I haven’t been writing, partially because I’ve been studying and partially because I’ve been following a tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS6sInD7ThM1aUDj8lZrF4b4lpvejB2uB

So far, I have a lobby joining system going.

1. Need to change so people can join other people’s lobbies instead of just localhost
2. Min/max players, UI, and so on are still up for change.

I’ve been watching the tutorials and following along, but multiplayer is still very confusing.

Take this code from NetworkRoomPlayerLobby:

Code:

Following along what happens when a new player joins the lobby is really confusing for a beginner.

Let’s break it down.

Let’s say that we have 2 players, “A” and “B” (these represents two computers/real life people).

• “a” represents the NetworkRoomPlayerLobby for player A, “b” for player B.
• Each player and the server “S” holds a copy of a and b.
  • Thus, we can say Aa is player A’s copy of the game object a, and Ab is player A’s copy of the game object b.
  • So we have A viewing Aa and Ab, B viewing Ba, and Bb and S viewing Sa and Sb.
  • Note that A only has authority over Aa, B for Bb.

Now C joins the lobby.

• There is now Aa, Ab, Ac, Ba, Bb, Bc, Ca, Cb, Cc, (and the server) Sa, Sb, Sc.