Manually Instantiated Network Object Not Syncing Position Correctly

Minneth
2022-04-23 23:58:01

I've followed the documentation regarding this and I've placed a PhotonRigidbodyView (and also tested with a PhotonTransformView) on the game object that has been created. I've obviously also synced the ViewID across clients but the position doesn't appear to sync most of the time (but not all the time, it does sometimes work but I can't see why).

What I have noticed is that if I use RPCs to manually send over the position and rotation it works flawlessly so I'm certain the networking is fine, so its something to do with how the PhotonRigidbodyView of PhotonTransformView works... I'd prefer to use these than my own implementation if possible.

One additional interesting thing I've noticed is that the distance check (m_TeleportIfDistanceGreaterThan) kicks in when the gameobject is far enough away, which is more proof that the client is aware of its position, but the position itself just doesn't seem to sync. I thought at first maybe its something like isKinematic but that's not it either.

I have also tried running FindObservables(true) on all clients once the components have been added, but that was a total guess and obviously didn't help.

Is there anything in particular I need to do in order for the PhotonRigidbodyView and PhotonTransform view to work consistently when manually creating the networked object?

Thanks.

Comments

Tobias
2022-04-27 13:30:57

When you manually instantiate networked objects, make sure their PhotonView has some scripts in the observed list on each client. It's also not synced. RPCs are not recommended to sync positions / movement.

If your feeling tells you that the scripts are setup and react to teleporting, you might want to debug what the PhotonRigidbodyView and PhotonTransformView are sending and receiving. In doubt, just Debug.Log() what's sent / arriving.

Minneth
2022-04-29 20:58:06

Can I double check what you mean by "its also not synced"? I have checked that there are observables in the observed list. I made sure to run pv.FindObservables(true) each time I create the gameobject.