UActorComponent::NeedsLoadForClient

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualoverride

Description

Returns whether this component needs to be loaded on clients. Overrides the UObject default to account for the component's replication settings.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns false when bIsEditorOnly is true, preventing editor-only components from being streamed to clients even if the owning actor is replicated.
• If you override this in a subclass, ensure you also check the result of Super::NeedsLoadForClient() — returning true when the base returns false can cause unexpected data being sent to clients.

Signature

ENGINE_API virtual bool NeedsLoadForClient() const override

Return Type

bool

Example

Conditional client load override C++

bool UMyComponent::NeedsLoadForClient() const
{
	// Skip loading on clients if a custom flag is set
	if (bServerOnly)
	{
		return false;
	}
	return Super::NeedsLoadForClient();
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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