AGameStateBase::HasMatchStarted

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.14

#include "GameFramework/GameStateBase.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallableconst

Description

Returns true once the game mode has called its match-started callbacks. In `AGameStateBase` the default implementation mirrors `HasBegunPlay`; `AGameState` overrides it to track the `InProgress` match state.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The base class `AGameStateBase` default implementation simply returns `HasBegunPlay()`. If you need granular match phase tracking (WaitingToStart / InProgress / etc.), use `AGameState` which tracks a proper match state machine.
• Blueprints in different classes may call this expecting full match-state semantics — document clearly in your subclass if you override the behaviour.

Signature

UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category=GameState)
ENGINE_API virtual bool HasMatchStarted() const

Return Type

bool

Examples

Check if match has started before spawning collectibles Blueprint

Prevent spawning before match start C++

bool AMyGameMode::CanSpawnPlayer(AController* Controller) const
{
    AGameStateBase* GS = GetGameState<AGameStateBase>();
    return GS && GS->HasMatchStarted();
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.14

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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