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      • 1. Transforms
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4. Animation and variables

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Animation and variables

This scene will show you how easy it is to set up Networking in your Unity project and sync GameObject transforms and animations via the Animator parameters and customer variables.

In this example, each Client will have its own player character to move, the beloved Unity RobotKyle asset. Type your name into the connect dialog box and connect. You can move around with WASD. When another player connects, their name is carried across and their transform and the animation state is replicated.

General setup

In this scene...

coherence Kyle is taken from the Unity asset "Robot Kyle", with added components Rigidbody, Character Controller, and Animator with the two animation states - Idle and Walk. The animation states are controlled by a speed parameter from the Agent script. The scene also contains a Name Badge script which gets the Connect Dialog GameObject from the Core Scene Setup and sets the color depending if it's local or networked.

Attached to Coherence Kyle is a coherenceSync component which replicates the parameters Transform; position and rotation, Animator; Speed[float] and NameBadge; Name [string]. The authority and persistence settings are set to their default values and the On Network Instantiation event is used to change the color of the networked entities.

Build and try

You can build this scene via the Build Settings. Run the local Replication Server through the Window > Coherence > Settings window and see how it works. You can try running multiple Clients rather than just two and see how replication works for each.

In the Hierarchy of the scene you can see the two core Prefabs Core Scene Setup and Coherence Setup. Both are present in all scenes and described in detail on page.

You can read more about synchronizing animations in the section.

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