UKismetSystemLibrary::BoxTraceMultiByProfile

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/KismetSystemLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintCallable

Description

Sweeps an oriented box from Start to End against the world using a named Collision Profile and returns all overlapping hits plus the first blocking hit. Exposed to Blueprint as 'Multi Box Trace By Profile'.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Testing stops once the single closest blocking result is found — this is not the same as BoxTraceMultiForObjects, which has no early-out and always returns every match.
• OutHits is sorted with the blocking hit (if any) last; treat all earlier entries as overlaps rather than assuming they're blocking.
• HalfSize takes the same half-extent convention as the by-channel and for-objects overloads, so existing box dimensions can be reused directly when swapping between them.

Signature

static ENGINE_API bool BoxTraceMultiByProfile(const UObject* WorldContextObject, const FVector Start, const FVector End, FVector HalfSize, const FRotator Orientation, UPARAM(Meta=(GetOptions=GetCollisionProfileNames)) FName ProfileName, bool bTraceComplex, const TArray<AActor*>& ActorsToIgnore, EDrawDebugTrace::Type DrawDebugType, TArray<FHitResult>& OutHits, bool bIgnoreSelf, FLinearColor TraceColor = FLinearColor::Red, FLinearColor TraceHitColor = FLinearColor::Green, float DrawTime = 5.0f)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	World context.	—
Start	const FVector	Start of the sweep.	—
End	const FVector	End of the sweep.	—
HalfSize	FVector	Distance from the center of the box along each axis.	—
Orientation	const FRotator	Orientation of the box.	—
ProfileName	FName	The collision profile used to determine which components to hit.	—
bTraceComplex	bool	True to test against complex collision, false to test against simplified collision.	—
ActorsToIgnore	const TArray<AActor*>&	Actors to exclude from the trace.	—
DrawDebugType	EDrawDebugTrace::Type	Debug draw mode.	—
OutHits	TArray<FHitResult>&	All hits, sorted from Start to End; the blocking hit (if any) is last.	—
bIgnoreSelf	bool	Whether to ignore the world context actor itself.	—
TraceColor	FLinearColor	Debug draw color for the trace.	FLinearColor::Red
TraceHitColor	FLinearColor	Debug draw color for hits.	FLinearColor::Green
DrawTime	float	How long the debug draw persists, in seconds.	5.0f

Return Type

bool

Example

Sweep a box using a custom Vehicle profile C++

TArray<FHitResult> Hits;
TArray<AActor*> ActorsToIgnore;
ActorsToIgnore.Add(this);

const FVector Start = GetActorLocation();
const FVector End = Start + GetActorForwardVector() * 300.f;
const FVector HalfSize(50.f, 25.f, 25.f);

bool bHit = UKismetSystemLibrary::BoxTraceMultiByProfile(this, Start, End, HalfSize, GetActorRotation(), FName("Vehicle"), false, ActorsToIgnore, EDrawDebugTrace::ForDuration, Hits, true);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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