UActorComponent::BeginPlay

function Engine Blueprint Since 1.0

#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

Access: protected Specifiers: virtual

Description

Called when the game starts for this component. Called after the owning actor's BeginPlay. Override to perform initialization that requires the actor to be fully in the world.

Signature

virtual void BeginPlay()

Return Type

void

Caveats & Gotchas

• Always call `Super::BeginPlay()` first.
• Component BeginPlay is called after the owning actor's BeginPlay().

Example

Overriding component BeginPlay C++

void UHealthComponent::BeginPlay()
{
    Super::BeginPlay();
    CurrentHealth = MaxHealth;
    // Safe to call GetOwner() here
}

Version History

Introduced in: 1.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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