AActor::HasActiveCameraComponent

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualconst

Description

Returns true if this actor owns at least one active UCameraComponent. Used by the player controller when choosing a view target to determine whether to call CalcCamera on this actor.

Caveats & Gotchas

• A UCameraComponent is only considered 'active' if its bIsActive flag is true. Cameras created but never activated (e.g. placed in editor but auto-activate unchecked) will not be detected.
• The bForceFindCamera parameter bypasses the active-check and does a full component scan; use it sparingly because it iterates all owned components.

Signature

virtual bool HasActiveCameraComponent(bool bForceFindCamera = false) const

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
bForceFindCamera	bool	If true, search for a camera component even if the actor is not currently the view target.	false

Return Type

bool

Example

Check before forcing a view target C++

if (SomeActor->HasActiveCameraComponent())
{
    PlayerController->SetViewTarget(SomeActor);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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