AActor::BecomeViewTarget

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Called when a PlayerController sets this actor as its view target. Also fires the Blueprint event K2_OnBecomeViewTarget.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This is called on the server and on locally controlled clients, but not on simulated proxies. If you need camera setup logic to run everywhere, do it in BeginPlay or a replicated variable callback instead.
• Calling Super::BecomeViewTarget is required — it triggers the K2_OnBecomeViewTarget Blueprint event. Skipping it breaks Blueprint overrides.

Signature

virtual void BecomeViewTarget( class APlayerController* PC )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
PC	class APlayerController*	The PlayerController that is now targeting this actor as its view target.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Activate a custom effect when the player views this actor C++

void AMyActor::BecomeViewTarget(APlayerController* PC)
{
    Super::BecomeViewTarget(PC);
    // Activate a post-process effect specific to this view target
    PostProcessComponent->bEnabled = true;
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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