AActor::GetRootComponent

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: inline

Description

Returns the actor's root scene component, or null if none has been set. The root component defines the actor's transform in the world.

• Returns null for actors that have no scene component at all (e.g., a pure-logic AGameMode). Always null-check the result before dereferencing.
• In Blueprint, the root component is accessed via the 'Get Root Component' node, which internally calls K2_GetRootComponent — a thin wrapper around this function. The C++ result is identical.

inline USceneComponent* GetRootComponent() const { return RootComponent; }

USceneComponent*

Move the root component to a new world location on BeginPlay Blueprint

Accessing the root component C++

USceneComponent* Root = GetRootComponent();
if (Root)
{
    FVector WorldLocation = Root->GetComponentLocation();
}

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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