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Multiplayer syncvar and hook for player name
I'm new to sync vars and been trying to read up on solutions for this problem but still can't fix it after a day. The game shows player names above their heads and can change their name through a UI textfield. When a button is pressed, it takes the textfield text and sets it to the new name.
As I understand it, Syncvars can only be set on the server and pass the changes to the clients. I have it half working, where the client can change the name and it shows on the host and the client properly. When I change it from the host side however, it changes the client's name (depending on the condition check I put). When the button is pressed, it calls the ButtonSetName function.
public class Player : NetworkBehaviour
{
[SyncVar(hook = "OnChangeName")]
public string playerName = "[default string]";
public Text nameFieldText;
public Text floatingNameText;
public override void OnStartLocalPlayer()
{
base.OnStartLocalPlayer();
CmdSetName("<unnamed>");
}
void OnChangeName(string name)
{
playerName = name;
UpdateName();
}
// The button calls this function on click
public void ButtonSetName()
{
// When this is called on the host, it changes the client's name instead
CmdSetName(nameFieldText.text);
}
[Command]
public void CmdSetName(string name)
{
playerName = name;
}
public void UpdateName()
{
floatingNameText.text = playerName;
}
}
Fixed. The canvas with the button was being spawned on all clients so the buttons were lying ontop of eachother. To solve I initially disable the UI, then only activate it in the OnStartLocalPlayer() function.
