Cloning Actors in Runtime?

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For anyone who has this similiar problem, here is the code:

UCLASS()
class YOUR_API UBlueprintLibrary_CloneActor : public UBlueprintFunctionLibrary
{
    GENERATED_BODY()

public:

    UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, Category = "Cloning")
    static AActor* CloneActor(AActor* OriginalActor)
    {
        if (!OriginalActor) return nullptr;
        
        // Create a new instance of the actor
        AActor* NewActor = UGameplayStatics::BeginDeferredActorSpawnFromClass(
            OriginalActor->GetClass(), OriginalActor->GetTransform());
        
        // Copy over the properties and components from the original actor
        NewActor->CopyRuntimeProperties(OriginalActor);
        TArray<UActorComponent*> Components;
        OriginalActor->GetComponents(Components);
        for (auto Component : Components)
        {
            UActorComponent* NewComponent = NewActor->AddComponent(Component->GetClass());
            NewComponent->CopyPropertiesFromComponent(Component);
        }
        
        // Finish spawning the new actor
        UGameplayStatics::FinishSpawningActor(NewActor, OriginalActor->GetTransform());
        
        return NewActor;
    }
};
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