APawn::GetBaseAimRotation

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallableconst

Description

Returns the aim rotation for the pawn. For player-controlled pawns this is the camera rotation; for AI-controlled pawns this is the pawn's own rotation. Used as the base rotation for animation blending and weapon spread.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The split between player (uses controller rotation) and AI (uses actor rotation) means the same function returns meaningfully different data depending on controller type — be explicit about which you need if mixing controller types in a game mode.
• On non-locally-controlled pawns in a multiplayer game, the pitch portion of the returned rotation is reconstructed from the compressed RemoteViewPitch16 field, so it has limited precision (~0.0055 degree steps).

Signature

virtual FRotator GetBaseAimRotation() const

Return Type

FRotator

Examples

Sync actor body rotation to aim direction each tick Blueprint

Drive animation aim offset from base aim rotation C++

FRotator AimRot = Pawn->GetBaseAimRotation();
FRotator ActorRot = Pawn->GetActorRotation();
FRotator Delta = (AimRot - ActorRot).GetNormalized();
// Delta.Pitch drives the vertical aim offset blend space

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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