APlayerController::ClientTravel

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/PlayerController.h"

Access: public

Description

Travels the client to a different level or server address. For host-driven level transitions, prefer `UGameplayStatics::OpenLevel`. `ClientTravel` is typically called server-side on a specific player controller to redirect only that one client.

Signature

void ClientTravel(const FString& URL, ETravelType TravelType, bool bSeamless = false, FGuid MapPackageGuid = FGuid())

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
URL	const FString&	Map name or IP address to travel to.	—
TravelType	ETravelType	TRAVEL_Absolute, TRAVEL_Relative, or TRAVEL_Partial.	—
bSeamless	bool	Use seamless travel (no loading screen pause).	false
MapPackageGuid	FGuid	Optional package GUID for the target map.	FGuid()

Return Type

void

Caveats & Gotchas

• For seamless travel (`bSeamless = true`), the GameMode must have `bUseSeamlessTravel = true` and a valid transition level.
• Calling this directly on a client (not via server RPC) is undefined behavior in multiplayer.

Example

Server redirects one player to the lobby C++

void AMyGameMode::RedirectPlayerToLobby(APlayerController* PC)
{
    PC->ClientTravel(TEXT("/Game/Maps/Lobby"), TRAVEL_Absolute);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—
5.0	stable	—

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