Error with setting a float in Animation blueprint. how do i fix?

Development Programming & Scripting
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I added a variable named “angle” to a new animation blueprint inside an NPC then i want to change it based on dot product from the NPC’s actor forward vector and the vector that is from the NPC to to the player.

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after i close the game i get this error

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Blueprint Runtime Error: “Accessed None trying to read property CallFunc_GetPlayerCharacter_ReturnValue”. Blueprint: NewAnimBlueprint Function: Execute Ubergraph New Anim Blueprint Graph: EventGraph Node: Set angle"

why is it showing error? and how do i fix it?

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This is just a suggestion, but you could try checking if the return value of GetPlayerCharacter is valid before trying to access its properties.

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it helped! Thank you Elias

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To avoid the crash, try checking if the return value of GetPlayerCharacter is valid before trying to access its properties.

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That’s good to hear! :slight_smile: I’ve also posted it as an answer so that it’s clear that this question has been solved.