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NetworkLobbyManager spawns a temporary player into the play scene, which I want to replace with user chosen player prefab.

temporary player has a following script

public class ReplacePlayer_Net : NetworkBehaviour
{
public int chosenCharacter;
public GameObject[] characters;  

public void ReplacePlayerButton()  
{
    chosenCharacter = //whatever character user choses  
    CmdReplacePlayer(characters[chosenCharacter]);  
    // is called after 1 sec because calling it on start gives "This Mesh Collider requires the mesh to be marked as readable in order to be usable with the given transform." error
}  

[Command]
public void CmdReplacePlayer(GameObject newPrefab)
{
    NetworkConnection conn = this.connectionToClient;
    
    GameObject NewPlayer = Instantiate(newPrefab, transform.position, transform.rotation);

    NetworkServer.Spawn(NewPlayer);

    NetworkServer.Destroy(gameObject);

    NetworkServer.ReplacePlayerForConnection(conn, NewPlayer, 0);

    if (Debug.isDebugBuild)
    {
        Debug.Log("Player Replaced");
    }
}

it does destroy old prefabs on both client and host side but new prefabs are only visible on host side, client side stays empty.

how do I call the change on client side ?

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I’m retarded. I spent 2 days on this. turns out I forgot to add prefabs to registered spawnable prefabs.