Setting NetworkOwner to an NPC

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#1

I set NetworkOwner to all the limbs of an npc,` so the client can’t move it. But whenever I tried moving the npc’s head on the client, it moves on the client. I wonder why. This is very bad, as we can kill the npc even when the server sees us hitting nothing.

Here’s the script.

local dummy = script.Parent:GetChildren()

for i, v in pairs(dummy) do
	if v:IsA("BasePart") then
		
		local success, errorReason = v:CanSetNetworkOwnership()
		
		if success then
			v:SetNetworkOwner(nil)
		else
			error(errorReason)
		end
	end
end
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#2

I don’t know why we have to do this, can someone explain it to me? is it like the pcall() function thing? Like I don’t know how it can either return the value for succes or errorReason.

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#3

Does the sword use LocalScripts to detect the hit, and then sending it to the server by RemoteEvent to deal damage?

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#4

No, the sword uses a server script for the hit detection. It’s the default roblox sword.

#5

I’m pretty sure that the client will always be able to move it, it just won’t replicate for others if the network owner is set to nil.

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#6

yeah, but how do you prevent the client killing the npc from a far distance? if the npc dies, it replicates to the server. (I’m having doubt with if it will replicate to the server)