UGameplayStatics::BeginSpawningActorFromBlueprint

function Engine Blueprint Deprecated Since 4.0

Deprecated: Use BeginSpawningActorFromClass (BeginDeferredActorSpawnFromClass).

#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintCallable

Description

Deprecated. Spawns an actor from a Blueprint asset without running its construction script, allowing deferred initialization before FinishSpawningActor is called.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Officially deprecated — the DeprecationMessage in the header directs callers to BeginDeferredActorSpawnFromClass, which takes a TSubclassOf<AActor> instead of a UBlueprint reference.
• UnsafeDuringActorConstruction: calling this inside a constructor or construction script is not supported and will assert in Debug/Development builds.
• The actor's construction script is not run until FinishSpawningActor is called; any BP-construction-time initialization (e.g. component setup) is deferred until then.

Signature

static ENGINE_API class AActor* BeginSpawningActorFromBlueprint(const UObject* WorldContextObject, const class UBlueprint* Blueprint, const FTransform& SpawnTransform, bool bNoCollisionFail);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	Object used to retrieve the world context.	—
Blueprint	const class UBlueprint*	The Blueprint asset whose generated class will be spawned.	—
SpawnTransform	const FTransform&	Initial world transform for the spawned actor.	—
bNoCollisionFail	bool	If true, spawn even when the location overlaps existing geometry.	—

Return Type

AActor*

Example

Migrated usage (prefer BeginDeferredActorSpawnFromClass) C++

// Old (deprecated):
// AActor* Actor = UGameplayStatics::BeginSpawningActorFromBlueprint(this, MyBP, Transform, true);

// New (preferred):
AActor* Actor = UGameplayStatics::BeginDeferredActorSpawnFromClass(
    this,
    AMyActor::StaticClass(),
    Transform,
    ESpawnActorCollisionHandlingMethod::AlwaysSpawn);
if (Actor)
{
    // Set properties before construction script runs
    UGameplayStatics::FinishSpawningActor(Actor, Transform);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	deprecated	Deprecated in favor of BeginDeferredActorSpawnFromClass.

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