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When I test the game some times the client can properly trigger a series of custom events that replicates to all clients. But other times the client gets stuck and does not make it past the execute on server custom event. No changes. Just totally random with each time I press play to test.
Hi, did you try to make the RPCs reliable?
Checking this checkbox:
Because otherwise they may get dropped.
I did not, what exactly does Reliable mean? And should I set the Execute on Server AND Multicast both reliable?
RPCs may get dropped due to bandwidth issues. If the RPC is reliable, then if it gets dropped it will send it again and again until it gets through.
And should I set the Execute on Server AND Multicast both reliable?
I would set any RPC that must get through to reliable.
For cosmetic one shot things like spawning a particle system when a weapon fires, those RPCs should not be reliable.
Gotcha. I set the RPCâs to reliable, but the issue remains. I uploaded a video of the issue to dropbox if you want to take a look.
It will work consistently, but then suddenly the clientâs Player_State will fail to execute the âOn Serverâ RPC. It either works perfectly, or not at all. Very weird.
Did you try to also do a print directly before the RunOnServer rpc to see whether it executes the call to the server (between toggle set player state and server)?
I did. Hereâs the result.
Server:
Client
Are you creating and hosting a session ? because I see youâre doing it as already being a client. I suggest playing with 2 standalones and not in dedicated/listen server.
Can you add a print to the cast failed because the player state is also something that gets replicated to the client, Itâs worth checking if itâs valid, maybe this fails sometimes.
I am! I was actually about to post about it. Hereâs the current set up⌠Level âMain Menuâ loads a host/join widget, âhostâ creates a session and loads the âMain Levelâ as seen below.
Did you change it or youâre still running the same setup as your video, here it says client before joining/hosting.
I changed it, still no dice. I also added a failed cast print, and a print before the server RPC.
2 Stand Alone Clients
âHostâ Player
âJoinâ Player
edit: Forgot to say, those two screen shots are separate tests. The âHostâ player will execute and the widget will replicate the green appearance on the âJoinâ player.
Right now I suspect the GetPlayerState node, I think it might not be returning the locally controlled player state, replace it with this
Actually just read the description, itâs probably it.
In multiplayer you have access to all players player state, the get player state node will return one based on index and not necessary your own player state.
Can you show where the âplayer state executedâ print is called ?
Try adding this check, it should print true if that player state is yours, if it does and you still canât send the server event then something is weird going on. Also delete those new param just in case.
You can also do this
Let me know.
Both iterations return true for Client_0 and Server. Removed the new parameters also.
Interesting, thatâs weird, it could be a glitch that happens in editor only.
You can try doing the server event in the player controller and only the multicast in player state.
Donât use get player state though, remove that node anywhere you have it. In player controller you can access it directly
So far so good! Not sure what the take away is here, but it seems to be working now. Thank you so much Kaidoom15!
Thatâs good to hear, hopefully it keeps going well.
