UGameplayStatics::PlayWorldCameraShake

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Triggers a camera shake for all local players whose cameras are within OuterRadius of the Epicenter. Intensity falls off based on distance and the Falloff exponent.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This iterates all local players and calls their player camera managers — it is a client-side cosmetic function. On a dedicated server, it does nothing.
• Shake intensity is scaled by distance but not by whether line-of-sight to the epicenter is clear — players behind thick walls will still shake.
• You must create a UCameraShakeBase subclass (or use a PerlinNoise/Legacy shake asset) and pass its class; passing nullptr will silently do nothing.

Signature

static ENGINE_API void PlayWorldCameraShake(const UObject* WorldContextObject, TSubclassOf<class UCameraShakeBase> Shake, FVector Epicenter, float InnerRadius, float OuterRadius, float Falloff = 1.f, bool bOrientShakeTowardsEpicenter = false);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	Object used to retrieve the world context.	—
Shake	TSubclassOf<class UCameraShakeBase>	Camera shake asset class to play.	—
Epicenter	FVector	World-space location of the shake's origin.	—
InnerRadius	float	Distance within which the shake plays at full intensity.	—
OuterRadius	float	Distance beyond which no shake is applied.	—
Falloff	float	Exponent controlling intensity falloff between inner and outer radius.	1.f
bOrientShakeTowardsEpicenter	bool	If true, rotates the shake so it points toward the epicenter.	false

Return Type

void

Example

Play explosion screen shake C++

UGameplayStatics::PlayWorldCameraShake(
    this,
    ExplosionShakeClass,
    ExplosionLocation,
    200.f,   // InnerRadius — full shake
    1000.f,  // OuterRadius — shake fades out here
    1.5f     // Falloff exponent
);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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