1. Character Selection from a lobby in Unity

2. 1) Set up 2) Add Overview 3) Add 4) Update
Set up lobby scene and change Lobby Player Prefab
Overview
2) Add
Add code to LobbyPlayer.cs
3) Add
Add code to LobbyManager.cs
4) Update
Inspector slots for lobby and lobby player

3. Set up Lobby scene and lobby Player Prefab1
Set up Lobby scene and lobby Player Prefab
Add
Duplicate scene, import lobby from asset store, drag in lobby prefab to new scene, add scene to build
Add
Duplicate the Lobby Player prefab – add to scene
Add
Add the three Player Avatar buttons – apply and delete from scene
Modify
Set up the Lobby Manager Inspector with the scenes and the game player prefab and other settings
Move
Move/shrink the name field, drag buttons into place

4. Add the three Player Avatar buttons to the Lobby Player Prefab1
Add the three Player Avatar buttons to the Lobby Player Prefab
Make a copy of the lobby player prefab (edit – duplicate)
Drag copy into scene
Drag avatar buttons into prefab
Apply
Delete scene version

5. Update Inspector for Lobby Manager Prefab1
Update Inspector for Lobby Manager Prefab
Add Scenes
Add New LobbyPlayer Prefab
And default Avatar

6. Change the layout of the existing Elements in the player list1
Change the layout of the existing Elements in the player list
Start the lobby in play mode
Switch over to scene tab
Make the name field smaller
Copy the rect transform component
Leave play mode
Paste component values into rect transform in prefab
Repeat for buttons

7. Add code to LobbyPlayer.cs2
Add code to LobbyPlayer.cs
Buttons and Avatar Index
Variables
For each button – call the avatar selection method
Button Listeners
Case statement and rpc/command call
Avatar Selection
Method to change a line in a dictionary in Lobby Manager
Rpc / Command

8. LobbyPlayer.cs code changes - variables2
LobbyPlayer.cs code changes - variables
public Button player1Button;
public Button player2Button;
public Button player3Button;
public int avatarIndex = 5;

9. LobbyPlayer.cs code changes – Button Listeners2
LobbyPlayer.cs code changes – Button Listeners
Inside SetupLocalPlayer()
player1Button.onClick.AddListener  (delegate {AvatarPicker  (player1Button.name);});
player2Button.onClick.AddListener  (delegate {AvatarPicker  (player2Button.name);});            
 player3Button.onClick.AddListener  (delegate {AvatarPicker  (player3Button.name);});

10. LobbyPlayer.cs code changes – AvatarPicker()2
LobbyPlayer.cs code changes – AvatarPicker()
void AvatarPicker(string buttonName) {
switch (buttonName)
case "Player1":
avatarIndex = 0;
break;
case "Player2":
avatarIndex = 1;
case "Player3":
avatarIndex = 2; }
if (isServer)
RpcAvatarPicked (avatarIndex);
else
CmdAvatarPicked (avatarIndex);
I added this directly after setuplocalplayer()

11. LobbyPlayer.cs code changes – Rpc / CmdAvatarpicked2
LobbyPlayer.cs code changes – Rpc / CmdAvatarpicked
[ClientRpc] public void RpcAvatarPicked(int avIndex) { CmdAvatarPicked (avIndex); } [Command] public void CmdAvatarPicked(int avIndex) { LobbyManager.s_Singleton.SetPlayerTypeLobby(GetComponent<NetworkIdentity>().connectionToClient, avIndex); }
I added this directly after avatarpicker()

12. Add code to LobbyManager.cs3
Add code to LobbyManager.cs
Set up and initialize dictionary
Variables
Add dictionary entry for each lobby player in OnLobbyServerCreateLobbyPlayer
Modify
Method SetPlayerTypeLobby – called by Lobby player to set the avatar index to the correct dictionary entry
Add
Method Override OnLobbyServerCreateGamePlayer - called when the lobby player is being turned into the game player – pass the correct avatar from spawnprefabs list here.

13. LobbyManager.cs code changes - Dictionary3
LobbyManager.cs code changes - Dictionary
Add to class:
public Dictionary<int, int> currentPlayers;
Add to Start() method:
currentPlayers = new Dictionary<int, int>();

14. 3
LobbyManager.cs code changes – Add dictionary entry for each lobby player
if(!currentPlayers.ContainsKey(conn.connectionId)) currentPlayers.Add(conn.connectionId, 0);

15. LobbyManager.cs code changes – Add Method SetPlayerTypeLobby()3
LobbyManager.cs code changes – Add Method SetPlayerTypeLobby()
public void SetPlayerTypeLobby (NetworkConnection conn, int type)         {             if (currentPlayers.ContainsKey (conn.connectionId))                 currentPlayers [conn.connectionId] = type;         }
I added this right after OnLobbyServerCreateLobbyPlayer()

16. LobbyManager.cs code changes – Add Method SetPlayerTypeLobby()3
LobbyManager.cs code changes – Add Method SetPlayerTypeLobby()
public override GameObject OnLobbyServerCreateGamePlayer(NetworkConnection conn, short playerControllerId)         {             int index = currentPlayers[conn.connectionId];                 GameObject playerPrefab = (GameObject)GameObject.Instantiate(spawnPrefabs[index], startPositions[conn.connectionId].position,Quaternion.identity);             return playerPrefab;         }
I added this right after SetPlayerTypeLobby()

17. Update Inspector for Lobby Manager Prefab4
Update Inspector for Lobby Manager Prefab
Add New Avatar prefabs

18. Update Inspector for Lobby Player Prefab4
Update Inspector for Lobby Player Prefab
Add Player Button Prefabs

19. Thanks For Watching!
Thanks to the blog entry on Les Jeux Videos: player.html
And to Khalil and Ajay for watching my tutorials and leading me to the above blog post.