APawn::GetMovementBase

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Returns the `UPrimitiveComponent` the pawn is standing on, attached to, or otherwise using as a movement base. The base `APawn` returns null; `ACharacter` overrides this to expose the character movement component's base.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The base `APawn` implementation always returns `nullptr`. If you call this on a plain `APawn` subclass that doesn't override it you will always get null — only `ACharacter` (via its movement component) populates this.
• Use `APawn::GetMovementBaseActor` (a static helper) to retrieve the owning actor of the base component rather than the component itself, which is more commonly what you need.

Signature

virtual UPrimitiveComponent* GetMovementBase() const

Return Type

UPrimitiveComponent*

Example

Detect when the character is standing on a moving platform C++

if (UPrimitiveComponent* Base = MyCharacter->GetMovementBase())
{
    if (AActor* BaseActor = Base->GetOwner())
    {
        UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("Standing on: %s"), *BaseActor->GetName());
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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