AActor::CanBeBaseForCharacter

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Returns whether the given pawn is allowed to walk on (be based on) this actor. Override to implement custom walkability logic per-actor.

• The default implementation returns true for all actors. Returning false here does not prevent collision — it only prevents the character movement system from treating this actor as a valid movement base, so velocity inheritance and base tracking won't apply.
• This is called by the character movement component, not by the physics engine. A pawn can still physically stand on the actor's geometry even if this returns false; the difference is that moving-platform velocity inheritance will not apply.

virtual bool CanBeBaseForCharacter(class APawn* Pawn) const

Name	Type	Description	Default
Pawn	class APawn*	The pawn requesting to use this actor as its movement base.	—

bool

Prevent characters from riding a specific platform C++

bool ASlipperyPlatform::CanBeBaseForCharacter(APawn* Pawn) const
{
    // Characters cannot gain velocity from this platform
    return false;
}

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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