Rotate Character Mesh only.. but does not replicate?

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Hi there…

I currenly have a strange problem with my MovementComponent and the rotation of a Mesh.

My Character is just the basic Character, nothing changed yet, except adding a spring arm and a camera. I implemented Movement (that works well) and try to only rotate the Mesh of the Character… not the capsule… not the Spring arm attached to it… just the mesh…
The reason is, that I want the camera to be fixed in a specific Direction from TopDown. Imagine a Diablo like Camera Angle and movement relative to the world rotation (0,0,0).

This is the movement right now:

Movement
Movement1806×1144 172 KB

calling both Events from PlayerController, server first
PC_Call
PC_Call1864×790 81.3 KB

And this is the rotation Function:

Rotation
Rotation2421×1858 356 KB

The Movement is working like a charm.
But the Rotation of the Mesh, not… It´s working on Client side, but the other Player just sees the moving Character staring initial direction… so… the rotation is not replicated…

Since I wanted to try some solutions… I added the MeshRotation Variable, RepNotified…
This is the OnRep Function:

RepNotifyRotation
RepNotifyRotation720×473 36.2 KB

This again is not working… But the value is set, since the local Character is rotating…just not on the other side…

Does one know a solution for this?

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Hello. Have you managed to find solution for this issue?
I also have problem with rotating “Character” original “Mesh”.
P.S. If I add custom “SkeletalMesh” and do my rotation operations with it, it works like a charm on both client/server, but original “SkeletalMesh” which is imported with “Character” have those werid issues.

UPDATE:
Okay, so after spending two full days, I found solution 20 minutes later after writing this post.

So the issue is that “CharacterMovementComponent” rotates original Mesh of “Character” on his own.
I won’t go into details since I’m not proficent enough in C++ and networking, so I can just show you solution which worked for me.

When you dealing with not localy controlled Character, you need to work with “BaseRotationOffset” property of “Character” class, instead of directly rotating Character’s “Mesh” (through functions like “SetRelativeRotation”).

I needed to execute rotation code inside of my “Animation Blueprint”, so I’ve created public blueprintable function:

// .h
public:
  UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable)
  void SetBaseRotationOffset(FQuat InBaseRotationOffset)


// .cpp
void AMyCharacterBase::SetBaseRotationOffset(FQuat InBaseRotationOffset)
{
    BaseRotationOffset = InBaseRotationOffset;
}

I use this function (instead of “SetRelativeRotation”) when I deal with not locally controlled character.

if (MyCharacter->IsLocallyControlled())
{
  MyCharacter-->GetMesh()->SetRelativeRotation(NewRotation);
}
else
{
  MyCharacter->SetBaseRotationOffset(NewRotation);
}

In case someone knows more optimal solution, please share it.