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(Unity3D) Test multiplayer without building
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[Feature Request] Customizable CloneNameSuffix for an easier alt-tab search #14

Closed mccorkle closed 3 years ago

mccorkle commented 3 years ago

Describe the feature you'd like It would be awesome to be able to set the name of the clones, or to have the "arguments" asked for ahead of creating the clone folder and included it in clone folder name instead of clone_.

The benefit would be that the window title (and alt-tab and window-tab preview titles) will show the folder name at the beginning of the window name and it would make it easier for me to find my "server", "host", "client", etc clones. clone names so I can find my named clones

If you were to go with the option of allowing me to set CloneNameSuffix before I create the clone, could you also please expose an API such as ClonesManager.GetCloneName() so that I can use that clone name so that I can skip the need for the arguments -- so that when I create a clone with 'server' in its folder name, I likely want to use that to enable some server behaviors.

Describe alternatives you've considered My current alternative is to mentally keep record of which clone is meant to run server, client, host (e.g. Clone_0 is host, clone_1 is server, main is client, etc)

I may just be missing a better way to find my various clones when alt-tabbing. Please educate me if that is the case.

314pies commented 3 years ago

Maybe you will wanna try with the "windows" + "arrow keys" to switch between orginal/clone project instead of "Alt" + "Tab". Usually I will just keep server on the left and other clients at the right so it won't get confuse, this should be convenience enough at most case :)

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mccorkle commented 3 years ago

Oh yeah, I've got a work around that just requires the extra mental load of remembering which clone is which role and just alt-tabbing to it. I'm just thinking I'll more than likely will have forgotten those associations if I have to work on another project and come back to this one in 3 months -- hence the request for the window title having the specifics in it so that I can just "know by looking at it".

I'm still very jr in unity editor hacking, but I'll take a stab at making the clone_X name optionally settable for my local project and send you a PR to see if it works for you. I'll even take a look at the ClonesManager and see if I can add that call for clone folder name too, but no promises there.

314pies commented 3 years ago

Sure, a PR with such nice feature is always welcome. Let me know if you need any extra help or info.

(Quite busy recently, but I think I may able to work on this feature next month, which I have relatively more spare time. Of course, a contribution from the community will be greatly appreciated! )

If someone also want customizable clone suffix/name see this thread, please leave a reaction or comment so we know you need it!

314pies commented 3 years ago

Doesn't seems to have many requests on this feature. Close it for now.