Ownership

Understanding how to use ownership, as well how it affects clients and server is essential for any project.

Related Articles

• Terminology

• Spawning and Despawning

• Ownership

• Using Ownership To Read Values

Checking Ownership

Ownership checks can be used a variety of tasks. Here are some very common uses:

• Checking if a client can control an object, such as move the object: see Ownership article.

• Seeing who owns an object to check player values, such as name or score: see Using Ownership to Read Values article.

• Making sure only owner calls ServerRpcs.

Gaining and Transferring Ownership

Ownership can be given or removed from clients, or transferred to a new client. Only the server can assign and transfer ownership. Ownership is typically granted when spawning an object; see related articles.

When using our included PlayerSpawner script, found on the NetworkManager prefab, ownership is automatically given to client which the 'player object' is being spawned for.

At some point you may wish the client to assume immediate ownership of an object, before the server can transfer ownership. Examples: if you want to control a turret in the scene without delay, or take-over a NetworkTransform object and begin moving it immediately. To do so you can utilize the place the PredictedOwner component on the NetworkObject, and utilize it's API. The PredictedOwner component can be inherited to customize it's logic.