Understanding the multiplayer authority

In Godot Engine’s high-level network API, the multiplayer authority is a concept that refers to the node that has the authority to make decisions about a node state in a multiplayer game. When two or more peers are connected in a multiplayer game, it is important to have a centralized peer that decides what changes are valid and should be synchronized across all connected clients.

The multiplayer authority is assigned to a specific peer in the game, usually the server or host, and this peer has the power to decide which changes from a given node should be accepted and synchronized across all connected clients. This is important because in a multiplayer game, multiple players may try to make changes to the game state at the same time, and it is the responsibility of the multiplayer authority to manage, verify, and synchronize these changes correctly.

Each connected client in a multiplayer game is assigned a unique peer ID, which is...