UActorComponent::HasBeenCreated

function Engine Since unknown

#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: inline

Description

Returns true after OnCreatedComponent has been called and before OnDestroyedComponent has been called. Use this to confirm the component has passed the creation notification stage.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This flag is set by the engine before the component reaches InitializeComponent or BeginPlay, so it being true does not imply the component is ready for gameplay use — check HasBeenInitialized() for that.
• Do not confuse with HasBeenInitialized(): a component may have been created (bHasBeenCreated == true) but not yet initialized if InitializeComponent has not run, which happens when bWantsInitializeComponent is false.

Signature

bool HasBeenCreated() const { return bHasBeenCreated; }

Return Type

bool

Example

Defensive check before accessing component data C++

if (MyComponent && MyComponent->HasBeenCreated())
{
    // Safe to query creation-time state
    UE_LOG(LogGame, Log, TEXT("Component created: %s"), *MyComponent->GetName());
}

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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