more simplification and documentation, added networkserializedobject with fixed serialization rate and ez callbacks

Runtime/NetworkObject.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 	/// </summary>
 	public abstract class NetworkObject : MonoBehaviour
 	{
+		[Header("NetworkObject properties")]
 		public NetworkPlayer owner;
+		public bool IsMine => owner !=null && owner.isLocal;
 		/// <summary>
 		/// This is forged from the combination of the creator's id (-1 in the case of a scene object) and an object id, so it's always unique for a room
 		/// </summary>

Runtime/NetworkSerializedObject.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System;
+using System.Timers;
+using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.Serialization;
+
+namespace VelNetUnity
+{
+	public abstract class NetworkSerializedObject : NetworkObject
+	{
+		[FormerlySerializedAs("updateRateHz")] [Tooltip("Send rate of this object")] public float serializationRateHz = 30;
+
+		private void Start()
+		{
+			Timer timer = new Timer();
+			timer.Interval = serializationRateHz;
+			timer.Elapsed += SendMessageUpdate;
+		}
+
+		private void SendMessageUpdate(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
+		{
+			if (owner != null && owner.isLocal)
+			{
+				owner.SendMessage(this, "s", SendState());
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected abstract byte[] SendState();
+
+		public override void HandleMessage(string identifier, byte[] message)
+		{
+			if (identifier == "s")
+			{
+				ReceiveState(message);
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected abstract void ReceiveState(byte[] message);
+	}
+}

Runtime/NetworkSerializedObject.cs.meta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 5af3d130144d49bf8dcd43824f5d618d
+timeCreated: 1641514434

Runtime/Util/SyncTransform.cs

@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 	/// A simple class that will sync the position and rotation of a network object
 	/// </summary>
 	[AddComponentMenu("VelNetUnity/VelNet Sync Transform")]
-	public class SyncTransform : NetworkObject
+	public class SyncTransform : NetworkSerializedObject
 	{
 		public Vector3 targetPosition;
 		public Quaternion targetRotation;
 
-
-		public byte[] GetSyncMessage()
+		protected override byte[] SendState()
 		{
 			using MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
 			using BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(mem);
@@ -26,50 +25,20 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 			return mem.ToArray();
 		}
 
-		public override void HandleMessage(string identifier, byte[] message)
-		{
-			switch (identifier)
-			{
-				case "s":
+		protected override void ReceiveState(byte[] message)
 		{
 			using MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream(message);
 			using BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(mem);
 
 			targetPosition = reader.ReadVector3();
 			targetRotation = reader.ReadQuaternion();
-
-					break;
-				}
-			}
 		}
 
-		// Start is called before the first frame update
-		private void Start()
-		{
-			StartCoroutine(SyncBehavior());
-		}
-
-		private IEnumerator SyncBehavior()
-		{
-			while (true)
-			{
-				if (owner != null && owner.isLocal)
-				{
-					owner.SendMessage(this, "s", GetSyncMessage());
-				}
-
-				yield return new WaitForSeconds(.1f);
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Update is called once per frame
 		private void Update()
 		{
-			if (owner != null && !owner.isLocal)
-			{
+			if (owner == null || owner.isLocal) return;
 			transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, targetPosition, .1f);
 			transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, targetRotation, .1f);
 		}
 	}
-	}
 }

Samples~/DissonanceIntegration/VelCommsNetwork.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using Dissonance;
 using Dissonance.Networking;
 using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.Serialization;
 
 
 namespace VelNetUnity
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 		private ConnectionStatus _status = ConnectionStatus.Disconnected;
 		private CodecSettings initSettings;
 		public string dissonanceId;
-		public DissonanceComms comms;
+		[FormerlySerializedAs("comms")] public DissonanceComms dissonanceComms;
 		private NetworkManager manager;
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 		private void Start()
 		{
 			_status = ConnectionStatus.Connected;
-			comms = GetComponent<DissonanceComms>();
+			dissonanceComms = GetComponent<DissonanceComms>();
 			manager = NetworkManager.instance;
 		}
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 		{
 			dissonanceId = playerName;
 			initSettings = codecSettings;
-			comms.ResetMicrophoneCapture();
+			dissonanceComms.ResetMicrophoneCapture();
 		}
 
 		public void VoiceReceived(string sender, byte[] data)
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 				PlayerName = id
 			};
 			PlayerExitedRoom?.Invoke(re);
-			PlayerLeft?.Invoke(id);
+			// only send this event for non-local players
+			if (id != dissonanceId) PlayerLeft?.Invoke(id);
 		}
 
 		public void SetPlayerStartedSpeaking(string id)

