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Description:: From server machine, change the ownership of an object to a given client. Returns true if locality was changed.
Since Arma 3 v1.40, this command should not be used to transfer ownership of units with AI (agents are an exception to this rule). Using command in an unintended way will log a message to .rpt file.
To transfer ownership of all AI units in a group properly, use setGroupOwner instead.
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Posted on January 7, 2015 - 18:28 (UTC)
Killzone Kid: The ownership can only be given from server to client. For some reason the server cannot return ownership back with this command. This is fixed in Arma 3 1.40

Posted on August 22, 2017 - 18:56 (UTC)
Demellion: NOTE: There are some interesting behaviour about the specific owner digits like 0 -2 and 2:
1. Any mission objects (generated from SQM) initially have 0 owner state, but it is not local to ANYONE (0) like it is expected to be, but actually only to a SERVER (2). You can't make any object owner to be 0 once it was changed.
2. Trying to change ownership to any negative digit will always result in attempt to transfer ownership to SERVER (2). Once it is unit (non-agent) it will fail and revert* to initial ownership.
3. *Changing ownership of a unit (non-agent) actually gives a result for a brief time after this action is performed. What actually happens next - ownership is getting reverted with a message to RPT of a server. This can be seen by reading results of (owner _object) in really fast cycle.

Posted on February 12, 2019 - 01:15 (UTC)
jonpas: Prints RPT warning "setGroupOwner should be used" as soon as there is one unit inside the vehicle, but performs the action successfully.

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 To transfer ownership of all AI units in a group properly, use [[setGroupOwner]] instead.
-|= Description
+|DESCRIPTION=
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-| object '''setOwner''' clientID |= Syntax
+| object '''setOwner''' clientID |SYNTAX=
 |p1= object: [[Object]] - |PARAMETER1=
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 |p2= clientID: [[Number]] - clientID of the new [[owner]] |PARAMETER2=
-| [[Boolean]] |= Return value
+| [[Boolean]] |RETURNVALUE=
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-|x1= <code>_someObject [[setOwner]] 12;</code> |= Example 1
+|x1= <code>_someObject [[setOwner]] 12;</code> |EXAMPLE1=
-|x2= <code>_someObject [[setOwner]] ([[owner]] _playerObject);</code> |= Example 2
+|x2= <code>_someObject [[setOwner]] ([[owner]] _playerObject);</code> |EXAMPLE2=
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-| [[owner]], [[setGroupOwner]], [[groupOwner]], [[didJIPOwner]] |= See also
+| [[owner]], [[setGroupOwner]], [[groupOwner]], [[didJIPOwner]] |SEEALSO=
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