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IsServer

bool IsServer()

Description

Returns true if the script is running on a server.

Any running instance of ZDoom that performs authoritative gameplay calculations is considered to be a server.

The same instance can be both a client and a server (e.g. in singleplayer).

The following are servers:

A singleplayer game.
A server in client-server Zandronum multiplayer (but not the clients).
A client that is also acting as a server for other clients (this mode is not supported in Zandronum yet but other game engines have it).
A player in (G)ZDoom multiplayer, which is not client-server, but makes all players run exactly the same game.

All players are both servers and clients in (G)ZDoom multiplayer, which is not client-server.

!IsClient() is not equivalent to IsServer(). Both can be true.

Using IsClient and IsServer correctly ensures that your mod runs correctly in both singleplayer and multiplayer:

if (IsServer())
{
    // Run serverside gameplay code.
}
if (IsClient())
{
    // Draw hud, spawn effects.
}