AAIController::GetBlackboardComponent

function AIModule Since 4.0

#include "AIController.h"

Access: public Specifiers: const

Description

Returns the Blackboard component associated with this controller, or null if UseBlackboard has not been called. Two overloads exist: a const version and a non-const version that allows key writes.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The const overload returns a const pointer; use the non-const overload (UBlackboardComponent* GetBlackboardComponent()) when you need to set key values.
• If RunBehaviorTree is called without a prior UseBlackboard call, the BT will start but any task reading a key will find the component null and likely assert at runtime — always call UseBlackboard first.

Signature

const UBlackboardComponent* GetBlackboardComponent() const

Return Type

const UBlackboardComponent*

Example

Read a blackboard key value C++

if (const UBlackboardComponent* BB = GetBlackboardComponent())
{
	AActor* Target = Cast<AActor>(BB->GetValueAsObject(TEXT("TargetActor")));
	if (Target)
	{
		// Target is valid, proceed
	}
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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