Cannot figure out what is wrong with this code to change the material of a basic mesh in C++

[trojanfoe]

@UnrealEverything;541148

I’m pretty sure the problem is UMaterialInstanceDynamic::Create or something called indirectly from there. I’ve tried to use this function in a constructor before as well and the project would no longer load anymore and crash at startup. Moving the MaterialInstanceDynamic (MID) creation to my Actor’s BeginPlay function worked for me.

I believe it’s fine from a constructor as I mocked-up what I wanted in a BP and had the MID created and assigned to the mesh in the BP’s Construction Script, which I assume is a 1-to-1 mapping to a C++ constructor, or near enough not to matter in an Actor’s lifecycle.