AActor::ActorToWorld

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: inlineconst

Description

Returns the local-to-world transform of the actor's RootComponent. Identical to GetTransform() — this is the lower-level name used throughout engine source.

Signature

inline const FTransform& ActorToWorld() const

Return Type

const FTransform&

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns FTransform::Identity if the actor has no RootComponent.
• Prefer GetActorTransform() (Blueprint) or GetTransform() (C++) for readability — ActorToWorld() is the same computation but less discoverable.

Example

Use in a component to get the owning actor's world transform C++

FTransform WorldTM = GetOwner()->ActorToWorld();
FVector WorldOrigin = WorldTM.GetLocation();
FQuat   WorldRot    = WorldTM.GetRotation();

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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