APawn::GetMovementComponent

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Returns the pawn's movement component, if it has one. The default implementation scans all components for the first UPawnMovementComponent; native subclasses should override this for efficiency.

Caveats & Gotchas

• The base APawn implementation iterates all components each call, which is O(n). If you call this frequently (e.g., every tick), override it in your subclass to return a cached pointer instead.
• Returns nullptr for Pawns that have no movement component — always null-check the result before calling methods on it.
• ACharacter caches its CharacterMovementComponent and overrides this function, so the base scan only happens for custom APawn subclasses that forget to override.

Signature

virtual UPawnMovementComponent* GetMovementComponent() const

Return Type

UPawnMovementComponent*

Examples

Cast movement component to CharacterMovementComponent and set max walk speed Blueprint

Check velocity cap before adding input C++

void AMyPawn::Tick(float DeltaTime)
{
	Super::Tick(DeltaTime);
	if (UPawnMovementComponent* MoveComp = GetMovementComponent())
	{
		if (MoveComp->Velocity.SizeSquared() < MaxSpeedSq)
		{
			AddMovementInput(GetActorForwardVector());
		}
	}
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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