UAbilitySystemComponent::GetOwnerActor

#include "AbilitySystemComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: const

Description

Returns the logical owner actor stored in this component, which is typically a PlayerState rather than the Pawn when using the GAS split-ownership pattern.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This returns OwnerActor — the GAS logical owner — not UActorComponent::GetOwner(). These can differ when the ASC lives on a PlayerState but the Pawn is the avatar.
• Can return null during early construction before InitAbilityActorInfo has been called.

Signature

AActor* GetOwnerActor() const { return OwnerActor; }

Return Type

AActor*

Example

Get the owning PlayerState from an ability C++

APlayerState* PS = Cast<APlayerState>(
    AbilitySystemComponent->GetOwnerActor());
if (PS)
{
    // Access player-specific data
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.15

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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