ACharacter::NotifyActorEndOverlap

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Character.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Called when another actor stops overlapping this character. ACharacter overrides this to decrement the internal overlap event counter.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Always call Super::NotifyActorEndOverlap() — failing to do so leaves NumActorOverlapEventsCounter mismatched, which can cause movement component encroachment checks to behave incorrectly.
• End-overlap can fire even if the overlap started on a different frame or due to actor destruction, so OtherActor may be in the process of being destroyed — check IsValid() before using it.

Signature

virtual void NotifyActorEndOverlap(AActor* OtherActor)

Parameters

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

Return Type

void

Example

Track actors leaving an area C++

void AMyCharacter::NotifyActorEndOverlap(AActor* OtherActor)
{
    Super::NotifyActorEndOverlap(OtherActor); // REQUIRED
    if (IsValid(OtherActor))
    {
        OverlappingActors.Remove(OtherActor);
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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