RagdollNetProxyComponent:

Creating a good-looking ragdoll system in multiplayer is much harder than it first appears. In a local single-player setup, physics can look great because everything is being simulated in one place. In a networked game, the same ragdoll often becomes unreliable, inconsistent, and visually rough.

Common problems developers run into include:

• the server and clients seeing the ragdoll in different landing locations

• ragdolls drifting apart over time during long falls or extended tumbling

• choppy limb motion and snapping body movement during replication

• characters losing believable momentum when entering ragdoll

• recovery and stand-up transitions becoming inconsistent across the network

• excessive bandwidth usage if too much physics state is sent too often

My goal with this component was to build a full server-authoritative ragdoll system that runs smoothly and stays visually consistent across machines.