You can create GameObject or via Photon or via Online Maps.
Both methods have advantages and disadvantages.
Yes, of course you can make markers from existing GameObjects.
Example:
using UnityEngine;
public class CreateMarkerFromGameObject:MonoBehaviour
{
private GameObject sphere;
private void OnGUI()
{
if (sphere != null && GUILayout.Button("Create marker from sphere"))
{
float scale = sphere.transform.localScale.x;
OnlineMapsMarker3D marker = new OnlineMapsMarker3D(sphere);
sphere.transform.parent = OnlineMaps.instance.transform;
double lng, lat;
OnlineMapsTileSetControl.instance.GetCoordsByWorldPosition(out lng, out lat, sphere.transform.position);
marker.SetPosition(lng, lat);
marker.scale = scale;
OnlineMapsControlBase3D.instance.AddMarker3D(marker);
marker.Update();
sphere = null;
}
}
private void Start()
{
sphere = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Sphere);
sphere.transform.position = OnlineMapsTileSetControl.instance.GetWorldPosition(OnlineMaps.instance.position);
sphere.transform.localScale = new Vector3(50, 50, 50);
}
}But, keep in mind that when Photon destroys GameObject, the marker will exist.
You will need to find and remove it.
At the moment I am using Photon.Instantiate to create the prefab/resource over the network. Of course OnlineMaps doesn't know about this instance of gameobject at this point. Can we dynamically create a marker and assign the already instantiated gameobject (which will happen on each client) ?
I didn't use OnlineMaps to instantiate a prefab, as I thought Photon must do it.
Otherwise do I need to create a marker in OnlineMaps, and at same time Photon.instantiate a separate object to handle network side of things, and link/sync both together manually somehow?
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