Replicating decals spawns across a network

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hello everyone…

I want to ask whats the best way to spawn decals across a network?

I don’t think that there is any good way to replicate decals. The hit confirmation in my game is only by the server so I am using a unreliable netmulticast function that takes the hit location and normal and spawns the decals. Something like this.


void ABaseWeapon::SpawnImpactEffects_Implementation(const FHitResult& Impact)
{
	if (ImpactTemplate && Impact.bBlockingHit)
	{
		FHitResult UseImpact = Impact;

		// trace again to find component lost during replication
		if (!Impact.Component.IsValid())
		{
			const FVector StartTrace = Impact.ImpactPoint + Impact.ImpactNormal * 10.0f;
			const FVector EndTrace = Impact.ImpactPoint - Impact.ImpactNormal * 10.0f;
			FHitResult Hit = WeaponTrace(StartTrace, EndTrace);
			UseImpact = Hit;
		}

		AFireHitImpact* EffectActor = GetWorld()->SpawnActorDeferred<AFireHitImpact>(ImpactTemplate, Impact.ImpactPoint, Impact.ImpactNormal.Rotation());
		if (EffectActor)
		{
			EffectActor->SurfaceHit = UseImpact;
			UGameplayStatics::FinishSpawningActor(EffectActor, FTransform(Impact.ImpactNormal.Rotation(), Impact.ImpactPoint));
		}
	}
}

Something like this is also used in the shooter game. I am calling this function as an unreliable net multicast. I also used another uint8 for passing to the client when the shots happen, for weapon animation weapon fx and stuff. Should I merge these to functionalists into 1 function?