UAnimInstance::GetWorld

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "Animation/AnimInstance.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualoverrideconst

Description

Returns the UWorld the anim instance belongs to, derived from its owning skeletal mesh component's outer chain.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns nullptr for an anim instance that isn't currently attached to a component in a live world, such as one used purely for asset preview/editor purposes.
• Overridden from UObject::GetWorld specifically because an anim instance's outer is the skeletal mesh component, not an actor, so the default UObject implementation wouldn't find the world correctly.

Signature

virtual UWorld* GetWorld() const override

Return Type

UWorld*

Example

Get the world from within an anim instance method C++

void UMyAnimInstance::NativeUpdateAnimation(float DeltaSeconds)
{
    if (UWorld* World = GetWorld())
    {
        DeltaTimeAccum += World->GetDeltaSeconds();
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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