AGameStateBase::GetPlayerRespawnDelay

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/GameStateBase.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallableconst

Description

Returns how many seconds a player must wait before being allowed to respawn. The base class returns `0.0f`; override to implement per-player or game-phase-dependent respawn timers.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The base implementation always returns `0.0f`. Nothing in the engine automatically enforces this delay — your game mode is responsible for reading this value and blocking respawn accordingly.
• Per-player delays (e.g. longer respawns for high-kill streaks) require storing per-controller state; the controller pointer alone is not enough to derive context without additional bookkeeping.

Signature

UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category=GameState)
ENGINE_API virtual float GetPlayerRespawnDelay(AController* Controller) const

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Controller	AController*	The controller for which the respawn delay should be determined.	—

Return Type

float

Example

Flat respawn delay based on game phase C++

float AMyGameState::GetPlayerRespawnDelay(AController* Controller) const
{
    return bIsSuddenDeath ? 10.0f : 3.0f;
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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