Delay in a function

Development Programming & Scripting Blueprint
#1

Hi, I’ve just started playing around with functions and I’m trying to convert a system I’ve built based around a retriggerable delay into a function.
However, I am unable to do so and get the following error message:
“Error Delay contains a latent call, which cannot exist outside of the event graph”

Is there a way around this? Or is the only solution to put everything the delay triggers into the function and leave the delay out of the function?

Thanks,
Teed

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#2

A function is supposed to finish immediately (and may return a value), you can’t use delay in a function.

#3

Best way I can think around it (without seeing your function) would be to fire off everything in front of the delay in your function , then delay and call the other portion in another function, event, macro or something…

you might have to get a touch creative but anything is doable in blueprints so good luck…

#4

Thanks for the replies!
Guess I’m going to be getting creative then…!

#6

Use custom events (in Event Graph) instead of functions.

#7

Dude it’s been 8 years I think they got it by now

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#8

hey its for people like me who didn’t get it in 2014

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#9

and me who still haven’t found it in 2022