Networked Prefab has trouble referencing child prefab components through RPCs

[dotryen]

Describe the bug

I have a weapon prefab and an ability object that needs to reference the weapon's model. This reference is setup when the player is started but fails to use said reference when an RPC is called. This is called for every instance on every client, and using [Property] I can see that the components are properly set up.

Code:

private SkinnedModelRenderer model;

// Called for each player instance on every client. Owner or not.
public override void Setup() {
    base.Setup();
    model = Player.Combat.Weapon.Model;
}

// This function warns that model is unknown despite model is NOT null.
[Rpc.Broadcast]
private void DoAnim() {
    if (!model.IsValid()) return;
    model.Set("Parry", true);
}

Log:

OnObjectMessage: Unknown Component [76de8246-5cf7-4ee6-b39b-92587a09bb5a](arg:0) on examplesword for RPC DoAnim

To Reproduce

1. Have a networked prefab reference a child prefab component on every client.
2. Try to access it via RPC.

Expected behavior

I should be able to reference the component that I set a reference to earlier.

Media/Files

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Additional context

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[kurozael]

This would indicate to me that the object the component is on is not actually a networked object. This looks like the kind of RPC error you get when an object isn't networked - are you sure the game object is set to Networked Object in the inspector?

[MrBrax]

accessing networked children from a networked parent has never been straightforward, if this is the same issue i'm thinking about