[BUG?] Net Load on Client doesn't work in 4.8

Development Programming & Scripting Multiplayer & Networking
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It works fine in PIE, but not in standalone.

To replicate:

  1. Create a new TPP project
  2. Create a new Character blueprint, uncheck Net Load on Client, check Replicates and Replicate Movement.
  3. Spawn a couple of those new characters in level.
  4. Launch a standalone listen server and connect from a standalone client. If you come close to created characters, you will notice that there are in fact two of each, one was spawned on client.

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Hi CodeSpartan,

Can you give us some more details for how you set this up? What are you doing to connect, and how/when are you spawning characters? If you can upload a small test project somewhere that displays this behavior, and then get us a download link, that would be ideal. Thanks!

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Hi ,

Here’s a demo project: Cahoots — Ann Arbor tech coworking

characters in question are just placed in level.

In p.4 I launched listen server and client from editor shortcuts - as far as I know it’s only way to test standalone client and listen server before packaging.

To create editor shortcuts I just made a shortcut to UE4Editor.exe, added path to my “.uproject file” and below parameters:

For client I used parameters: 127.0.0.1 -game
For listen server: ThirdPersonExampleMap?listen -game

Also, I’ve just tested it in packaged build and I don’t get that problem there. Still, it would be nice if running standalone from editor shortcuts worked correctly again.

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Thanks CodeSpartan!

I can see same thing in your project, and I can reproduce it easily in 4.8.0. I’ve entered a bug report (UE-17172), and I’ll let you when I see an update on it. Thanks for report!