UAnimInstance::DisplayDebugInstance

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "Animation/AnimInstance.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualENGINE_API

Description

Draws per-instance debug information as part of the animation debug hierarchy. Called by the debug display system to show this specific anim instance's state within the overall animation debug tree.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Only called in non-shipping builds. This is an internal debug callback — override DisplayDebug for top-level custom debug output instead.
• The Indent parameter controls hierarchical nesting. Increase it before drawing child information and restore it afterward to maintain proper formatting.

Signature

virtual void DisplayDebugInstance(FDisplayDebugManager& DisplayManager, float& Indent)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
DisplayManager	FDisplayDebugManager&	The debug display manager used to draw text strings.	—
Indent	float&	Current indentation level for nested debug output.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Add instance-level debug info C++

void UMyAnimInstance::DisplayDebugInstance(FDisplayDebugManager& DisplayManager, float& Indent)
{
	Super::DisplayDebugInstance(DisplayManager, Indent);
	Indent += 4.f;
	DisplayManager.DrawString(FString::Printf(TEXT("Custom State: %s"), *StateName));
	Indent -= 4.f;
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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