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.

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.

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

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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