Use tags to assign a player to a team

The logic in the following example checks if the tag has a string rather than if it’s equal to a string to allow for more flexibility with the name of the tag. You can change this logic so that it checks for an exact match.

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The following example uses the Contains method, which is case-sensitive by default. You can make it case-insensitive by passing the System.StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase method.

Automatically assign a Player to a team

The following script automatically sets a NetworkVariable called Team based on the tag.

A Player with a Red tag automatically sets the Team NetworkVariable to Red. A Player with a Blue tag automatically sets the Team NetworkVariable to Blue.

using Unity.Netcode;
using UnityEngine;
using Unity.Multiplayer.Playmode;

public enum Team { Blue, Red, }

/// A player with a team that is automatically assigned
/// based on the tag of the client that owns them
public class Player : NetworkBehaviour
{
    public NetworkVariable<Team> team = new (writePerm: NetworkVariableWritePermission.Owner);

    void Start()
    {
        var localClientId = NetworkManager.Singleton.LocalClientId;
        if (!team.CanClientWrite(localClientId))
        {
            return;
        }
        var mppmTag = CurrentPlayer.ReadOnlyTags();
        if (mppmTag.Contains("Blue"))
        {
            team.Value = Team.Blue;
        }
        if (mppmTag.Contains("Red"))
        {
            team.Value = Team.Red;
        }
    }
}