Enum to name is Broken

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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.

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Thanks.

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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.)

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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 …

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

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Still a bug on 4.12.2

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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.

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

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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.

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

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4.14 stil the same…

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Still a bug in 4.15.1

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Still a bug in 4.18! Please fix.

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

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Also that issue number does not work

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

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4.20.1 UnitTypeEnum::NewEnumerator1