Allow configuring NetworkTransform through a ScriptableObject

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#3,870 opened on Feb 2, 2026 5 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 5/5
Estimated time: Over a week
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: csharp, unity
Domain: game-dev, networking

Research direction

Start by inspecting the NetworkTransform component and its serialized inspector properties, especially synchronization axes, thresholds, interpolation, quaternion sync, compression, and half-float precision. Determine how a ScriptableObject configuration could be assigned without breaking existing workflows, then verify that configurations can be created as assets and applied to multiple NetworkTransforms.

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Description

Tracking type:feature-2.x

Whenever I create a new thing requiring the synchronization of a transform, I add a NetworkTransform component to it, and have to configure the properties of it again and again to the same exact values I have found to work for my use cases. This becomes increasingly bothersome as the complexity of the project increases. And if you then want to modify something later you have to go through everything manually and change the properties. (Yes I know, prefab variants, but those are only viable in very specific situations)

I would propose moving most of the properties on the NetworkTransform to a ScriptableObject saved to the assets folder, so you could configure those options in a more cohorent way. You could create different configs for fast moving objects, big slow objects, etc. and assign them to different NetworkTransforms easily.

The properties I often myself copy pasting which would be good candidates to live on ScriptableObjects are:

Axis to synchronize
Thresholds
Interpolation settings (these are the most painful to reconfigure every time)
Quaternion sync, compression, half float precision

This could be an additional feature accessible through the NetworkTransform through a boolean toggle in the inspector, to not break existing workflows.

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