AActor::SetActorTickInterval

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Sets the minimum time between consecutive ticks for this actor's primary tick function. Use this to reduce tick frequency on actors that don't need per-frame updates.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The interval is a minimum, not a guarantee — the actor may tick less frequently if the frame rate drops below the interval rate.
• Will not enable a currently disabled tick function. Call SetActorTickEnabled(true) first if needed.
• The interval takes effect on the next scheduled tick, not immediately.

Signature

void SetActorTickInterval(float TickInterval)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
TickInterval	float	Minimum time in seconds between ticks. Set to 0 to tick every frame.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Reduce a background AI actor to 10 Hz C++

void ABackgroundNPC::BeginPlay()
{
    Super::BeginPlay();
    // Only update logic 10 times per second instead of every frame
    SetActorTickInterval(0.1f);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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