AGameModeBase::SetPlayerDefaults

function Engine Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/GameModeBase.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Called from RestartPlayer after a pawn has been spawned and possessed to apply any game-mode-specific default stats or equipment. Override this to initialize health, load inventory, or set starting attributes.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The default implementation is empty — if you don't override this, no defaults are applied beyond what the pawn's own constructor sets.
• Called after possession, so the pawn's controller is valid inside this function. However, it fires before K2_OnRestartPlayer — put logic that depends on other post-spawn systems in the Blueprint event instead.
• Not called when a pawn is spawned outside the normal RestartPlayer flow (e.g., direct SpawnActor calls). If you use custom spawn paths, call SetPlayerDefaults manually or duplicate the initialization logic.

Signature

ENGINE_API virtual void SetPlayerDefaults(APawn* PlayerPawn);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
PlayerPawn	APawn*	The newly spawned pawn to initialize.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Apply starting health and loadout C++

void AMyGameMode::SetPlayerDefaults(APawn* PlayerPawn)
{
    Super::SetPlayerDefaults(PlayerPawn);
    if (AMyCharacter* Char = Cast<AMyCharacter>(PlayerPawn))
    {
        Char->SetHealth(Char->GetMaxHealth());
        Char->EquipDefaultWeapon();
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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