No need for rope collider and rigidbody on rope points

Assets/Prefabs/Networked/RopePoint.prefab

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ GameObject:
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-  - component: {fileID: 4590407122831754579}
-  - component: {fileID: 8963967235500975272}
   m_Layer: 0
   m_Name: RopePoint
   m_TagString: Untagged
@@ -33,66 +31,3 @@ Transform:
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   m_Father: {fileID: 0}
   m_LocalEulerAnglesHint: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0}
---- !u!58 &4590407122831754579
-CircleCollider2D:
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-  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 0}
-  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
-  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
-  m_GameObject: {fileID: 4736158799711156794}
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-  serializedVersion: 3
-  m_Density: 1
-  m_Material: {fileID: 0}
-  m_IncludeLayers:
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-    m_Bits: 0
-  m_ExcludeLayers:
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-    m_Bits: 128
-  m_LayerOverridePriority: 0
-  m_ForceSendLayers:
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-  m_ForceReceiveLayers:
-    serializedVersion: 2
-    m_Bits: 4294967295
-  m_ContactCaptureLayers:
-    serializedVersion: 2
-    m_Bits: 4294967295
-  m_CallbackLayers:
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-    m_Bits: 4294967295
-  m_IsTrigger: 0
-  m_UsedByEffector: 0
-  m_CompositeOperation: 0
-  m_CompositeOrder: 0
-  m_Offset: {x: 0, y: 0}
-  m_Radius: 0.5
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-Rigidbody2D:
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-  m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
-  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 0}
-  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
-  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
-  m_GameObject: {fileID: 4736158799711156794}
-  m_BodyType: 1
-  m_Simulated: 1
-  m_UseFullKinematicContacts: 0
-  m_UseAutoMass: 0
-  m_Mass: 1
-  m_LinearDrag: 0
-  m_AngularDrag: 0.05
-  m_GravityScale: 1
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-  m_IncludeLayers:
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-  m_Constraints: 0

Assets/Scripts/Rope/Project.Scripts.Rope.asmdef

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
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         "GUID:1491147abca9d7d4bb7105af628b223e",
-        "GUID:068707ae079d6e851b7a76adaa3014f8"
+        "GUID:068707ae079d6e851b7a76adaa3014f8",
+        "GUID:f0aa6e1ec272fc041a727a9dfb7c1e67"
     ],
     "includePlatforms": [],
     "excludePlatforms": [],

Assets/Scripts/Rope/RopeSimulator.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using Unity.Netcode;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.Assertions;
+using Utilities;
+using UnityUtils;
 
 public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
 {
@@ -65,9 +67,10 @@ public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
 
     [Header("Netcode")]
     private const int k_rngSeed = 6969;
-    private const float k_sendRopeDataRPCThreshold = 0.1f;
+    private const float k_sendRopeDataDelay = 8f;
-    public float k_ropeReconciliateThreshold = 8f;
+    public float k_ropeReconciliateThreshold = 10f;
     private System.Random rng = new System.Random(k_rngSeed);
+    private CountdownTimer ropeSendTimer;
 
     private int[] order;
 
@@ -92,6 +95,10 @@ public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
         {
             Destroy(instance);
         }
+
+        ropeSendTimer = new(k_sendRopeDataDelay);
+        // ropeSendTimer.OnTimerStop += SendRopeData;
+        ropeSendTimer.Start();
     }
 
     private void OnEnable()
@@ -256,11 +263,6 @@ public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
             ropeCollider.transform.position = point.position;
             ropeCollider.tag = colliderTag;
             ropeCollider.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Rope");
-
-            ropeCollider.GetComponent<CircleCollider2D>().radius = ropeRadius;
-            var rigidBody = ropeCollider.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
-            rigidBody.isKinematic = true;
-
         }
     }
 
@@ -283,13 +285,26 @@ public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
         Rope serverRope = Rope.FromNetworkRope(nrope, distBetweenRopePoints);
 
         float diff = Rope.CalcDiff(this.rope, serverRope);
-        Debug.Log(diff);
+        Debug.Log($"server client rope diff: {diff}");
-        if (diff > k_ropeReconciliateThreshold)
+        // if (diff > k_ropeReconciliateThreshold)
-        {
+        // {
-            // Debug.LogWarning("Reconciliating rope!");
+        //     Debug.LogWarning("Reconciliating rope!");
-            // this.rope = serverRope;
+        //     this.rope = serverRope;
-            // Debug.Log(Rope.CalcDiff(this.rope, serverRope));
+        // }
-        }
+    }
+
+    private void SendRopeData()
+    {
+        if (!IsServer) return;
+
+        Debug.Log($"Sending rope to client");
+        NetworkRope nrope = Rope.ToNetworkRope(this.rope);
+
+        // Send server rope to client for reconciliation
+        ServerRopeDataReceivedRpc(nrope);
+
+        ropeSendTimer.Reset();
+        ropeSendTimer.Start();
     }
 
     private void Update()
@@ -303,14 +318,8 @@ public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
         rope.points.Last().position = end.position;
 
         float ropeDiff = Simulate(Time.fixedDeltaTime);
-        if (IsServer)
+        ropeSendTimer.Tick(Time.deltaTime);
-        {
+        Debug.Log(ropeSendTimer.Progress);
-            Debug.Log($"Sending rope to client");
-            NetworkRope nrope = Rope.ToNetworkRope(this.rope);
-
-            // Send server rope to client for reconciliation
-            ServerRopeDataReceivedRpc(nrope);
-        }
 
         // Update the rope collider positions
         for (int i = 0; i < rope.points.Length; i++)
@@ -354,6 +363,7 @@ public class RopeSimulator : NetworkBehaviour
         }
 
         DrawRope();
+        SendRopeData();
     }
 
     private void PlayerPullAnimation(float overshoot)