UAnimInstance::EnableUpdateAnimation

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "Animation/AnimInstance.h"

Access: public Specifiers: ENGINE_API

Description

Enables or disables the animation update tick for this instance. When disabled, the anim graph stops evaluating and the character freezes in its current pose until re-enabled.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Disabling updates does not reset the pose — the mesh holds whatever pose was last evaluated. This is useful for freeze-frame effects but can look broken if the character is mid-blend.
• This only affects the anim instance tick. Physics, cloth simulation, and other skeletal mesh features continue unless disabled separately on the component.

Signature

ENGINE_API void EnableUpdateAnimation(bool bEnable)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
bEnable	bool	True to enable animation updates, false to pause them.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Pause animation during a menu screen C++

void AMyCharacter::OnMenuOpened()
{
	if (UAnimInstance* AnimInst = GetMesh()->GetAnimInstance())
	{
		AnimInst->EnableUpdateAnimation(false);
	}
}

void AMyCharacter::OnMenuClosed()
{
	if (UAnimInstance* AnimInst = GetMesh()->GetAnimInstance())
	{
		AnimInst->EnableUpdateAnimation(true);
	}
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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