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Gets the current owner of the lobby.

Syntax

Parameters

lobby   PFLobbyHandle The handle of the lobby. owner   PFEntityKey**
library-allocated output, may return nullptr
The output owner. This value may be null if the owner has left or disconnected from the lobby while the owner migration policy is PFLobbyOwnerMigrationPolicy::Manual or PFLobbyOwnerMigrationPolicy::None.

Return value

Type: HRESULT S_OK if the call succeeded or an error code otherwise. The human-readable form of the error code can be retrieved via PFMultiplayerGetErrorMessage().

Remarks

If this lobby object was created by calling PFMultiplayerJoinLobby(), this method will return an error until PFMultiplayerStartProcessingLobbyStateChanges() provides a PFLobbyUpdatedStateChange with PFLobbyUpdatedStateChange::ownerUpdated set to true. If joining the lobby succeeds, this field is guaranteed to be populated by the time PFMultiplayerStartProcessingLobbyStateChanges() provides a PFLobbyJoinLobbyCompletedStateChange.

If this lobby object was created by calling PFMultiplayerClaimServerLobby(), this method will return an error until PFMultiplayerStartProcessingLobbyStateChanges() provides a PFLobbyUpdatedStateChange with PFLobbyUpdatedStateChange::ownerUpdated set to true. If claiming the lobby succeeds, this field is guaranteed to be populated by the time PFMultiplayerStartProcessingLobbyStateChanges() provides a PFLobbyClaimServerLobbyCompletedStateChange.

Requirements

Header: PFLobby.h

See also

PFLobby members
Last modified on August 10, 2026