APawn::GetGravityDirection
#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"
Access: public
Specifiers: virtualconst
Description
Returns the current gravity direction vector for this pawn. Used by the movement system and for physics queries in non-standard gravity scenarios.
Caveats & Gotchas
- • The base implementation queries the physics volume or world gravity; override this in custom movement components or planetary gravity setups to return the correct per-pawn direction.
- • The returned vector is a direction only and is not necessarily unit-length in all engine builds — normalise it before using it as a basis vector.
Signature
virtual FVector GetGravityDirection() constReturn Type
FVector Example
Orient pawn to custom gravity surface C++
FVector GravDir = GetGravityDirection();
FRotator NewRot = (-GravDir).Rotation();
SetActorRotation(NewRot);Version History
Introduced in: 5.2
| Version | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | stable | — |
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