ACharacter::StopAnimMontage

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Character.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Stops a playing animation montage on the character's mesh. If no montage is specified, stops whatever is currently active. Blend-out time is taken from the montage asset itself.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Passing nullptr stops the active montage only if one is currently playing — calling it when nothing is playing is a no-op, not an error.
• The blend-out duration is controlled by the montage asset's BlendOut setting, not by this call. To stop with a custom blend time use UAnimInstance::Montage_Stop directly.
• On a network authority the stop is local only; clients playing the same montage via replication will not automatically stop unless you replicate the stop through a separate mechanism.

Signature

ENGINE_API virtual void StopAnimMontage(class UAnimMontage* AnimMontage = nullptr)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
AnimMontage	class UAnimMontage*	The montage to stop. If nullptr, stops the currently active montage.	nullptr

Return Type

void

Examples

Stop a specific montage on a custom event via Stop Anim Montage Blueprint

Stop the currently active montage C++

// Stop whatever montage is playing on this character
StopAnimMontage();

Stop a specific montage C++

// Stop only the reload montage if it happens to be playing
if (ReloadMontage)
{
    StopAnimMontage(ReloadMontage);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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