diff --git a/Runtime/NetworkObject.cs b/Runtime/NetworkObject.cs
index b08e041..5c605ac 100644
--- a/Runtime/NetworkObject.cs
+++ b/Runtime/NetworkObject.cs
@@ -18,13 +18,19 @@ namespace VelNet
 		[Tooltip("Whether this object's ownership is transferrable. Should be true for player objects.")]
 		public bool ownershipLocked;
 
-		public bool IsMine => owner != null && owner.isLocal;
-
+		public bool IsMine => owner?.isLocal ?? false;
+		
 		/// <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>
 		public string networkId;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// This is generated at editor time and used to generated the network id at runtime.
+		/// This is needed because finding all objects of type at runtime doesn't have a guaranteed order.
+		/// </summary>
+		public int sceneNetworkId;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// This may be empty if it's not a prefab (scene object)
 		/// </summary>
@@ -50,7 +56,14 @@ namespace VelNet
 			}
 
 			int index = syncedComponents.IndexOf(component);
-			owner.SendMessage(this, index.ToString(), message, reliable);
+			if (index < 0)
+			{
+				Debug.LogError("WAAAAAAAH. NetworkObject doesn't have a reference to this component.", component);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				owner.SendMessage(this, index.ToString(), message, reliable);
+			}
 		}
 
 		public void SendBytesToGroup(NetworkComponent component, string group, byte[] message, bool reliable = true)
@@ -116,6 +129,26 @@ namespace VelNet
 				{
 					c.networkObject = t;
 				}
+				PrefabUtility.RecordPrefabInstancePropertyModifications(t);
+			}
+
+			// make the sceneNetworkId a new unique value
+			if (Application.isEditor && !Application.isPlaying && t.isSceneObject && t.sceneNetworkId == 0)
+			{
+				// find the first unused value
+				int[] used = FindObjectsOfType<NetworkObject>().Select(o => o.sceneNetworkId).ToArray();
+				int available = -1;
+				for (int i = 1; i <= used.Max()+1; i++)
+				{
+					if (!used.Contains(i))
+					{
+						available = i;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
+				t.sceneNetworkId = available;
+				PrefabUtility.RecordPrefabInstancePropertyModifications(t);
 			}
 
 			EditorGUILayout.Space();
diff --git a/Runtime/Util/BinaryWriterExtensions.cs b/Runtime/Util/BinaryWriterExtensions.cs
index f122745..f43524d 100644
--- a/Runtime/Util/BinaryWriterExtensions.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Util/BinaryWriterExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace VelNet
@@ -34,5 +37,57 @@ namespace VelNet
 				reader.ReadSingle()
 			);
 		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Compresses the list of bools into bytes using a bitmask
+		/// </summary>
+		public static byte[] GetBitmasks(this IEnumerable<bool> bools)
+		{
+			List<bool> values = bools.ToList(); 
+			List<byte> bytes = new List<byte>();
+			for (int b = 0; b < Mathf.Ceil(values.Count / 8f); b++)
+			{
+				byte currentByte = 0;
+				for (int bit = 0; bit < 8; bit++)
+				{
+					if (values.Count > b * 8 + bit)
+					{
+						currentByte |= (byte)((values[b * 8 + bit] ? 1 : 0) << bit);
+					}
+				}
+
+				bytes.Add(currentByte);
+			}
+
+			return bytes.ToArray();
+		}
+		
+		public static List<bool> GetBitmaskValues(this IEnumerable<byte> bytes)
+		{
+			List<bool> l = new List<bool>();
+			foreach (byte b in bytes)
+			{
+				l.AddRange(b.GetBitmaskValues());
+			}
+
+			return l;
+		}
+		
+		public static List<bool> GetBitmaskValues(this byte b)
+		{
+			List<bool> l = new List<bool>();
+			for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+			{
+				l.Add(b.GetBitmaskValue(i));
+			}
+
+			return l;
+		}
+		
+		public static bool GetBitmaskValue(this byte b, int index)
+		{
+			return (b & (1 << index)) != 0;
+		}
+		
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Runtime/Util/NetworkSerializedObjectStream.cs b/Runtime/Util/NetworkSerializedObjectStream.cs
index a6929f8..161791f 100644
--- a/Runtime/Util/NetworkSerializedObjectStream.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Util/NetworkSerializedObjectStream.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections;
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
 using System.IO;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.Serialization;
@@ -19,12 +20,19 @@ namespace VelNet
 		{
 			while (true)
 			{
-				if (IsMine)
+				try
 				{
-					using MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
-					using BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(mem);
-					SendState(writer);
-					SendBytes(mem.ToArray());
+					if (IsMine)
+					{
+						using MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
+						using BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(mem);
+						SendState(writer);
+						SendBytes(mem.ToArray());
+					}
+				}
+				catch (Exception e)
+				{
+					Debug.LogError(e);
 				}
 
