Cannot convert FHitResult to FHitResult *

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Wanting to use the function bool SetActorLocation(FVector, bool, FHitResult, ETeleportType), I’m running to the error of the question title.

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The thing here is that the FHitResult has the pointer Symbol to it while being a function argument. How can I declare a variable (of type FHitResult*) to store it?

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You can declare your hit result like this:

FHitResult HitResult;

A pointer is basically just a variable that stores a memory address. This is why you can pass the address of your hit result by using

&HitResult

& is the address-of-operator, which returns the memory address of your variable.
So your function call might look somehow like this:

SomeActor->SetActorLocation(FVector(0,0,0), true, &HitResult, ETeleportType::None);

Hope that helps, let me know if you have any further questions.

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