Let's change our AwesomeWeaponUpgrade actor to check for our level's NetMode.
Let's rewrite the
PostBeginPlayfunction:simulated function PostBeginPlay() { `log("PostBeginPlay===================="); `log("NetMode:" @ WorldInfo.NetMode); }Compile the code.
Now run the server and client. Let's see what shows up in the server's log:
[0019.97] ScriptLog: PostBeginPlay==================== [0019.97] ScriptLog: NetMode: NM_DedicatedServer
And now for the client:
[0013.26] ScriptLog: PostBeginPlay==================== [0013.26] ScriptLog: NetMode: NM_Client
So why don't we just use NetMode instead of Role and RemoteRole? As a server, NetMode can either be NM_DedicatedServer or NM_ListenServer, but Role will always be ROLE_Authority.
So when WOULD we use this? In the discussion of Role, one example we used was not spawning effects on the server. However, with NM_ListenServer we WOULD want the effect to spawn, since the server is...