Cant set NetworkOwnership of a HumanoidRootPart

[Outdoorrumble66 (Itot)]

As the title says, i cant figure out how to set the network ownership of the humanoidrootpart of my NPC

setNetworkOwnerOfModel(NPC, closestPlayer)

simply doesnt work and looping through the entire character model

for _, descendant in pairs(model:GetDescendants()) do
		if descendant:IsA("BasePart") then
			local success, errorReason = descendant:CanSetNetworkOwnership()
			if success then
				descendant:SetNetworkOwner(networkOwner)
				print("SET")
			else
				error(errorReason)
			end
		end
end

sets the networkOwnership for all baseParts under the NPC model but not the HumanoidRootPart.
I really need to figure out a way to do this as i am using AlignOrientations inside NPC HRPs to orient them towards the closest player. As its the most performant way to handle 50+ NPC rotations without bombarding the server.

[Sitedirector05 (NathaliaDiorva)]

This specific topic has already been discussed in another post previously: Cannot set network ownership of character humanoidrootpart?

Documentation that could help you:

Network ownership | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

Brief answer: You can’t manually set the NetworkOwner of the HumanoidRootPart if the model has a Humanoid, because Roblox automatically forces it to the server as it’s the physical root of the character.

[Outdoorrumble66 (Itot)]

@Outdoorrumble66

ets the networkOwnership for all baseParts under the NPC model but not the HumanoidRootPart.
I really need to figure out a way to do this as i am using AlignOrientations inside NPC HRPs to orient them towards the closest player. As its the most performant way to handle 50+ NPC rotations without bombarding the server.

I didnt wanna do the Heartbeat thing as it definitely isnt the most elegant solution. But it seems to be the only thing that works. Big thank frend.

[Sitedirector05 (NathaliaDiorva)]

@Outdoorrumble66

I didnt wanna do the Heartbeat thing as it definitely isnt the most elegant solution. But it seems to be the only thing that works. Big thank frend.

You’re welcome! Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any other questions.