UCharacterMovementComponent::PostPhysicsTickComponent

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/CharacterMovementComponent.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Called after the synchronous physics scene finishes simulating for the frame, before cloth simulation runs. Used to reconcile movement state with physics results, such as physics-driven root motion.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Runs on the PostPhysicsTickFunction, which is a separate tick group from the main TickComponent() pass — code here executes later in the frame even though both are driven by the same component.
• Only useful when physics simulation (ragdolls, physical animation, physics-based root motion sources) can affect this character's movement state within the same frame.
• Overriding without calling the base implementation can leave physics-authored root motion unresolved for that frame.

Signature

virtual void PostPhysicsTickComponent(float DeltaTime, FCharacterMovementComponentPostPhysicsTickFunction& ThisTickFunction)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
DeltaTime	float	Frame time in seconds since the last post-physics tick.	—
ThisTickFunction	FCharacterMovementComponentPostPhysicsTickFunction&	The tick function driving this call, useful for inspecting tick dependency state.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Overriding to react to physics results C++

void UMyCharacterMovementComponent::PostPhysicsTickComponent(float DeltaTime, FCharacterMovementComponentPostPhysicsTickFunction& ThisTickFunction)
{
	Super::PostPhysicsTickComponent(DeltaTime, ThisTickFunction);

	// React to physics-driven root motion or ragdoll blend results here.
	if (CharacterOwner && CharacterOwner->GetMesh())
	{
		SyncCapsuleToPhysicsMesh();
	}
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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