AGameModeBase::ShouldReset

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/GameModeBase.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UFUNCTIONBlueprintNativeEvent

Description

Called by `ResetLevel()` for each actor to determine whether `Reset()` should be invoked on it. The default implementation returns true for all actors.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The `GameMode` and `Controller` actors are already excluded before this function is called — you do not need to filter them out manually.
• Since this is a `BlueprintNativeEvent`, the C++ override must be named `ShouldReset_Implementation`; calling `Super::ShouldReset_Implementation(ActorToReset)` is recommended to preserve default behaviour for actors you don't explicitly handle.
• Returning false here does not call any alternative reset — the actor is simply skipped entirely, so you must reset it yourself if needed.

Signature

ENGINE_API bool ShouldReset(AActor* ActorToReset)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
ActorToReset	AActor*	The actor being evaluated for reset.	—

Return Type

bool

Example

Preserve certain actors across a level reset C++

bool AMyGameMode::ShouldReset_Implementation(AActor* ActorToReset)
{
    // Keep collectibles in their current state (already picked up)
    if (ActorToReset->ActorHasTag(TEXT("Collectible")))
    {
        return false;
    }
    return Super::ShouldReset_Implementation(ActorToReset);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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