RPC with PhotonTargets.Others does not reach others.

DocMuerte

Hello.
I've recently decided to convert my project from Unity's Networking to Photon. Now I am in the process of reworking everything. For the most part I can see that Photon has a simpler way of getting things done (in comparison to UNET), but for the love of me I cannot get RPC related stuff to work.

In my scenario, what I was looking for is a way for one player to tell another player that he has been pushed. I've tried to send the rpc call directly to that player using

var photonOwner = obj.gameObject.GetComponent<PhotonView>().owner;
and then later
photonView.RPC("GetPushed", photonOwner, force);

but this never reaches the desired player. I tried using PhotonPlayer.Find() with the ownerId, but it never reached either.
So instead I'm working around this by using

int photonID = obj.gameObject.GetComponent<PhotonView>().ownerId;
and
photonView.RPC("GetPushed", PhotonTargets.Others, force, photonID);

and in the RPC

[PunRPC]
    public void GetPushed(Vector2 force, int photonID)
    {
        if (photonView.isMine)
        {
            Debug.LogError("My ID is " + this.photonView.ownerId + " and target id is " + photonID);
            if (this.photonView.ownerId == photonID)
            {
                Debug.LogError("IDs are equal and I am pushed with force: " + force);

                pushedForce = force;
                pushed = true;
            }
        }
    }

The first Debug of this RPC is never called on any of the players. And if I use PhotonTargets.All, it is called - but only on the same player that calls it. I am probably doing a fundamental mistake in this somewhere and I would appreciate if someone could help me understand RPC of Photon. I am eager to continue my work with it.

DocMuerte

Okay, I solved it. Turns out I was calling GetPushed on the player that was doing the pushing. I'm not sure if I tried to do it the UNET way or just got lost in the process, but anyways for future generations I leave this snippet:
Collider2D[] punching = Physics2D.OverlapAreaAll(rectOrigin, rectEnd, collisionMask); foreach (Collider2D obj in punching) { int dir; dir = right ? 1 : -1; var force = new Vector2(pushForce.x * dir, pushForce.y); obj.gameObject.GetComponent<PhotonView>().RPC("GetPushed", PhotonTargets.All, force);

Oh yeah, and for anyone that's migrating from Unet: you don't have to search for players like you would with [Command], instead you just call stuff right on them.

DocMuerte

Okay, I solved it. Turns out I was calling GetPushed on the player that was doing the pushing. I'm not sure if I tried to do it the UNET way or just got lost in the process, but anyways for future generations I leave this snippet:
Collider2D[] punching = Physics2D.OverlapAreaAll(rectOrigin, rectEnd, collisionMask); foreach (Collider2D obj in punching) { int dir; dir = right ? 1 : -1; var force = new Vector2(pushForce.x * dir, pushForce.y); obj.gameObject.GetComponent<PhotonView>().RPC("GetPushed", PhotonTargets.All, force);

Oh yeah, and for anyone that's migrating from Unet: you don't have to search for players like you would with [Command], instead you just call stuff right on them.

irvintiu

holy shit. finally solve mine as well XD i didnt know you can target on specific photon view. tnx!