UActorComponent::SetComponentTickIntervalAndCooldown

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: ENGINE_APIUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Sets the tick interval for this component's primary tick function with immediate effect, resetting the internal cooldown timer so the next tick fires on the new schedule.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Unlike SetComponentTickInterval, this resets the cooldown immediately — the next tick will fire TickInterval seconds from now, not at the previously scheduled time.
• Does not enable the tick function. Call SetComponentTickEnabled(true) separately if needed.
• The typo 'imediately' in the engine comment is present in source — this is the intended immediately-effective variant.

Signature

ENGINE_API void SetComponentTickIntervalAndCooldown(float TickInterval);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
TickInterval	float	The duration in seconds between ticks for this component's primary tick function.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Change tick rate mid-game with instant effect C++

// After an event, slow the component to once per second, effective immediately
void UMyComponent::OnSlowModeActivated()
{
	SetComponentTickIntervalAndCooldown(1.0f);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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