AActor::GetNetOwningPlayerAnyRole

function Engine Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualENGINE_API

Description

Returns the owning UPlayer for this actor regardless of its current net role. Unlike GetNetOwningPlayer(), this works on both authority and simulated proxies.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Use this instead of GetNetOwningPlayer() when you need the owning player on the client side, for example to drive local UI or input binding tied to an actor that may be a simulated proxy.
• On a dedicated server, every actor's owning player comes back as a UNetConnection; only on listen servers or standalone builds will you get a ULocalPlayer.
• Overriding this in a subclass requires you to also override GetNetOwningPlayer() if authority-only checks are important for your use case.

Signature

ENGINE_API virtual class UPlayer* GetNetOwningPlayerAnyRole()

Return Type

class UPlayer*

Example

Get owning player regardless of net role C++

UPlayer* OwningPlayer = MyActor->GetNetOwningPlayerAnyRole();
if (ULocalPlayer* LocalPlayer = Cast<ULocalPlayer>(OwningPlayer))
{
    // This actor is owned by a local player — safe to update local UI
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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