NetworkObserver

This component lets you override the default observer conditions for a specific network object.

Description

The NetworkObserver uses conditions to determine if a client qualifies to be an observer of an object; any number of conditions may be used and a client will be considered an observer of the object if he passes all active conditions. The NetworkObserver component can be used to override the ObserverManager, or add additional conditions onto the object to which the NetworkObserver is added.

When adding this component manually, be careful not to unintentionally override the default scene observer condition of the object by using the Ignore Manager override type setting.

This component will be added to a network object at run-time if it doesn't already exist.

Check out the API page for specific methods, and properties here.

Conditions

There are several included conditions, which may be used together. ObserverCondition may also be inherited from to make your own conditions. When all conditions are true, the object will become visible to the client.

Each condition must be created as a scriptable object, and dropped into the Network Observer component.

Settings

Default Settings

⚙️ Override Type

This is used to change how the NetworkObserver component uses the ObserverManager settings. Add Missing will add any conditions from the ObserverManager which are not already on the NetworkObserver. UseManager replaces conditions with those from the manager. Ignore Manager will keep the NetworkObserver conditions, ignoring the ObserverManager entirely.

Add Missing is usually the recommended option.

⚙️ Update Host Visibility

This will change the visibility of renderers for the host client when server objects are not visible to the client. If you wish to enable and disable other aspects during a visibility change consider using the NetworkObject.OnHostVisibilityUpdated event.

⚙️ Observer Conditions

This is a list of which observer conditions to use. You can find out more about the specific ones here: ObserverConditions