AActor::K2_GetActorRotation

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: constUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Returns the world-space rotation of the actor's RootComponent as an FRotator. Exposed to Blueprint as 'Get Actor Rotation'.

Caveats & Gotchas

• For pawns, this rotation has pitch zeroed out because pawn rotation does not track pitch by default — use GetActorEyesViewPoint for a rotation that includes pitch.
• In C++, GetActorRotation() is the conventional alias; K2_GetActorRotation is an inline wrapper around GetActorQuat().Rotator() and produces the same result.

Signature

FRotator K2_GetActorRotation() const

Return Type

FRotator

Examples

Copy this actor's rotation to a target actor on BeginPlay Blueprint

Use rotation to spawn a projectile facing the actor C++

FRotator Rot = GetActorRotation();
FVector Forward = Rot.Vector();
GetWorld()->SpawnActor<AMyProjectile>(ProjectileClass, GetActorLocation() + Forward * 50.f, Rot);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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