Custom GameState class does not tick

[NightmareGames]

I have a GameState class which inherits from AGameStateBase. The BeginPlay() method fires correctly, but no breakpoints or functionality are hit in the Tick() function.

#include "CustomGameState.h"

void ACustomGameState::BeginPlay()
{
	testInt += 1;
}

void ACustomGameState::Tick(float DeltaTime)
{
	testInt += 1;
}

The test integer starts at 0 and goes to 1, but never gets higher than that.

I’m setting the GameState in the GameMode’s constructor like so:
GameStateClass = ACustomGameState::StaticClass();

The inheritance ladder looks like this:
ACustomGameState : AGameStateBase : AInfo : AActor

The Tick function I’m overriding actually comes from AActor. Is there something extra I need to do either in the editor or in C++ to get that actor to start ticking?

[ThePDub (Patrick Dougherty)]

Hi friend!

Good question. Can you check that the field bCanEverTick is set to True?

[ThePDub (Patrick Dougherty)]

Also did some digging and this thread may contain some good info as well! Custom GameMode And GameState Won't Tick [resolved] - #3 by Elou44

[smelnick97]

Hey NightmareGames!

It looks like your BeginPlay function is missing a call to Super::BeginPlay()
Like

void ACustomGameState::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();
	testInt += 1;
}

Does it tick correctly if you add that in?

[NightmareGames]

Thanks for the pointers. I can’t tell if bCanEverTick was true, but I’ve set it to true now. I’ve also added Super::BeginPlay, but there’s no change to the integer count.

Here’s my current game state:

void ACustomGameState::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();

	PrimaryActorTick.bStartWithTickEnabled = true;
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	testInt += 1;
}

void ACustomGameState::Tick(float DeltaTime)
{
	testInt += 1;
}

[KaidoomDev]

Not sure if it matters but put these in constructor instead

PrimaryActorTick.bStartWithTickEnabled = true;
PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

[NightmareGames]

Okay. This is my new game state class. Still not ticking, unfortunately.

ACustomGameState::ACustomGameState()
{
	PrimaryActorTick.bStartWithTickEnabled = true;
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	testInt += 1;
}

void ACustomGameState::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();

	testInt += 1;
}

void ACustomGameState::Tick(float DeltaTime)
{
	testInt += 1;
}

[NightmareGames]

I took another look at my game mode (which I’m not using for anything yet) and noticed it’s still only the constructor.

As a wild hunch, I added a BeginPlay method to see what would happen.

void ACustomGameMode::BeginPlay()
{
}

Even though it contains no code, adding that caused the game state to start ticking. I don’t have a good explanation for that, aside from a vague knowledge that those two classes are closely related.

Even weirder is that after removing ACustomGameMode::BeginPlay(), the GameState still ticks. I especially can’t explain that one.