Unity Script Reference – Network.OnSerializeNetworkView

Network.OnSerializeNetworkView

function OnSerializeNetworkView (stream : BitStream, info : NetworkMessageInfo) : void

Description

Used to customize synchronization of variables in a script watched by a network view.

It is automatically determined if the variables being serialized should be sent or received, see example below for a better description. This depends on who owns the object, i.e. the owner sends and all others receive.

JavaScript

// This objects health information

var currentHealth : int;

function OnSerializeNetworkView(stream : BitStream, 
    info : NetworkMessageInfo) {
    var health : int = 0;
    if (stream.isWriting) {
        health = currentHealth;
        stream.Serialize(health);
    } else {
        stream.Serialize(health);
        currentHealth = health;
    }    
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public int currentHealth;
    void OnSerializeNetworkView(BitStream stream, NetworkMessageInfo info) {
        int health = 0;
        if (stream.isWriting) {
            health = currentHealth;
            stream.Serialize(ref health);
        } else {
            stream.Serialize(ref health);
            currentHealth = health;
        }
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public currentHealth as int

    def OnSerializeNetworkView(stream as BitStream, info as NetworkMessageInfo):
        health as int = 0
        if stream.isWriting:
            health = currentHealth
            stream.Serialize(health)
        else:
            stream.Serialize(health)
            currentHealth = health