Struct TargetSelectionBroadcast
Tells the server which character the player's targeting frame currently shows.
public struct TargetSelectionBroadcast : IBroadcast- Implements
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IBroadcast
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Remarks
Client → server, advisory, and verified on receipt. The server's own
TargetController.Current is cast-scoped — written only when an ability acquisition
resolves, cleared by any miss — so the "current target" pin in
ObserverStreamingRegistry did not exist for a target the player was looking at but
had not yet landed a cast on: in an over-budget crowd, the intended opponent could be
evicted at the exact moment the player engaged. This message closes that gap by telling
the server what the player's frame shows, at most a few times a second, only on change.
When the player has PINNED a character to the frame, that character is what is reported,
whatever the pointer is resting on: the pin is the clearest statement of engagement the
client can make, and the pointer sweeps across everyone else during the fight.
Keyed on NetworkObject.ObjectId, not the character id. The ObjectId is
already replicated to every peer by FishNet (no payload work), it is what the streaming
pin compares, and targeting is always same-scene so the character id's cross-scene
stability buys nothing here. The server treats the value as a CLAIM: it must resolve to a
live character in the sender's own scene or it is stored as no-target, and the pin that
reads it is additionally bounded by the engagement range ceiling at use — a forged id can
therefore pin nothing the sender could not legitimately be looking at.
Nothing gameplay-authoritative reads this. Ability target acquisition stays a server-side lag-compensated raycast from the replicated aim; this value feeds interest management (and any future UI mirroring), never combat resolution.
Fields
TargetObjectID
NetworkObject id of the targeted character, or 0 for no target.
public int TargetObjectID