How would I spawn a different prefab for a local client and a remote client in Unity with MLAPI?

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Sorry if this is a duplicate question.

I found this Reddit post which is exactly my current problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity2D/comments/lw96s5/multiplayer_cameras/

However, there's only one comment which isn't that descriptive and doesn't have any links to the 'tutorial'. To rephrase, I have a MLAPI game in Unity with a LocalPlayer prefab(has a camera, FPS movement code, and PlayerInput) and a ServerPlayer(does not have a camera or PlayerInput component) prefab. They represent different replicated players in my game.

The current problem is the code to decide whether to spawn a local player or a remote player.

Deciding what prefab to spawn:

        private void ApprovalCheck(byte[] connectionData, ulong clientId, MLAPI.NetworkManager.ConnectionApprovedDelegate callback)
        {
            //Your logic here
            bool approve = connectionData == System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("xd");
            bool createPlayerObject = true;

            if (NetworkManager.Singleton.ConnectedClients[clientId].PlayerObject.IsLocalPlayer)
            {
                localPlayerPrefab.GetComponent<NetworkObject>()
                .SpawnAsPlayerObject(clientId);
            }
            else
            {
                serverPlayerPrefab.GetComponent<NetworkObject>()
                .SpawnAsPlayerObject(clientId);
            }


            //If approve is true, the connection gets added. If it's false. The client gets 
            disconnected
            callback(createPlayerObject, null, approve, positionToSpawnAt, Quaternion.identity);
        }

Let me know if you need any extra details.

Use the same prefab and rather let the prefab itself check if it belongs to the local player. If yes keep camera active, otherwise deactivate/destroy it ... — derHugo, Sep 17 '21 at 06:30
@derHugo This is not working. `playerCamera.transform.parent.gameObject.GetComponent().IsLocalPlayer` — circles.png, Sep 17 '21 at 10:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '21 at 11:27

As said I think you should always spawn the same prefab for all players and rather have a component like e.g.

public class LocalPlayerControl : NetworkBehaviour 
{
    void Start()
    {
        if (IsLocalPlayer) return;

        var cam = GetComponentInChildren<Camera>();
        
        cam.enabled = false;
        // or a bit more radical
        Destroy(cam);
        // or if your cam is on a sub object with additional components (e.g. usually AudioListener etc)
        Destroy(cam.gameObject);

        // same for all other components that you don't want a remote player to have
    }

When I join the host (on the same computer) it immediately destroys my camera. — circles.png, Sep 17 '21 at 21:40

How would I spawn a different prefab for a local client and a remote client in Unity with MLAPI?

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