Samples~/DissonanceIntegration/VelNetDissonancePlayer.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace VelNetUnity
 {
-	[RequireComponent(typeof(VelCommsNetwork))]
+	/// <summary>
+	/// This should be added to your player object
+	/// </summary>
 	[AddComponentMenu("VelNetUnity/Dissonance/VelNet Dissonance Player")]
 	public class VelNetDissonancePlayer : NetworkObject, IDissonancePlayer
 	{
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 		private bool isSpeaking;
 		private uint lastAudioId;
 
+		[Header("VelNet Dissonance Player Properties")]
 		public string dissonanceID = "";
 
 		//required by dissonance for spatial audio
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 		public Vector3 targetPosition;
 		public Quaternion targetRotation;
 
-		public List<VelNetDissonancePlayer> allPlayers = new List<VelNetDissonancePlayer>();
+		private static readonly List<VelNetDissonancePlayer> allPlayers = new List<VelNetDissonancePlayer>();
 		public List<int> closePlayers = new List<int>();
 
 		[Tooltip("Maximum distance to transmit voice data. 0 to always send voice to all players.")]
@@ -38,7 +41,13 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 		private void Start()
 		{
 			comms = FindObjectOfType<VelCommsNetwork>();
+			if (comms == null)
+			{
+				Debug.LogError("No VelCommsNetwork found. Make sure there is one in your scene.", this);
+				return;
+			}
 
+			// add ourselves to the global list of all players in the scene
 			if (!allPlayers.Contains(this))
 			{
 				allPlayers.Add(this);
@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 						dissonanceID = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message);
 						// tell the comms network that this player joined the channel
 						comms.SetPlayerJoined(dissonanceID); // tell dissonance
-						comms.comms.TrackPlayerPosition(this); // tell dissonance to track the remote player
+						comms.dissonanceComms.TrackPlayerPosition(this); // tell dissonance to track the remote player
 					}
 
 					break;
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 			dissonanceID = id;
 			byte[] b = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(dissonanceID);
 			owner.SendMessage(this, "d", b);
-			comms.comms.TrackPlayerPosition(this);
+			comms.dissonanceComms.TrackPlayerPosition(this);
 		}
 
 		private void VoiceInitialized(string id)
@@ -179,7 +188,7 @@ namespace VelNetUnity
 			//handle dissonance comms
 
 			//if we're not speaking, and the comms say we are, send a speaking event, which will be received on other network players and sent to their comms accordingly
-			if (comms.comms.FindPlayer(dissonanceID)?.IsSpeaking != isSpeaking) //unfortunately, there does not seem to be an event for this
+			if (comms.dissonanceComms.FindPlayer(dissonanceID)?.IsSpeaking != isSpeaking) //unfortunately, there does not seem to be an event for this
 			{
 				isSpeaking = !isSpeaking;
 				byte[] toSend = { isSpeaking ? (byte)1 : (byte)0 };

Samples~/Example/PlayerPrefab.prefab

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ GameObject:
   - component: {fileID: 5845716565458182149}
   - component: {fileID: 5713671764962751473}
   - component: {fileID: -4404668399269848200}
-  - component: {fileID: 7065383111165629622}
   - component: {fileID: 1181612843795795320}
   m_Layer: 0
   m_Name: PlayerPrefab
@@ -134,20 +133,6 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   isSceneObject: 0
   targetPosition: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0}
   targetRotation: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0}
---- !u!114 &7065383111165629622
-MonoBehaviour:
-  m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
-  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 0}
-  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
-  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
-  m_GameObject: {fileID: 6139051692386484099}
-  m_Enabled: 1
-  m_EditorHideFlags: 0
-  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: 5d2009d8e264649749c0315d48765749, type: 3}
-  m_Name: 
-  m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
-  dissonanceId: 
-  comms: {fileID: 0}
 --- !u!114 &1181612843795795320
 MonoBehaviour:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "edu.uga.engr.vel.velnetunity",
     "displayName": "VelNetUnity",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.0.2",
     "unity": "2019.1",
     "description": "A custom networking library for Unity.",
     "keywords": [
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       {
         "displayName": "Dissonance Integration",
         "description": "Includes support for Dissonance Voice, available separately from the Unity Asset Store.",
-        "path": "Samples~/Dissonance Integration"
+        "path": "Samples~/DissonanceIntegration"
       },
       {
         "displayName": "Example",