How do I sync non-player GameObject properties in UNet/Unity5?

Question

I\'m working on and learning some basics of Unity 5, UNET, and networking. I made a simple 3D game where you go around and change the colors of objects. But I want to make i

Answer 1

For 2018:

Rather than using "Assign Object Authority",

I really recommend simply using

.SpawnWithClientAuthority

It's really very easy.

In fact it's this simple!

  [Command]
  void CmdPleaseSpawnSomething() {
 
        GameObject p = Instantiate(some_Prefab);
        NetworkServer.SpawnWithClientAuthority(p, connectionToClient);
    }

{In that code, note that "connectionToClient" is magically available with no effort - it means "the client" who called this command.}

On the client (the one you want to "own" the thing), just call CmdPleaseSpawnSomething().

I mean - that's all there is to it, thank goodness.

There's a long clear explanation here:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/assign-authority-to-local-client-gameobject.371113/#post-3592541