Exclude an actor's reset() from getting called when resetlevel is called

[bo0olean]

Hi,

I want to exclude an actor from getting reset, i.e when GameModeBase->ResetLevel() is called, I don’t want actor’s reset getting called.

My CustomGamemode is subclass of GameModeBase class. In GameModeBase class, I see a ShouldReset(AActor*) function to check if an actor’s reset has to be called. But, I can’t seem to find anything that allows an actors reset from not being called.

Am I missing something?

Cheers!

[Emaer]

AGameModeBase::ShouldReset(AActor*) is a BlueprintNativeEvent.
From AnswerHub: (How BlueprintNativeEvent specifier works? - Blueprint - Epic Developer Community Forums)

So the BlueprintNativeEvent property is used to tell the Blueprint that a given function is optional to create within the Blueprint editor. If the given Blueprint function named, “function()” was called and it had no implementation, then the Blueprint would use the C++ class implementation named, “function_Implementation()” instead.

So, in your GameMode class you can store array of actor pointers(with convience functions like add/remove) and “override” ShouldReset function

bool AMyGameMode::ShouldReset_Implementation(AActor* Actor)
{
    return !ArrayOfActorsThatDontWantReset.Contains(Actor);
}

PS. Just a guess, not tested

[bo0olean]

Thanks @Emaer , I did not give attention to BlueprintNativeEvent at all I’ll give it a thorough read.

It’s a bit confusing on how override works here as neither ShouldReset() or ShouldReset_Implementation() are virtual functions. I’ll try it out and let you know

[bo0olean]

From the post https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/434821/how-blueprintnativeevent-specifier-works.html, I gathered that ShouldReset_Implementation() will be used when ShouldReset() does not have a definition. So, I added ShouldReset_Implementation() function in my custom GameMode and defined it like
CODE:

// MyGameMode.h
bool ShouldReset_Implementation(AActor* Actor);

// MyGameMode.cpp
bool AMyGameMode::ShouldReset_Implementation(AActor* Actor) { return !ArrayOfActorsThatDontWantReset.Contains(Actor); }

It works! Thanks!

[Emaer]

Great!

@bo0olean

Thanks @EmaerIt’s a bit confusing on how override works here as neither ShouldReset() or ShouldReset_Implementation() are virtual functions.

Yes. It just annoys me when Blueprints forces me to use a particular solution even though I don’t use BP.