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greel
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Hi,
I'm currently trying to assign unique colors to every player. Since every player should have the same color across all clients, i was thinking of using the photonview viewid/id. Sadly these id numbers will continue to increase every time someone joins.
I need to have a max ID of 8 (8 players max) so i can assign them as an index to my color array. Is there a built in photon feature that supports this or maybe someone has an idea how to it in some other way?
Thanks
I'm currently trying to assign unique colors to every player. Since every player should have the same color across all clients, i was thinking of using the photonview viewid/id. Sadly these id numbers will continue to increase every time someone joins.
I need to have a max ID of 8 (8 players max) so i can assign them as an index to my color array. Is there a built in photon feature that supports this or maybe someone has an idea how to it in some other way?
Thanks
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Create an array, int[] idMap = new int[8]
and then in idMap[0] through idMap[7] you store the IDs or better the PhotonPlayer of these 8 players and then simply find out who is who basing on this (you could use a Dictionary<int,PhotonPlayer> or <PhotonPlayer,Color> too)0 -
You can make a room have a max of 8 players. This way, you never get into trouble because there is no color for someone else joining.
ActorIDs will not change in a room. Even if player 4 leaves, this ID won't be re-used.
But: If player 4 left, this color is available again. You could have a dictionary of colors and assign players to that (Dictionary<int, PhotonPlayer>). To access a player's color, you can also have a second dictionary for "player to color".0
