Question NetworkObject.Despawn() Issue with Late Joiners

I have an in scene placed network object and I am using the NetworkObject.Despawn() method on server to destroy it. This object also gets destroyed on connected clients but if a client joins the game after the despawn call, the object still appears in the scene. Am I missing sth?

 

Just wanted to bump this thread as I still in need of help on this matter.

 

I think that's to be expected as only the server/host does a sweep for in-scene network objects. You can destroy it manually in somewhere like OnClientConnectedCallback but I'm not sure it's possible on the object itself.

 

Yeah this is definitely surprising behavior to me as well. I just recreated it to see what you're talking about. Even if you spawn in an object, then de-spawn it, and then bring in the late joiner, they will still see that GameObject. As if it records the spawning but not the de-spawning. Would you have to keep a manual table of all the NPCs / whether they're alive or not? That feels pretty inefficient.

 

Actually, the object is not spawned when you look at the NetworkObject component but it isn't destroyed either. @RikuTheFuffs-U any idea how should we handle this scenario?