RPC call are limited to which parameters?

dontonka

Hello,

I'm currently trying to pass a List of string string to an RPC call and I'm getting an exception. Can I only pass basic type? That's strange since I'm pretty sure in the past I had an RPC passing a Dictionary which was working properly. In any case, can I defined some more type to be passed to the RPC?

Exception: cannot serialize(): System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.Serialize (System.IO.MemoryStream dout, System.Object serObject, Boolean setType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.SerializeObjectArray (System.IO.MemoryStream dout, System.Object[] objects, Boolean setType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.Serialize (System.IO.MemoryStream dout, System.Object serObject, Boolean setType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.SerializeHashTable (System.IO.MemoryStream dout, ExitGames.Client.Photon.Hashtable serObject, Boolean setType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.Serialize (System.IO.MemoryStream dout, System.Object serObject, Boolean setType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.SerializeParameterTable (System.IO.MemoryStream memStream, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2 parameters)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.Protocol.SerializeOperationRequest (System.IO.MemoryStream memStream, Byte operationCode, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2 parameters, Boolean setType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.EnetPeer.SerializeOperationToMessage (Byte opc, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2 parameters, EgMessageType messageType, Boolean encrypt)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.EnetPeer.EnqueueOperation (System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2 parameters, Byte opCode, Boolean sendReliable, Byte channelId, Boolean encrypt, EgMessageType messageType)
ExitGames.Client.Photon.PeerBase.EnqueueOperation (System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2 parameters, Byte opCode, Boolean sendReliable, Byte channelId, Boolean encrypted)
....

Thanks,
Don T.

Tobias

List is not supported in favor of arrays. On some platforms, we couldn't really implement both and then it would be ambiguous.

Here is a list of "Serializable Types":
https://doc.photonengine.com/en/realtime/current/reference/binary-protocol
The additional types in PUN are missing, as is the Dictionary.

dontonka

Ok Thanks Tobias. I'll then use an array of string, or a simple string which i will need to encode and decode on the other end.

ok that's fine, not a big deal, thanks for your prompt response sir!

Cheers,
Don T.

Tobias

You're welcome. I'm sorry you ran into this issue.
An array of strings is probably a good idea, because you can easily convert to and from List.