Getting an "InvalidOperationException: Behaviour not initialized: Object not set." with RPCs

Flaemnova

Hello,

I am trying to sync a game launch event for a multiplayer game from a game session.

The following is my instance RPC, the networked variable and place I call it from:

    [Networked(OnChanged = nameof(OnStateChanged))] 
    public NetworkBool LaunchGame { get; set; }

    ...

    // if player count for a session is full, launch game
    Debug.Log("Player count reached."); // this line is printed out in the console
    RPC_LaunchGame(true); // any other Log statements aren't printed past this line
                
    ...

    [Rpc(sources: RpcSources.All, targets: RpcTargets.All)]
    public void RPC_LaunchGame(NetworkBool state) LaunchGame = state; 

    ...

    private static void OnStateChanged(Changed<GameLauncher> changed)
    {
        if(changed.Behaviour) changed.Behaviour.startGame();
    }

I get the following Exception:

InvalidOperationException: Behaviour not initialized: Object not set.
Fusion.NetworkBehaviourUtils.ThrowIfBehaviourNotInitialized (Fusion.NetworkBehaviour behaviour) (at <147a77adcf864b659935f862fe8f5e7b>:0)

I'm not sure if i'm missing any necessary steps for using RPCs.

From using Log statements, I'm certain the the exception is thrown when the program reaches :

RPC_LaunchGame(true);

Any advice for tackling RPCs would be appreciated

Isaac_Augusto

Hi,

LaunchGame is a networked variable, so it need to be correctly initialized before being used.

If I understood correctly, you're trying to change it before even starting the runner, supposing that startGame() starts the NetworkRunner.

Make sure to only use networked variables after the Runner is launched and the NetworkBehaviour was correctly linked in the simulation.

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Isaac Augusto

Photon Fusion Team

Flaemnova

I do create a gameobject and attach a networkRunner component on Start( ) (script is attached in the scene)

    void Awake()
    {
        GameObject go = new GameObject("Session");
        DontDestroyOnLoad(go);


        _runner = go.AddComponent<NetworkRunner>();
        _runner.AddCallbacks(this);
    }

Do I need to pass the variable to the runner to initialize it?

What do you mean by linking the NetworkBehaviour to the Simulation?

Thank you for your reply 😀

Isaac_Augusto

Hi,

As i said, networked variables can be used only when they are correctly initialised. For that, the Runner needs to be started already (with NetworkRunner.StartGame() ).

For what i see, the variable LaunchGame is used before the NetworkRunner have been started, on the RPC_LaunchGame, and that's causing the error.

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Isaac Augusto

Photon Fusion Team

knipsch

In my case, I got this error because the NetworkBehaviour I was trying to call the RPC from, which was on a gameObject that had been placed in the scene at edit time and was not spawned at runtime, wasn't baked correctly. Playing the scene baked it, and I stopped getting the error after I did that. (Previously, I hadn't hit play on that scene, only entered the scene from a different scene while playing).