multiplayer.is_server() returns true by default

[dev-cyprium]

Tested versions

• Reproducable in v4.2.2.stable.official [15073af]

System information

Godot v4.2.2.stable - Windows 10.0.22631 - Vulkan (Mobile) - dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (NVIDIA; 31.0.15.5244) - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor (16 Threads)

Issue description

multiplayer.is_server() returns true in a fresh project. It's not stated like that in the documentation.

Steps to reproduce

• Create a new Godot project
• in the _ready() function simply print(multiplayer.is_server())
• the returning value is true even though the peer is Offline

Minimal reproduction project (MRP)

TEst.zip
TEst.zip

[dev-cyprium]

The use case was in my actual project I have this logic:

func _ready():
	GuiSignalManager.role_selected.connect(_on_role_selected)
	GuiSignalManager.role_changed.connect(_on_role_changed)
	margin_container_pane.hide()
	Console.attach(self)
	
	if multiplayer.is_server():
		Console.write_line("WINDOW IS SERVER!! menu.gd:25")
		host_options.visible = true

The host_options are visible for both the server and the client, so I was wondering if this should be false initially?

[Summersay415]

This is intended behaviour. Default multiplayer peer is OfflineMultiplayerPeer, which mimics server. You can set multiplayer.multiplayer_peer to null to get error instead.

[AThousandShips]

This is documented here but should probably be mentioned elsewhere as well