Enum to name is Broken

anonymous_user_fbe5155f · August 27, 2015, 5:48am

In a Constructor - this won’t work:

Drag out of enum,
pass to Get Data Table Row (Row Name)

Observe: a Enum to Name converter will be automatically inserted.

Expected: the row name to get the friendly name of the Enum.

Actual: it gets a name such as this UnitTypeEnum::NewEnumerator2

However this will work:

Drag out of enum,
type enum,
select “enum to string”
drag string to Get Data Table Row (Row Name)

Observe: a String to Name converter will be automatically inserted.

Row will be found as expected.

Conclusion

Enum to Name is BROKEN and gives UnitTypeEnum::NewEnumerator2.
Enum to String then converted to Name works as expected.

This caught me more than once, and it’s hard to find out in Constructors.

55975-row+not+found.png

Thanks.

anonymous_user_359f4d3c · August 27, 2015, 7:53am

I think this is a known issue.

As a workaround, you can cast the enum to string, then cast that to name. This will return the reader-friendly name. (At least that’s how it works in-game. I see no reason why it would be different in the construction script.)

anonymous_user_fbe5155f · August 27, 2015, 9:14am

Yeah I’m aware of the work around thanks. Is it fixed in 4.9?

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · August 27, 2015, 5:05pm

Hi ,

This is a known issue and is in our system as UE-14117. Unfortunately I do not have a timeframe of when a fix will be made available.

anonymous_user_fbe5155f · August 28, 2015, 12:49pm

Thanks . Can we get any visibility at all on your Jira?

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · August 28, 2015, 2:40pm

At present we do not have a public bug tracker. If you’d like an update, please post here and I’ll be happy to let you know the status of the bug.

Elendil · November 27, 2015, 12:39am

I always have this bug on 4.10. And in a function the workaround does not seem to work. It works only if you pass your variable in a litteral enum …

DanaFo · April 30, 2016, 11:38pm

This just cost me a half hour today, grr (4.10.4). Glad to know there’s a workaround.

Macw0lf · June 10, 2016, 8:18am

Still a bug on 4.12.2

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · June 10, 2016, 3:57pm

Hi Macw0lf,

I just looked into this bug and it is still under assessment by the development staff. I have updated the report to reflect that additional developers are experiencing this error, however I do not have a timeframe of when a fix will be implemented.

MatzeOGH · July 12, 2016, 1:23pm

What does it take to fix the issue ourselfs. I just crashed head first into it.

Sean_L · July 12, 2016, 3:12pm

In the meantime, until this issue is resolved, you can try the workaround that has suggested. This issue is still being investigated; however, there is currently no timeline for when a fix will be released.

anonymous_user_ecff5664 · November 4, 2016, 2:11am

how would you do enum to FName in C++?

Axxi · January 16, 2017, 12:55pm

4.14 stil the same…

borbs727 · March 26, 2017, 3:24am

Still a bug in 4.15.1

Phyro · November 14, 2017, 6:43am

Still a bug in 4.18! Please fix.

VictorBurgos · December 1, 2017, 2:24am

Jeez…just ran into this bug just now…I was like wtf is going on…

VictorBurgos · December 1, 2017, 2:25am

Also that issue number does not work

DomusLudus · April 19, 2018, 6:48am

With 4.18 the workaround don’t work,
to string return 1
To text return 1
to name return UnitTypeEnum::NewEnumerator1

MacielKore · August 6, 2018, 4:38pm

4.20.1 UnitTypeEnum::NewEnumerator1