ACharacter::NotifyActorBeginOverlap

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Character.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Called when another actor begins overlapping this character. ACharacter overrides this to increment an internal overlap event counter used for movement queries.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Always call Super::NotifyActorBeginOverlap() — ACharacter's override increments NumActorOverlapEventsCounter which the movement component relies on to detect encroachment.
• This is called on both client and server unless your project restricts overlap generation to the server only via collision settings.

Signature

virtual void NotifyActorBeginOverlap(AActor* OtherActor)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
OtherActor	AActor*	The other actor that started overlapping with this character.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Detect pickup overlap C++

void AMyCharacter::NotifyActorBeginOverlap(AActor* OtherActor)
{
    Super::NotifyActorBeginOverlap(OtherActor); // REQUIRED
    if (APickup* Pickup = Cast<APickup>(OtherActor))
    {
        Pickup->OnCollected(this);
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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