APawn::GetViewRotation

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualconst

Description

Returns the rotation representing where the pawn is looking, typically the controller's ControlRotation. Override this to provide a custom view direction, such as for a vehicle turret that rotates independently of the body.

Caveats & Gotchas

• On simulated proxies (remote clients in multiplayer) the rotation returned is derived from the replicated RemoteViewPitch16 compressed value — only pitch is replicated, so yaw comes from the pawn's actor rotation.
• If the pawn has no controller (e.g. after possession ends), the default implementation returns the pawn's actor rotation rather than a controller rotation.

Signature

virtual FRotator GetViewRotation() const

Return Type

FRotator

Example

Use view rotation to spawn a projectile facing the camera C++

FRotator ViewRot = GetViewRotation();
FVector SpawnLoc = GetPawnViewLocation() + ViewRot.Vector() * 100.f;
GetWorld()->SpawnActor<AMyProjectile>(ProjectileClass, SpawnLoc, ViewRot);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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