Using functions and properties accessed just on clients except the listen server

[anon15805799]

hey, i want to make a game where the listen server(the only client that contains the server) has not the same functions like the other clients. How to make a function like that

[mclark4386]

I miss that you were talking about CPP at first, but if I understand you correctly this will help: How to determine which Engine Instance Has Authority?
Only the server will have “Authority” so you can check for that in your functions.

[anon15805799]

I used this code in begin play and the game crashes… Why? Without GetNetMode() and the %s it prints when game starts
UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("GetNetMode: %s "), GetNetMode())

[mclark4386]

It doesn’t return a string it returns an enum:

ENetMode

[anon15805799]

I can´t find in the web a simple way to play a string in log that was an enum like this example

[eblade]

How can I output the value of an Enum to a log?

If you’d like to do this without creating a function to convert the enum, here’s a simple way to use the method outlined above: void AMyGameWeapon::SetWeaponState(EWeaponState::Type NewState) { const UEnum* WeaponStateEnum = FindObject<UEnum>(ANY_PACKAGE, TEXT("EWeaponState")); UE_LOG(LogMyGameWeapon, Log, TEXT("SetWeaponState called on weapon %s with state %s (Role %s)") , *GetNameSafe(this) , *(WeaponStateEnum ? WeaponStateEnum->GetEnumName(NewState) : TEXT("<Invalid Enu…

[anon15805799]

it´s so complicated. i understand nothing whats happening but i trying work through it ty