AGameModeBase::Reset

function Engine Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/GameModeBase.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualoverride

Description

Overrides AActor::Reset to reinitialize the game state. The GameMode's Reset re-initializes the GameState and resets the match, effectively restarting the game within the same level without a map reload.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Do not call this to restart a multiplayer match mid-game without coordinating with all clients — the reset happens server-side, but clients may be mid-animation or mid-UI flow when it fires, causing visual glitches.
• ResetLevel is the higher-level call that invokes Reset on all actors including the GameMode. If you want to reset the full game state, call ResetLevel rather than calling GameMode::Reset directly.
• The base implementation calls InitGameState, which reinitializes the GameState actor. Any custom state you have stored directly on the GameMode (not on GameState) will not be automatically cleared — your override must handle that.

Signature

ENGINE_API virtual void Reset() override;

Return Type

void

Example

Reset with custom cleanup C++

void AMyGameMode::Reset()
{
    Super::Reset();
    // Clear round-specific tracking
    RoundNumber = 0;
    TeamScores.Reset();
    // Re-enable any disabled actors
    for (AMyObjective* Obj : ObjectiveActors)
    {
        if (Obj) Obj->Reactivate();
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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