UGameplayStatics::SpawnDialogueAtLocation

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.9

#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Spawns a spatialized UAudioComponent for a UDialogueWave at a fixed world position, begins playback, and returns the component for runtime control. The component stays at the spawn location — it does not follow any actor.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Unlike SpawnDialogueAttached, the component does not move after spawn; use SpawnDialogueAttached if the dialogue source is a moving character.
• Returns nullptr if concurrency limits are hit or if the context resolves to no SoundBase; always null-check before interacting with the result.
• Subtitles will only be rendered if enabled via SetSubtitlesEnabled; the component itself has no influence over subtitle display.

Signature

static ENGINE_API UAudioComponent* SpawnDialogueAtLocation(const UObject* WorldContextObject, UDialogueWave* Dialogue, const struct FDialogueContext& Context, FVector Location, FRotator Rotation = FRotator::ZeroRotator, float VolumeMultiplier = 1.f, float PitchMultiplier = 1.f, float StartTime = 0.f, USoundAttenuation* AttenuationSettings = nullptr, bool bAutoDestroy = true)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	Object used to obtain the world context.	—
Dialogue	UDialogueWave*	The dialogue wave asset to spawn.	—
Context	const struct FDialogueContext&	Speaker and target context to resolve the audio variation.	—
Location	FVector	World-space position for the audio component.	—
Rotation	FRotator	Orientation of the audio source.	FRotator::ZeroRotator
VolumeMultiplier	float	Linear scalar applied to the volume.	1.f
PitchMultiplier	float	Linear scalar applied to the pitch.	1.f
StartTime	float	Offset in seconds into the dialogue to begin playback.	0.f
AttenuationSettings	USoundAttenuation*	Optional attenuation override asset.	nullptr
bAutoDestroy	bool	Automatically destroy the component when playback ends.	true

Return Type

UAudioComponent*

Example

Spawn interruptible dialogue at a world location C++

FDialogueContext Ctx;
Ctx.Speaker = GuardVoice;
Ctx.Targets.Add(PlayerVoice);
UAudioComponent* DialogueComp = UGameplayStatics::SpawnDialogueAtLocation(
	this, AlertWave, Ctx, GuardLocation, FRotator::ZeroRotator,
	1.f, 1.f, 0.f, nullptr, false);
if (DialogueComp)
{
	ActiveGuardDialogue = DialogueComp;
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.9

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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