Description
Sets whether this actor can receive damage. Disabling this will cause the built-in `TakeDamage` to return 0 without processing damage events.
Caveats & Gotchas
- • Prefer setting `bCanBeDamaged = false` in the constructor for actors that are permanently invincible, as that avoids the overhead of any early-out check at runtime. Use `SetCanBeDamaged` only when the state needs to change dynamically.
- • This setter exists because `bCanBeDamaged` is private; the engine comment explicitly states it may be made private in future versions, so direct property access should be avoided.
Signature
ENGINE_API void SetCanBeDamaged(bool bInCanBeDamaged)Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| bInCanBeDamaged | bool | New value for the bCanBeDamaged flag. | — |
Return Type
void Example
Temporarily make a boss invulnerable C++
void ABossActor::EnterInvinciblePhase()
{
SetCanBeDamaged(false);
GetWorldTimerManager().SetTimer(InvincibleTimer, this,
&ABossActor::ExitInvinciblePhase, 3.0f, false);
}
void ABossActor::ExitInvinciblePhase()
{
SetCanBeDamaged(true);
}Tags
Version History
Introduced in: 4.0
| Version | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | stable | — |
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