Why does an extra player character spawn in multiplayer?

[Rev0verDrive]

The GM by default spawns and possesses a pawn immediately on connection. You have to overwrite this behavior, or allow it to happen then loop through and destroy the default and spawn a custom.

See the following thread.

Replication or Loading Problem?

This isn’t telling the GM that the player has loaded their world (map). It’s just counting connections. When we connect to a server it creates a controller. The GM then spawns the pawn assigned in the settings then the possesses it with the control. The pawn is then replicated. At the same time we are getting world information and starting to load the map on our end. Reality here is the pawn will load and start falling before the map is ever ready. This isn’t an issue on simple content example …