UCharacterMovementComponent::CanStartPathFollowing

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/CharacterMovementComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualoverride

Description

Queried by the path following component to check whether this character is currently in a movement state where following a path can begin.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Overrides UNavMovementComponent::CanStartPathFollowing() — the base UMovementComponent has no path-following concept at all.
• Called every time UPathFollowingComponent tries to start or resume a move; returning false silently blocks AI movement requests without an error.
• The default implementation checks movement mode, not whether a valid path exists — a bogus or unreachable path can still 'start' successfully.

Signature

virtual bool CanStartPathFollowing() const override

Return Type

bool

Example

Blocking path following while ragdolled C++

bool UMyCharacterMovementComponent::CanStartPathFollowing() const
{
	if (bIsRagdolling)
	{
		return false;
	}
	return Super::CanStartPathFollowing();
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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