APawn::PreviousController

property Engine Since 5.1

#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UPROPERTYtransient

Description

Stores a reference to the controller that possessed this pawn immediately before the most recent controller change. Available within the NotifyControllerChanged / ReceiveControllerChanged callback window.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This property is marked Transient and is NOT replicated. On clients it is always null; only read it in server-side or standalone controller-change callbacks.
• The reference is not cleared after the change notification completes, so do not store a pointer to it beyond the scope of the change callback — the old controller may be destroyed, leaving a stale but GC-protected reference.

Signature

TObjectPtr<AController> PreviousController

Example

Log controller handoff during possession change C++

void AMyPawn::NotifyControllerChanged()
{
	Super::NotifyControllerChanged();
	UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("Controller changed from %s to %s"),
		PreviousController ? *PreviousController->GetName() : TEXT("None"),
		Controller ? *Controller->GetName() : TEXT("None"));
}

Version History

Introduced in: 5.1

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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