Spawned character has Role Authority and RemoteRole SimulatedProxy on the client

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I’ve noticed that the spawned drone has
Role=ROLE_Authority and RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy
on the client.

As explained in the question linked, in multi-players the main player’s character spawn a drone on the server.

On the server, when the player’s character is spawned, the server log shows that the player’s character has the right roles

[2018.10.19-16.45.39:762][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::AKBaseCharacter  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:771][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::AKPlayerCharacter  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:785][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::PostInitializeComponents  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:793][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::PostInitializeComponents  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:806][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerController::SetPawn   Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy    IsLocalPlayerController()=0   InPawn=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:815][835]LogKSGMDebug: AKPlayerController::Possess   Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy    IsLocalPlayerController()=0   PawnToPossess=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:826][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::PossessedBy  -  this=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0  NewController=KPlayerController_3
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:837][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerController::SetPawn   Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy    IsLocalPlayerController()=0   InPawn=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:848][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::Restart  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.39:859][835]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::Restart  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0

On the server the character has the Role=ROLE_Authority and the RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy and IsLocallyControlled=0

And on the client the player’s character has the adequate roles as shown in client’s log

[2018.10.19-16.45.40:008][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::AKBaseCharacter  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:009][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::AKPlayerCharacter  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:009][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::PostInitializeComponents  -  Role=ROLE_SimulatedProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:009][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::PostInitializeComponents  -  Role=ROLE_SimulatedProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogOnline: AKPlayerController::OnRep_Pawn  -  Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority    IsLocalPlayerController()=1   GetPawn()=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerController::SetPawn   Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority    IsLocalPlayerController()=1   InPawn=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogPlayerController: Verbose: ClientRetryClientRestart_Implementation BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0, AcknowledgedPawn: None
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerController::SetPawn   Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority    IsLocalPlayerController()=1   InPawn=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogPlayerController: Verbose: ClientRestart_Implementation BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerController::SetPawn   Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority    IsLocalPlayerController()=1   InPawn=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:010][692]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::Restart  -  Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority     IsLocallyControlled=1   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0

On the client the player’s character has the Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy and the RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority and IsLocallyControlled=1

Now when the drone is spawned on the server, we can see in the server log that the roles are reversed

[2018.10.19-16.45.40:255][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::ServerSpawnDrone_Implementation  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:265][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKBaseCharacter::LocalSpawnDrone  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:276][837]LogKSGMDebug: VeryVerbose: AKPlayerCharacter::LocalSpawnDrone  -  Drone=BP_Drone_C
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:287][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKPlayerCharacter::DestroyDrone  -  Role=ROLE_Authority    RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy     Actor=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0    SpawnedDrone=None   IsLocallyControlled=0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:298][837]LogKSGMDebug: VeryVerbose: AKPlayerCharacter::LocalSpawnDrone  -  GetActorRotation=P=0.000000 Y=-90.000183 R=0.000000  GetActorLocation=X=-0.001 Y=11350.000 Z=462.063
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:309][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKDroneCharacter::AKDroneCharacter  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_Drone_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:320][837]LogKSGMDebug: VeryVerbose: AKPlayerCharacter::LocalSpawnDrone  -  CreatedDrone=BP_Drone_C_0   CreatedDrone->Instigator=BP_PlayerCharacter_C_0   CreatedDrone->MasterController=KPlayerController_3
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:333][837]LogOnline: AKDroneCharacterController::AKDroneCharacterController   this=KDroneCharacterController_0    Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_None     IsLocalController()=1
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:342][837]LogOnline: AKDroneCharacterController::Possess  -  this=KDroneCharacterController_0    Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_None     IsLocalController()=1   InPawn()=BP_Drone_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:353][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKDroneCharacter::PossessedBy  -  this=BP_Drone_C_0  NewController=KDroneCharacterController_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:364][837]LogOnline: AKDroneCharacterController::SetPawn   this=KDroneCharacterController_0    Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_None     IsLocalController()=1   InPawn=BP_Drone_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:375][837]LogOnline: AKDroneCharacterController::SetPawn   this=KDroneCharacterController_0    Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_None     IsLocalController()=1   InPawn=BP_Drone_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:386][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKDroneCharacter::Restart  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   IsLocallyControlled=1   Actor=BP_Drone_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:397][837]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKDroneCharacter::PostInitializeComponents  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=1   Actor=BP_Drone_C_0

When the drone’s controller is created on the server, it has the Role=ROLE_Authority and the RemoteRole=ROLE_None and IsLocalController()=1
And the drone’s character created on the server has the Role=ROLE_Authority and the RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy and IsLocallyControlled=1

If I check on the client’s log for the drone

[2018.10.19-16.45.40:728][730]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKDroneCharacter::AKDroneCharacter  -  Role=ROLE_Authority   RemoteRole=ROLE_SimulatedProxy     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_Drone_C_0
[2018.10.19-16.45.40:729][730]LogKSGMDebug: Verbose: AKDroneCharacter::PostInitializeComponents  -  Role=ROLE_SimulatedProxy   RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority     IsLocallyControlled=0   Actor=BP_Drone_C_0

The problem is that the drone has the wrong role in the PostInitializeComponents
Role=ROLE_SimulatedProxy and RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority and IsLocallyControlled=0
As for the player’s character it should be Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy and RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority and IsLocallyControlled=1

My question is why the drone spawned on the server have reversed role. Normally when you spawn something on the server it should have Role=ROLE_Authority RemoteRole=ROLE_AutonomousProxy IsLocallyControlled=0
and on the client Role=ROLE_AutonomousProxy RemoteRole=ROLE_Authority IsLocallyControlled=1

For the code check the link.

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I’ve solved the problem by removing the controller and calling SetAutonomousProxy(true);

In the DroneCharacter constructor I’ve sets the bRunPhysicsWithNoController to true.

AKDroneCharacter::AKDroneCharacter(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer)
	: Super(ObjectInitializer)
{	
.        GetCharacterMovement()->bRunPhysicsWithNoController = true;

and the AIControllerClass to null.

AutoPossessAI = EAutoPossessAI::Spawned;   
AIControllerClass = nullptr;

After object construction in PostInitialize I call the SetAutonomousProxy to change the RemoteRole

void AKDroneCharacter::PostInitializeComponents()
{
	Super::PostInitializeComponents();


	if (GetNetMode() != NM_Standalone && Role == ROLE_Authority)
	{
		SetAutonomousProxy(true);
	}