 				yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f / serializationRateHz);
diff --git a/Runtime/Util/SyncRigidbody.cs b/Runtime/Util/SyncRigidbody.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5937ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Runtime/Util/SyncRigidbody.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+using System.IO;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace VelNet
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A simple class that will sync the position and rotation of a network object with a rigidbody
+	/// </summary>
+	[AddComponentMenu("VelNet/VelNet Sync Rigidbody")]
+	[RequireComponent(typeof(Rigidbody))]
+	public class SyncRigidbody : NetworkSerializedObjectStream
+	{
+		public bool useLocalTransform;
+		[Tooltip("0 to disable.")]
+		public float teleportDistance;
+		[Tooltip("0 to disable.")]
+		public float teleportAngle;
+
+		public bool syncKinematic = true;
+		public bool syncGravity = true;
+		public bool syncVelocity = true;
+		public bool syncAngularVelocity = true;
+
+		private Vector3 targetPosition;
+		private Quaternion targetRotation;
+		private float distanceAtReceiveTime;
+		private float angleAtReceiveTime;
+		private Rigidbody rb;
+
+		private void Start()
+		{
+			rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
+			if (useLocalTransform)
+			{
+				targetPosition = transform.localPosition;
+				targetRotation = transform.localRotation;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				targetPosition = transform.position;
+				targetRotation = transform.rotation;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// This gets called at serializationRateHz when the object is locally owned
+		/// </summary>
+		protected override void SendState(BinaryWriter writer)
+		{
+			if (useLocalTransform)
+			{
+				writer.Write(transform.localPosition);
+				writer.Write(transform.localRotation);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				writer.Write(transform.position);
+				writer.Write(transform.rotation);
+			}
+
+			// writer.Write((new bool[] {rb.isKinematic, rb.useGravity}).GetBitmasks());
+			if (syncKinematic) writer.Write(rb.isKinematic);
+			if (syncGravity) writer.Write(rb.useGravity);
+			if (syncVelocity) writer.Write(rb.velocity);
+			if (syncAngularVelocity) writer.Write(rb.angularVelocity);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// This gets called whenever a message about the state of this object is received.
+		/// Usually at serializationRateHz.
+		/// </summary>
+		protected override void ReceiveState(BinaryReader reader)
+		{
+			targetPosition = reader.ReadVector3();
+			targetRotation = reader.ReadQuaternion();
+
+			if (syncKinematic) rb.isKinematic = reader.ReadBoolean();
+			if (syncGravity) rb.useGravity = reader.ReadBoolean();
+			if (syncVelocity) rb.velocity = reader.ReadVector3();
+			if (syncAngularVelocity) rb.angularVelocity = reader.ReadVector3();
+
+			// record the distance from the target for interpolation
+			if (useLocalTransform)
+			{
+				distanceAtReceiveTime = Vector3.Distance(targetPosition, transform.localPosition);
+				angleAtReceiveTime = Quaternion.Angle(targetRotation, transform.localRotation);
+				if (teleportDistance != 0 && teleportDistance < distanceAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.localPosition = targetPosition;
+				}
+				if (teleportAngle != 0 && teleportAngle < angleAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.localRotation = targetRotation;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				distanceAtReceiveTime = Vector3.Distance(targetPosition, transform.position);
+				angleAtReceiveTime = Quaternion.Angle(targetRotation, transform.rotation);
+				if (teleportDistance != 0 && teleportDistance < distanceAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.position = targetPosition;
+				}
+				if (teleportAngle != 0 && teleportAngle < angleAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.rotation = targetRotation;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void Update()
+		{
+			if (IsMine) return;
+
+			if (useLocalTransform)
+			{
+				transform.localPosition = Vector3.MoveTowards(
+					transform.localPosition,
+					targetPosition,
+					Time.deltaTime * distanceAtReceiveTime * serializationRateHz
+				);
+				transform.localRotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(
+					transform.localRotation,
+					targetRotation,
+					Time.deltaTime * angleAtReceiveTime * serializationRateHz
+				);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(
+					transform.position,
+					targetPosition,
+					Time.deltaTime * distanceAtReceiveTime * serializationRateHz
+				);
+				transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(
+					transform.rotation,
+					targetRotation,
+					Time.deltaTime * angleAtReceiveTime * serializationRateHz
+				);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Runtime/Util/SyncRigidbody.cs.meta b/Runtime/Util/SyncRigidbody.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e516561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Runtime/Util/SyncRigidbody.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 951f5c5e2245481d8f969b94f998c78b
+timeCreated: 1642738174
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Runtime/Util/SyncTransform.cs b/Runtime/Util/SyncTransform.cs
index 162a9c9..dddd19f 100644
--- a/Runtime/Util/SyncTransform.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Util/SyncTransform.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 using System.IO;
 using UnityEngine;
 
