BUG: Co-op player equipment unusable on a shared multiplayer world

[Xolospm]

A friend and I are playing Co-op on grounded 2 and my friend is saying that they are unable to use their equipment when they host the game session.

For context, I play grounded 2 on steam and they are playing on Xbox Series X. I have not changed any of the game settings and we are playing on the game's default medium difficulty setting.

They attempt to equip and use their weapons from the gear wheel but they are completely unable to use them when they are the host. When I host the game (I'm the original world host) I have no issues with my equipment.

It is a frustrating issue because it makes it so that when they get on grounded 2 and try and to load our shared world, they are completely unable to use the equipment they got while I was hosting the game. They can't defend themself, they can't truly access their gear wheel and they basically can't play the game unless I am online to host the game for them. I hope that this an issue that can be fixed, or if someone could tell me if there is something I am doing wrong. 

 

Otherwise, grounded 2 is an astonishingly amazing game and I'm so excited to see what obsidian has in store us in the future.