UCharacterMovementComponent::MaxWalkSpeed

property Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/CharacterMovementComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UPROPERTYEditAnywhereBlueprintReadWrite

Description

The maximum ground speed in cm/s when walking. Also caps lateral movement speed while the character is airborne (falling). Set this at runtime to implement sprinting, slow fields, or speed modifiers.

Signature

float MaxWalkSpeed

Caveats & Gotchas

• Default value is 600 cm/s. Unreal units are centimetres — 600 is roughly 6 m/s.
• Changes take effect immediately when set at runtime. Safe to modify directly without going through a function.
• Does not affect swimming or flying speed — those are controlled by MaxSwimSpeed and MaxFlySpeed respectively.

Example

Double walk speed during a sprint C++

void AMyCharacter::SetSprinting(bool bSprint)
{
    if (UCharacterMovementComponent* Move = GetCharacterMovement())
    {
        Move->MaxWalkSpeed = bSprint ? 1200.f : 600.f;
    }
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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