Version: 2019.4
Network Discovery
Network Lobby Manager

Network Identity

Note: UNet is deprecated, and will be removed from Unity in the future. A new system is under development. For more information and next steps see this blog post and the FAQ.

The Network Identity component is at the heart of the Unity networking high-level API. It controls a GameObject’s unique identity on the network, and it uses that identity to make the networking system aware of the GameObject.

The Network Identity component in the Inspector window
The Network Identity component in the Inspector window
Propiedad: Función:
Server Only Tick this checkbox to ensure that Unity only spawns the GameObject on the server, and not on clients.
Local Player Authority Tick this checkbox to give authoritative network control of this GameObject to the client that owns it. The player GameObject on that client has authority over it. Other components such as Network Transform use this to determine which client to treat as the source of authority.

Instantiated network GameObjects

With the Unity’s server-authoritative networking system, the server must spawn networked GameObjects with network identities, using NetworkServer.Spawn. This automatically creates them on clients that are connected to the server, and assigns them a NetworkInstanceId.

You must put a Network Identity component on any Prefabs that spawn at runtime for the network system to use them. See Object Spawning for more information.

Scene-based network GameObjects

You can also network GameObjects that are saved as part of your Scene (for example, environmental props). Networking GameObjects makes them behave slightly differently, because you need to have them spawn across the network.

When building your game, Unity disables all Scene-based GameObjects with Network Identity components. When a client connects to the server, the server sends spawn messages to tell the client which Scene GameObjects to enable and what their most up-to-date state information is. This ensures the client’s game does not contain GameObjects at incorrect locations when they start playing, or that Unity does not spawn and immediately destroy GameObjects on connection (for example, if an event removed the GameObject before that client connected). See Networked Scene GameObjects for more information.

Network Information in the preview pane

This component contains network tracking information, and displays that information in the preview pane. For example, the scene ID, network ID and asset ID the object has been assigned. This allows you to inspect the information which can be useful for investigation and debugging.

The scene ID is valid in all scene objects with a NetworkIdentity component. The network ID is the ID of this particular object instance. There might be multiple objects instantiated from a particular prefab, and the network ID is used to identity which object a network update should be applied to. The asset ID refers to which source asset the object was instantiated from. This is used internally when a particular GameObject prefab is spawned over the network.

En tiempo de ejecución hay más información que mostrar aquí (un NetworkBehaviour desactivado se muestra sin negrilla):

Preview Pane Information

Propiedad Descripción
assetId Esto identifica el prefab asociado a este objeto (para la aparición).
clientAuthorityOwner El cliente tiene autoridad para este objeto. Este será null si ningún cliente tiene autoridad.
connectionToClient The NetworkConnection associated with this NetworkIdentity. This is only valid for player objects on the server.
connectionToServer The NetworkConnection associated with this NetworkIdentity. This is only valid for player objects on a local client.
hasAuthority True if this object is the authoritative version of the object. This would mean either on a the server for normal objects, or on the client with localPlayerAuthority.
isClient True, si el objeto está corriendo en un cliente.
isLocalPlayer Devuelve true si este objeto es el que representa al jugador en la máquina local.
isServer True, si este objeto está corriendo en el servidor, y ha sido generado.
localPlayerAuthority True si este objeto es controlado por el Cliente el cual es dueño - el objeto jugador local en ese cliente tiene autoridad sobre este. Este es utilizado por otros componentes tal como NetworkTransform.
netId Un identificador único para esta sesión de red, asignado cuando aparezca el objeto.
observers La lista de NetworkConnections que son capaces de ver este objeto. Esto es solo de lectura.
playerControllerId El identificador del controller (controlador) asociado con este objeto. Solamente válido para objetos jugador.
SceneId A unique identifier for networked objects in a Scene. This is only populated in play-mode.
serverOnly Una bandera (flag) para hacer que este objeto no aparezca en los clientes.
Network Discovery
Network Lobby Manager