.
What you can do is:
- create rooms with PlayerTTL != 0.
- make use of ReconnectAndRejoin() for quick rejoin or ReJoinRoom(roomName).

johnny_tictoc

@JohnTube That is very helpful! Thank you!

johnny_tictoc

@JohnTube But what if the player got disconnected unintentionally (e.g. lost connection or crash)? He won't be able to call OpLeave(true).

JohnTube

Unintentional/unexpected/implicit disconnects should count as temporary leave.