StartPlayInEditorGameInstance doesn't consider bStartInSpectatorMode for client instances

UE - Networking - Nov 15, 2022

In UGameInstance::StartPlayInEditorGameInstance, the server instance will go through the normal process of creating the URL using BuildPlayWorldURL, which checks the FGameInstancePIEParameters' bSta ...

NetStartup actors may receive old, unreliable multicast RPCs when becoming relevant again with replication graph

UE - Networking - Nov 15, 2022

Unreliable multicast RPCs won't be processed for connections where the actor isn't relevant (this is checked in UNetDriver::ProcessRemoteFunction). However, UReplicationGraph::ProcessRemoteFunction ...

InPartialBunch can cause crash in FNetBitReader::CountMemory during memreport

UE - Networking - Nov 9, 2022

An actor channel's InPartialBunch won't be deleted and cleared until a new partial bunch is received. This can result in a situation where memreport counts the memory for an old InPartialBunch and i ...

UWorld::InternalGetNetMode uses DemoNetDriver, leading to unexpected NetMode being returned

UE - Networking - Oct 25, 2022

UWorld::InternalGetNetMode will use DemoNetDriver->GetNetMode() if there is a DemoNetDriver, resulting in NM_ListenServer being returned when recording a replay. This seems to have been originally a ...

Network Emulation outgoing dropped packets on client higher than expected

UE - Networking - Oct 14, 2022

Under certain network emulation settings, it looks like outgoing packets from the client will be dropped in groups (around 4 or more packets at a time) rather than individually. This leads to the ac ...

Reliable Multicast RPC may be called before BeginPlay for character on client

UE - Networking - Sep 28, 2022

Related to [Link Removed], where calling a multicast RPC in BeginPlay results in the character being spawned on the client with the incorrect role/initial property data. One thing to note: this does ...

Push based fast array with net.PushModelSkipUndirtiedFastArrays not replicating across multiple PIE sessions

UE - Networking - Sep 19, 2022

The conditions for this bug are fairly specific. The actor must be statically placed, with its only replicated property being the fast array, and net.PushModelSkipUndirtiedFastArrays must be enabled ...

Client may receive failure message before ClientTravel RPC during non-seamless travel

UE - Networking - Aug 9, 2022

See linked UDN for more info. When a server initiates a non-seamless travel, it will inform any connected clients by sending the reliable ClientTravelInternal RPC. After a delay (controlled by Serve ...

Changes to AActor::SetReplicates caused Role/RemoteRole replication fix to regress

UE - Networking - Jul 14, 2022

There was a recent bug report that matched the description of some older cases (see linked UDN). The issue raised in those cases, [Link Removed], had been fixed, but the recent question seemed to in ...

Ensure hit in OutdatedKnownStaticMeshDetected for replicated StaticMeshComponent

UE - Networking - Jun 10, 2022

The component's KnownStaticMesh value is updated whenever UStaticMeshComponent::UpdateBounds is called, and AActor::OnRep_ReplicatedMovement can result in this being called for the component. If thi ...