-
 namespace VelNet
 {
 	/// <summary>
 	/// A simple class that will sync the position and rotation of a network object
 	/// </summary>
 	[AddComponentMenu("VelNet/VelNet Sync Transform")]
-	public class SyncTransform : NetworkSerializedObject
+	public class SyncTransform : NetworkSerializedObjectStream
 	{
 		public bool useLocalTransform;
+		[Tooltip("0 to disable.")]
+		public float teleportDistance;
+		[Tooltip("0 to disable.")]
+		public float teleportAngle;
 
 		private Vector3 targetPosition;
 		private Quaternion targetRotation;
@@ -34,28 +37,18 @@ namespace VelNet
 		/// <summary>
 		/// This gets called at serializationRateHz when the object is locally owned
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <returns>The state of this object to send across the network</returns>
-		protected override byte[] SendState()
+		protected override void SendState(BinaryWriter writer)
 		{
-			using MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
-			using BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(mem);
-
 			writer.Write(transform.localPosition);
 			writer.Write(transform.localRotation);
-
-			return mem.ToArray();
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// This gets called whenever a message about the state of this object is received.
 		/// Usually at serializationRateHz.
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="message">The network state of this object</param>
-		protected override void ReceiveState(byte[] message)
+		protected override void ReceiveState(BinaryReader reader)
 		{
-			using MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream(message);
-			using BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(mem);
-
 			targetPosition = reader.ReadVector3();
 			targetRotation = reader.ReadQuaternion();
 
@@ -64,11 +57,27 @@ namespace VelNet
 			{
 				distanceAtReceiveTime = Vector3.Distance(targetPosition, transform.localPosition);
 				angleAtReceiveTime = Quaternion.Angle(targetRotation, transform.localRotation);
+				if (teleportDistance != 0 && teleportDistance < distanceAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.localPosition = targetPosition;
+				}
+				if (teleportAngle != 0 && teleportAngle < angleAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.localRotation = targetRotation;
+				}
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				distanceAtReceiveTime = Vector3.Distance(targetPosition, transform.position);
 				angleAtReceiveTime = Quaternion.Angle(targetRotation, transform.rotation);
+				if (teleportDistance != 0 && teleportDistance < distanceAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.position = targetPosition;
+				}
+				if (teleportAngle != 0 && teleportAngle < angleAtReceiveTime)
+				{
+					transform.rotation = targetRotation;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/Runtime/VelNetManager.cs b/Runtime/VelNetManager.cs
index 0e9ae32..31714f7 100644
--- a/Runtime/VelNetManager.cs
+++ b/Runtime/VelNetManager.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ namespace VelNet
 		private Thread clientReceiveThread;
 		private Thread clientReceiveThreadUDP;
 		public int userid = -1;
-		public string room;
 		private int messagesReceived = 0;
 
