(Last updated 21/07/2018)

Package Overview

Network

Prefabs

VRT_Network : prefab to drop in the scene that controls all the Networking

Scripts

VRT_NetworkDiscovery.cs : Network discovery script to find the server

VRT_NetworkManager.cs : Modified Network Manager

VRT_NetworkAutoStart.cs : Start the Server automatically if none were found with the discovery after a few seconds

VRT_NetworkPlayer.cs : To be put on the player prefab root

Add Networking to your Scene

To add networking to your scene drop the Network prefab in the scene.

Add your player prefab to the Extended Network Manager —> Spawn Info —> Player Prefab

If you need to compile the Server only (not player) for the Spectator mode for example, our to have a separate PC running the server, hit the Server Only checkbox in Network Auto Start script.

Finally all networked prefab used in the game need to be registered in Extended Network Manager —> Spawn Info —> Registered Spawnable Prefabs

More on the Network Manager

The Network Manager was extended to hold a few extra useful informations.

Here are variables you can access :

• players : the list of all the players currently in the Game. The list is updated by the players OnStart and OnDestroy by calling the AddPlayer and RemovePlayer functions.
• localPlayer : the local player GameObject. It needs to be set by the player on start by calling the SetLocalPlayer function

And events that can be registered in other scripts :

• OnPlayerJoin : Called when a player joins, with the player GameObject as parameter
• OnPlayerLeave : Called when a player leaves, with the player GameObject as parameter
• OnLocalPlayerJoin : Called when the local player joins, with the player GameObject as parameter