How do I sync non-player GameObject properties in UNet/Unity5?

Question

I\'m working on and learning some basics of Unity 5, UNET, and networking. I made a simple 3D game where you go around and change the colors of objects. But I want to make i

Answer 1

Unity 5.3.2p3 Assign Client Authority to Non Player Objects

For anyone interested in setting this up this is my approach

Client Side OnLocalPlayer component -> Call commands to assign and remove object authority by passing through the objects NetworkInstanceId. You can add any UI to call these methods on this component

Server Side

    [Command]
    void CmdAssignObjectAuthority(NetworkInstanceId netInstanceId)
    {
        // Assign authority of this objects network instance id to the client
        NetworkServer.objects[netInstanceId].AssignClientAuthority(connectionToClient);
    }

    [Command]
    void CmdRemoveObjectAuthority(NetworkInstanceId netInstanceId)
    {
        // Removes the  authority of this object network instance id to the client
        NetworkServer.objects[netInstanceId].RemoveClientAuthority(connectionToClient);
    }  

Client Side 3. Object component ->
OnStartAuthority() - allowed to send commands to server OnStopAuthority() - not allowed to send commands to server

That's all there is to it!