UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerControllerID

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintPure

Description

Returns the physical controller ID assigned to a local PlayerController. Returns -1 if no physical controller is assigned or if the player is not a local player.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Only works for local PlayerControllers. Calling this on a remotely controlled player (server-side PC for a network client) always returns -1.
• The controller ID is the physical device index, not the player index. On PC these are often the same, but on consoles a player may be signed in without an active physical controller.

Signature

static ENGINE_API int32 GetPlayerControllerID(APlayerController* Player);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Player	APlayerController*	The local PlayerController to query.	—

Return Type

int32

Example

Check which physical controller a player is using C++

APlayerController* PC = UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerController(this, 0);
int32 DeviceId = UGameplayStatics::GetPlayerControllerID(PC);
UE_LOG(LogGame, Log, TEXT("Player 0 is using device %d"), DeviceId);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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