Casting from c++ to blueprint

Development Programming & Scripting Blueprint
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When I try to cast my c++ actor class to it’s blueprint class, it fails. I’m not sure why since the blueprint class was created from the c++ class.

The createItem function spawns a new Aitem and returns its pointer. In blueprints, I then attempt to cast it but it always fails : image

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Aitem* ADungeonLevel::createItem(FName iname)
{
Aitem *newitem = NULL;
FVector location(500.f, 500.f, 500.f);
FRotator rotation(0.f, 0.f, 0.f);
FActorSpawnParameters spawninfo;
spawninfo.SpawnCollisionHandlingOverride = ESpawnActorCollisionHandlingMethod::AlwaysSpawn;

for (int i = 0; i < ItemsPtr->AllItems.Max(); i++)
{
	for (int n = 0; n < ItemsPtr->AllItems[i].Items.Max(); n++)
	{
		if (ItemsPtr->AllItems[i].Items[n].EditorName == iname)
		{
			newitem = GetWorld()->SpawnActor<Aitem>(location, rotation, spawninfo);
			
			// set item data
			newitem->setItemData(ItemsPtr->AllItems[i].Items[n]);

			break;
		}
	}

	if (newitem) break;
}

if(!newitem) UE_LOG(LogItem, Error, TEXT("Error creating new item") );

return newitem;
}
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So you try to cast a AItem to AItem or what? Your question isn’t really clear, perhaps you can add a BP screenshot

3

Thanks I tried to clarify it a bit. I have a blueprint class that is created from my actor c++ class. When I try to cast my c++ class to the blueprint class it fails?

4

is your spawn, and function successful? Is it really the cast that fails or the getting of data to cast?

5

Also is AItem inherited from BP_Itembase?

6

BP_Itembase was created by “create blueprint class based on item” in the content browser by right clicking on the CPP class.

The spawn is successful and I can manipulate the Aitem object before I try to cast it and can even get it to render its sprite, but for whatever reason it won’t cast to a blueprint class that was derived from the c++ class.

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I think I know what is going wrong, you are trying to 'down’cast. A super class is casted to a child class. That isn’t possible, you can only cast ‘up’, to a super class.

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Ah that’s a bummer but makes sense now. Thanks for the answer. Back to the drawing board…