Unet how to control child gameobject?

Question

I'm currently getting into the Unity networking system called unet. I have a child of the local player authority, the weapon. The weapon (PlasmaCannon_left and right) have a script handling firing, because weapons can be replaced, and have different firing intervals, this seemed to me to be the easier way. However, they won't fire.

Hierarchy:

(simplified) Weapon Code:

public void Start() {
    Debug.Log("Weapon Spawned.");
    if (isLocalPlayer) {
        Debug.Log("Weapon set as local player");
    }
}

public void Update() {
    if (isLocalPlayer) {
        if (firingTimer <= firingInterval){
            firingTimer += Time.deltaTime;
        }
        if (firingTimer >= firingInterval) {
            if (Input.GetButton("Fire1") && firingMode == FiringMode.Primary) {
                CmdFire();
            }
            if (Input.GetButton("Fire2") && firingMode == FiringMode.Secondary) {
                CmdFire();
            }
        }
    }
}

[Command]
public void CmdFire() {
    Debug.Log("Firing Bullet.");
}

I am getting the "Weapon Spawned." log message, but nothing inside isLocalPlayer conditions is happening even though I have added a networkidentity component and set Local Player Authority to true.

Like I said, I'm still learning so I have no clue what's going wrong here.

Answer 1

for some reason isLocalPlayer is not inherited from its parent, the gameobject also did not have client authority, i solved it by calling a function in the PlayerController to actually fire the bullet, only using variables used in the weapon/bullet objects.

Answer 2

if (isLocalPlayer) {
    Debug.Log("Weapon set as local player");
}

This wont work if it is a child of the gameobject with local authority (the network manager recognizes the parent gameobject as the local player).

Instead, try checking "if" the gameobject is a child of the gameobject recognized as the local player. Using your example...

    if (!gameObject.transform.parent.gameObject.GetComponent<NetworkIdentity>().isLocalPlayer)
    {
        Debug.Log("Weapon set as local player");
    }

Now see if the debug message is displayed. Note: For anyone else coming across the net, just replace the debug message with "return;" as you would normally using that function.