Simplify network ownership API

[coplox]

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Very old one with many replies:

Allow GetNetworkOwner() To Be Called On Client

I see no reason for GetNetworkOwner() to be inaccessible by the client and it can be very useful for checking on the client what parts the client has physical control over. [image]

Even older:

Event Part.NetworkOwnerChanged

I’m requesting an Event Part.NetworkOwnerChanged(Player newOwner, Player oldOwner) be added to the BasePart Class. Reason being, for a game of mine, I have the ownership of a vehicle set to a Player when it’s created so that they can control the vehicle smoothly with bodymovers. However, at some times when colliding with parts of the Track (at sharp angles), the ownership of the vehicle will randomly be given to the Server (nil), when this happens, my local scripts are unable to move the vehicle…

Mine, not many replies but a detailed proposal:

Events for when the current machine gains network ownership

This is inspired by Event Part.NetworkOwnerChanged - #26 by Baumz, but that thread changed focus to diagnosing and fixing the OP’s problem specifically, So I’m making a new thread. As a Roblox developer, it is currently too hard to know when Roblox’s automatic NetworkOwner system assigns a part to your client. The available BasePart:GetNetworkOwner method is not accessible from the client. (see also Allow GetNetworkOwner() To Be Called On Client - #5 by coplox) I would like to use new events t…