UActorComponent::SetTickGroup

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: ENGINE_APIUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Changes which tick group this component's primary tick function belongs to, controlling when in the frame it executes relative to physics and other systems.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Tick groups define ordering within a frame: TG_PrePhysics → TG_DuringPhysics → TG_PostPhysics → TG_PostUpdateWork. Moving to TG_PostPhysics when you previously read physics state is a common fix for one-frame lag.
• Changing the tick group at runtime takes effect on the next tick registration cycle; the current frame is not affected.
• Components set to TG_DuringPhysics tick while the physics simulation is running in a thread — avoid writing to physics bodies directly from this group.

Signature

ENGINE_API void SetTickGroup(ETickingGroup NewTickGroup);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
NewTickGroup	ETickingGroup	The tick group to assign this component's primary tick function to.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Move component to post-physics tick group C++

void UMyComponent::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();
	// Read physics results after simulation completes
	SetTickGroup(TG_PostPhysics);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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