Accessing other connected players from a client

You can access other connected players through the PlayerStates framework class. PlayerStates represents a participant of a game and they're are fully replicated to all clients unlike PlayerController (that only exist on the server and the owning client).

GameState's PlayerArray

The GameState comes with a PlayerArray which holds an array of all PlayerStates. The array itself isn't replicated, but maintained by both the server and the clients.

• When a client spawns a PlayerState, it will be added to the PlayerArray in APlayerState::PostInitializeComponents (if the GameState is available).

• If the GameState is not yet available, all the PlayerStates will get added once the GameState gets spawned and the AGameStateBase::PostInitializeComponents is called.

Note

There is no order in which the PlayerStates and the GameState are guaranteed to be received in on the clients (i.e. PlayerStates can be spawned before the GameState). Be aware of this when trying to access them when the game starts.

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Knowing when a PlayerState has been synced

APlayerState::PostInitializeComponents is called before the initial replicated values are read. In order to know when a PlayerState has received its initial replicated properties, you can use AActor::PostNetInit on the PlayerState