UActorComponent::SetTickableWhenPaused

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Controls whether this component's tick continues to fire while the game is paused. Useful for UI components, timers, and other systems that must remain responsive during pause.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This sets bTickEvenWhenPaused on the component's primary tick function. It does not affect secondary or custom tick functions — those must be configured separately.
• Components on actors that are paused via SetActorTickEnabled or whole-world pause will still tick if this is true, which can cause logical inconsistencies if the component depends on the world advancing.

Signature

UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category="Components|Tick")
ENGINE_API void SetTickableWhenPaused(bool bTickableWhenPaused)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
bTickableWhenPaused	bool	If true, this component's tick function will continue to execute while the game is paused.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Keeping a UI component ticking during pause C++

void UMyPauseMenuComponent::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();
	// This component drives pause-menu animations — must tick during pause
	SetTickableWhenPaused(true);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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