Networking Multiplayer - Multiple NetworkTransforms with local authority

Hi all,

We are building a multiplayer game using Unity's new Networking framework. We have run into an issue with local player authority for local player controlled objects.

Our player prefab consists of multiple child NetworkTransforms (vehicle, weapon, etc.) and we need the player to have localAuthority over these objects. However, it seems that once the player has been spawned by the NetworkManager, the child NetworkTransforms do not have localAuthority. We have tried spawning these prefabs as well as embedding them in the original player prefab, but in both cases only the topmost GameObject actually has localAuthority.

This causes no movement to occur since the server is being authoritative about the transform and input is only received for the local player.

How can we have multiple NetworkTransforms with local authority?

Thanks in advance,
Andy

 

If only the parent moves by Rigidbody or Character Controller, just make a NetworkBehaviour with [SyncVar]s and [Command]s that save the location of the child transforms, and put it on the parent gameobject.

 

Hi De-Panther,

Ahhh, so we can sync child transforms from the parent/player with authority via SyncVars.

Thanks for the response.