How to sync chest LookAt() across network

Mrmug

I have a player with a chest obtained in Start() and pointed towards a "target" cube I move up and down to simulate aiming. I am trying to send the direction of the chest over the network so the players can see the upward or downward direction the character is aiming. Is there a decently optimized way to send the "bending" of the spine over the network.

Public class PlayerMove : MonoBehaviourPun, IPunObservable{

public Transform chest;

void Start()
{
chest = animator.GetBoneTransform(HumanBodyBones.Chest);
}

void LateUpdate()
{
Camera.main.transform.LookAt(target.transform.position);
chest.LookAt(target.transform.position);
chest.rotation = chest.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(offset);
}
//Some camera movement stuff and unimportant, unrelated code below.
}


public class NetworkPlayer : MonoBehaviourPun, IPunObservable {

protected Vector3 realPosition = Vector3.zero;
protected Quaternion realRotation = Quaternion.identity;

private void Awake()
{
animator = GetComponentInChildren();
}

public void Update()
{
if (this.photonView.IsMine)
{
}
else
{
transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, realPosition, 0.1f);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.rotation, realRotation, 0.1f);
}
}

public void OnPhotonSerializeView(PhotonStream stream, PhotonMessageInfo info)
{
if (stream.IsWriting)
{
stream.SendNext(transform.position);
stream.SendNext(transform.rotation);
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("Speed"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetBool("IsGrounded"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("JoyStickX"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("JoyStickY"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("AimAngle"));

}
else
{
realPosition = (Vector3)stream.ReceiveNext();
realRotation = (Quaternion)stream.ReceiveNext();
animator.SetFloat("Speed",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetBool("IsGrounded",(bool)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetFloat("JoyStickX",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetFloat("JoyStickY",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetFloat("AimAngle",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
}
}
}


I've tried following all tutorials related to "Bone" & "sync" issues with Photon and even tried using RPC's but I cannot get the rotation of the upper body/chest to propagate over the network no matter what. Please if you can help I'd appreciate it!

Mrmug

Solved. Apparently, nobody has actually solved this issue and anyone that's tried has reverted to Mechanim.


public class NetworkPlayer : MonoBehaviourPun, IPunObservable
{
public Animator animator;
public float aimAngle = 0;
protected Vector3 realPosition = Vector3.zero;
protected Quaternion realRotation = Quaternion.identity;
public Quaternion chestRotation = Quaternion.identity;
public Vector3 targetPosition = Vector3.zero;
public Vector3 offset = new Vector3(10,56,12);
public Transform local_head, local_neck, local_spine, local_chest = null;
public Quaternion server_head, server_neck, server_spine, server_chest = Quaternion.identity;
private int currentBoneRate = 0;
public Quaternion local_chestQuaternion;
public Transform target;
Quaternion rot;



public void LateUpdate()
{
if (this.photonView.IsMine)
{
//local_chest.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(local_chest.rotation, chestRotation, 0.1f);
//Do Nothing -- Everything is already enabled
}
else
{
local_chest.LookAt(target);
target.position = Vector3.Lerp(target.position, targetPosition, 0.1f);
local_chest.rotation = local_chest.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(offset);
local_chest.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(local_chest.rotation, chestRotation, 0.1f);
}

}

public void OnPhotonSerializeView(PhotonStream stream, PhotonMessageInfo info)
{
if (stream.IsWriting)
{
stream.SendNext(target.transform.position);
stream.SendNext(local_chest.transform.rotation);
stream.SendNext(transform.position);
stream.SendNext(transform.rotation);
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("Speed"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetBool("IsGrounded"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("JoyStickX"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("JoyStickY"));
stream.SendNext(animator.GetFloat("AimAngle"));

}
else
{
//This is someone else' player. we need to get their positions
//as of a few milliseconds ago and update or version of that player
targetPosition = (Vector3)stream.ReceiveNext();
chestRotation = (Quaternion)stream.ReceiveNext();
realPosition = (Vector3)stream.ReceiveNext();
realRotation = (Quaternion)stream.ReceiveNext();
animator.SetFloat("Speed",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetBool("IsGrounded",(bool)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetFloat("JoyStickX",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetFloat("JoyStickY",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
animator.SetFloat("AimAngle",(float)stream.ReceiveNext());
}
}
}