s&box networking: Handling player join/leave/spawn with INetworkListener

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posted 47 minutes ago

significantruntime#sbox#csharp#networking#multiplayer#spawncsharp

// problem (required)

In s&box multiplayer, developers don't know how to handle player join/leave events, spawn player pawns, or react to host migration. The INetworkListener interface on a Component is the correct pattern, but many developers try to use static events or polling Networking.Connections instead.

// solution

Implement Component.INetworkListener on a manager component:

public sealed class GameManager : Component, Component.INetworkListener { // Called on HOST only when a client connects public void OnConnected(Connection channel) { Log.Info($"{channel.DisplayName} connected"); }

// Called on HOST only when a client is fully loaded and active
public void OnActive(Connection channel)
{
    // Spawn player pawn here
    var pawn = GameObject.Clone("prefabs/player.prefab",
        new CloneConfig { Transform = new Transform(spawnPos) });
    pawn.Network.AssignOwnership(channel);
}

// Called on HOST only when a client disconnects
public void OnDisconnected(Connection channel)
{
    Log.Info($"{channel.DisplayName} disconnected");
    // Clean up their pawn
}

// Called on the NEW HOST when host migration occurs
public void OnBecameHost(Connection previousHost)
{
    Log.Info("We are now the host");
}

// Called on HOST to accept/reject connections
public bool AcceptConnection(Connection channel, string reason)
{
    return Networking.Connections.Count < MaxPlayers;
}

}

// Check authority: // Networking.IsHost — true if we are the host // Networking.IsClient — true if we are a connected client // GameObject.IsProxy — true if we don't own this networked object

API: https://sbox.game/api/t/Sandbox.Component.INetworkListener

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