AGameModeBase::InitStartSpot

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/GameModeBase.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UFUNCTIONBlueprintNativeEvent

Description

Called from RestartPlayerAtPlayerStart just before a pawn is spawned, allowing the game mode to initialize or claim the start spot. The default implementation saves the start spot reference on the PlayerState.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The base implementation stores StartSpot as the controller's StartSpot TWeakObjectPtr on the PlayerState, which FindPlayerStart later consults via ShouldSpawnAtStartSpot. If you override without calling Super, saved spawn points stop working for returning players.
• This is an engine-internal hook; most games do not need to override it. Override FindPlayerStart or ChoosePlayerStart to control spawn selection instead.
• Called server-side only inside RestartPlayerAtPlayerStart — it will not fire if you spawn pawns by other means (e.g., directly calling SpawnActor).

Signature

ENGINE_API void InitStartSpot(AActor* StartSpot, AController* NewPlayer);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
StartSpot	AActor*	The actor used as the spawn location.	—
NewPlayer	AController*	The controller for the player being spawned.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Mark a start spot as occupied C++

void AMyGameMode::InitStartSpot_Implementation(AActor* StartSpot, AController* NewPlayer)
{
    Super::InitStartSpot_Implementation(StartSpot, NewPlayer);
    // Mark the PlayerStart so ChoosePlayerStart can skip occupied ones
    if (APlayerStart* PS = Cast<APlayerStart>(StartSpot))
    {
        PS->bTaken = true; // assuming you've added this custom property
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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