# \[0.18.11.0\]Invisible Players in SDNL

**URL:** <https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/0-18-11-0-invisible-players-in-sdnl/53057>\
**Category:** Bug Report\
**Created:** [April 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/0-18-11-0-invisible-players-in-sdnl/53057 "2025-04-14T16:35:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Faenrir](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/user_avatar/forums.pixeltailgames.com/faenrir/32/85025_2.png) [@Faenrir](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Faenrir)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/0-18-11-0-invisible-players-in-sdnl/53057/1 "2025-04-14T16:35:44Z")

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# Steps to Reproduce

Unfortunately I have no idea

## What I expected to happen

The player would have been visible and I would have been able to actually kill him.

## What happened

The player is invisible, there is no way for you to hit them, and they can kill you pretty easily.

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# Notes / Media

[Video showing the bug](https://streamable.com/esogw9)

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**Author:** ![Aafli](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/user_avatar/forums.pixeltailgames.com/aafli/32/78393_2.png) [@Aafli](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Aafli)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/0-18-11-0-invisible-players-in-sdnl/53057/2 "2025-04-15T20:51:33Z")

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This is a bug that exists in all game worlds as far as I understand. I’ve seen it happen in Virus, occasionally getting infected players who are invisible and basically are able to just use me as a free infect target. This seems to happen to Virus Horde zombie NPCs as well, where I get a good chunk of my health taken away by an invisible zombie before I realize what’s going on.

I believe I’ve seen it happen in Ball Race as well, where occasionally an invisible player seems to have cleared a level before I have. In any case, I believe this only happens to clients of a hosted server, but never the host itself.

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**Author:** ![GoopGoop](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/user_avatar/forums.pixeltailgames.com/goopgoop/32/60746_2.png) [@GoopGoop](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/GoopGoop)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/0-18-11-0-invisible-players-in-sdnl/53057/3 "2025-04-15T21:42:22Z")

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> [@\[0.18.9.0\] Co-op clients item desync](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/0-18-9-0-co-op-clients-item-desync/52975/6):
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> This is a bug with Unreal’s net driver (the system that handles networking in Unreal). We made a custom fix back in October, which resolved it. However, we had to revert this fix as it was causing players to disconnect from servers randomly. From what I’ve been told, it’s a very complex issue that happens when an item changes network ownership and it causes it to wrongly delete the item from the client. It’s very rare that it happens. However what you are describing seems a lot more common, whi…
