The NetworkManager is a higher level class that allows you to control the state of a networked game. It provides an interface in the editor to control the configuration of the network, the prefabs used for spawning, and the scenes to use for different network game states.
Property: | Function: |
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networkPort | The network port used to listen on and connect to. |
networkAddress | The network address to connect to. |
dontDestroyOnLoad | Flag to make the NetworkManager persist between scenes. |
runInBackground | Flag to make the player run in the background by default. |
sendPeerInfo | Flag to have network information on all peers sent to all participating clients. |
maxDelay | The maximum time in seconds to delay buffered messages. |
logLevel | The level of network logging to write. |
playerPrefab | The prefab to instantiate for players when a client connects. |
autoCreatePlayer | Flag to automatically add a player when a client connects. |
playerSpawnMethod | How to spawn players at StartPositions. |
offlineScene | The scene to switch to when the network goes off-line. |
onlineScene | The scene to switch to when the network goes on-line. |
spawnPrefabs | The set of registered spawnable prefabs. |
startPositions | The set of NetworkStartPosition objects found in the scene. |
customConfig | Flag to use custom network configuration (advanced). |
connectionConfig | Advanced custom network configuration data. |
maxConnections | The maximum number of connections allowed by the server. |
channels | The number of transport layer QoS Channels. |
secureTunnelEndpoint | End point for XBox Live connectivity. |
useSimulator | Flag to use network conditions simulation. |
simulatedLatency | Latency in milliseconds to add when network simulator active. |
packetLossPercentage | The percentage of packet loss to add when network simulator active |
matchHost | Matchmaker host address. |
matchPort | Matchmaker host port. |
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