Get Current Frame inside Level Sequence Director BP

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Hi all,
I’m struggling with something seemingly rather basic - getting current frame from within a Level Sequence Director BP:

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This approach gives me correct first and last frames but not the current. Note - I am trying to avoid using a Level Sequence Actor, I would like to keep it self-referential, inside a Sequence.
What am I doing wrong here?

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This should do it, use GetCurrentTime on the Sequence Director

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Thanks Max!
It seems like this node doesn’t exist in 5.0.3:

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but it does exist in 5.1.0:

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I’m still missing something here :thinking:

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Yes, this was added somewhat recently and is only accessible in 5.1. If you are building from source and can bring in this change, you can view it here: https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/commit/db43093be3f09313fba0ea7202ce45b71097bdd2

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Hi @Max.Chen , Is there any way to get similar details about the active Shot Track in Editor mode to the data from the “Movie Pipeline” (eg “Get Current Shot Frame Number, Get Current Focal Length, etc”)?

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Thanks so much! I just spent the last few hours trying to figure this out. I love finding posts from years ago that solve my very specific problem

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Where is get current time in Blueprint UE5 , Its not there.

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It’s in the Level Sequence Director BP.

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is it possible to get current time of sequencer in actor blueprint, i can find display rate, start frame ,end frame in actor blueprint by referencing sequencer but cannot find current time there

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It prints for me, but it just gives me a long list of ‘0’ for every frame I play through.

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The current time is in tick resolution, so you’ll need to convert it to a display rate. Something like this should work:

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For more on how time is represented in Sequencer, you can read this:

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Hi:) It does prints 0 after 0… but!!! After compiling blueprint RESTART sequencer, and do it always after compiling BP. Then it works. I just spend most of day on this node, and it’s working with no problem if you play a game.

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i find the best soultion

  1. make a cube actor for reference frame number (you can you even null actor too)
  2. animatte cube in sequencer in any x, y or z postion animate from 1 to 2000 from frame number 1 to 2000 , make it linear (this will give you exact 1 to 1 position in each frame)
  3. now get that cube in blueprint and get you animated data there

as you scrub your sequencer needle you will get exact from replica in cube x , y or z postion

you will get that x, y and z position in float trunct it to integer ,

ENJOY