 		public readonly Dictionary<int, VelNetPlayer> players = new Dictionary<int, VelNetPlayer>();
@@ -90,8 +89,23 @@ namespace VelNet
 		public readonly Dictionary<string, List<int>> groups = new Dictionary<string, List<int>>();
 
 		private VelNetPlayer masterPlayer;
-		public static VelNetPlayer LocalPlayer => instance.players.Where(p => p.Value.isLocal).Select(p => p.Value).FirstOrDefault();
+		public static VelNetPlayer LocalPlayer => instance != null ? instance.players.Where(p => p.Value.isLocal).Select(p => p.Value).FirstOrDefault() : null;
 		public static bool InRoom => LocalPlayer != null && LocalPlayer.room != "-1" && LocalPlayer.room != "";
+		public static string Room => LocalPlayer?.room;
+		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The player count in this room.
+		/// -1 if not in a room.
+		/// </summary>
+		public static int PlayerCount => instance.players.Count;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The player count in all rooms.
+		/// Will include players connected to the server but not in a room?
+		/// </summary>
+		public static int PlayerCountInAllRooms => PlayerCount; // TODO hook up to actual player count
+
+		public static bool IsConnected => instance != null && instance.connected && instance.udpConnected;
 
 
 		//this is for sending udp packets
@@ -396,7 +410,7 @@ namespace VelNet
 
 		private void OnApplicationQuit()
 		{
-			socketConnection.Close();
+			socketConnection?.Close();
 		}
 
 		/// <summary> 	
@@ -845,14 +859,26 @@ namespace VelNet
 		public static bool TakeOwnership(string networkId)
 		{
 			// local player must exist
-			if (LocalPlayer == null) return false;
-
+			if (LocalPlayer == null)
+			{
+				Debug.LogError("Can't take ownership. No local player.");
+				return false;
+			}
+			
 			// obj must exist
-			if (!instance.objects.ContainsKey(networkId)) return false;
+			if (!instance.objects.ContainsKey(networkId))
+			{
+				Debug.LogError("Can't take ownership. Object with that network id doesn't exist.");
+				return false;
+			}
 
 			// if the ownership is locked, fail
-			if (instance.objects[networkId].ownershipLocked) return false;
-
+			if (instance.objects[networkId].ownershipLocked)
+			{
+				Debug.LogError("Can't take ownership. Ownership for this object is locked.");
+				return false;
+			}
+			
 			// immediately successful
 			instance.objects[networkId].owner = LocalPlayer;
 
@@ -862,4 +888,4 @@ namespace VelNet
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Runtime/VelNetPlayer.cs b/Runtime/VelNetPlayer.cs
index c31ab89..56bb8ff 100644
--- a/Runtime/VelNetPlayer.cs
+++ b/Runtime/VelNetPlayer.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ namespace VelNet
 	public class VelNetPlayer
 	{
 		public int userid;
-		public string username;
-
 		public string room;
 
 		public bool isLocal;
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ namespace VelNet
 
 				switch (sections[0])
 				{
-					case "5": //sync update for an object I may own
+					case "5": // sync update for an object I may own
 					{
 						string objectKey = sections[1];
 						string identifier = sections[2];
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ namespace VelNet
 
 						break;
 					}
-					case "6": //I'm trying to take ownership of an object 
+					case "6": // I'm trying to take ownership of an object 
 					{
 						string networkId = sections[1];
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b846be2..956001f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "edu.uga.engr.vel.velnet",
     "displayName": "VelNet",
-    "version": "1.0.6",
+    "version": "1.0.7",
     "unity": "2019.1",
     "description": "A custom networking library for Unity.",
     "keywords": [
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
     "dependencies": {
     }
   }
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+