AAIController::GetGameplayTaskOwner

function AIModule Since 4.12

#include "AIController.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualconstoverride

Description

Returns the actor that owns the gameplay task — always the AI controller itself. This is the IGameplayTaskOwnerInterface implementation that ties tasks to the controller.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns `const_cast<AAIController*>(this)`, so the returned pointer is the controller, not the possessed pawn. Tasks that need to affect the pawn should call `GetGameplayTaskAvatar` instead.
• This is an engine-internal interface method. You should not call it directly; it is called by the GameplayTasks component when a task needs to resolve its owner.

Signature

virtual AActor* GetGameplayTaskOwner(const UGameplayTask* Task) const override { return const_cast<AAIController*>(this); }

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Task	const UGameplayTask*	The gameplay task querying its owner.	—

Return Type

AActor*

Example

Override to redirect task ownership to a pawn subobject C++

// If you want tasks to consider the pawn as the owner instead of the controller:
AActor* AMyAIController::GetGameplayTaskOwner(const UGameplayTask* Task) const
{
	return GetPawn() ? GetPawn() : Super::GetGameplayTaskOwner(Task);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.12

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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