Get MSBuild error when trying to forward declare UBehaviorTree & UBehaviorTreeComponent

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Im trying to create a AIController in Unreal Engine 5 should be the same in UE4. But I cannot access UBehaviorTree class or UBehaviorTreeComponent.
I dont have alot of knowledge about BehaviorTrees in Unreal but I know that I need the Controller to access the Tree so I can posses a character class.
This is the .h file so far:

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This is the .cpp file:

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Error message that I am getting:

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If I comment the private section and stop forward declaring the two classes I don’t get any errors so it has something to do with that somehow.

Thankful for any suggestions / help!

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Maybe this will help:

.h
#include "Runtime/AIModule/Classes/BehaviorTree/BehaviorTreeComponent.h"
UCLASS()
class AMyController : public AAIController
{
    GENERATED_BODY()

public:
    :

protected:

    UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = AI, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
    UBlackboardComponent* BlackboardComp;

    UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = AI, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
    UBehaviorTreeComponent* BehaviorTreeComp;
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Hm yeah maybe it will but I dont se why I cant just forward declare them. Will try it out thx.

Update : It didnt do anything unfortunatly

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Forward declaration is fine, try adding #include "BehaviorTree/BehaviorTreeComponent.h" and #include "BehaviorTree/BlackboardComponent.h" to your cpp

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I am not using UE5 and I cannot create a test project at the moment to try. As @SolidGasStudios stated forward declarations are fine, I use them all the time as well as class . If your problem goes away when commenting out the private code, try commenting out the UPROPERTY lines and see if that works. That is a UHT/UBT issue.

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Okay so it worked by removing the UPROPERTY lines.
But what should I use then if i want to access them?

Thx @anonymous_user_1267f45c

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Thx I have them included in the cpp I thought it could have been that at first, but it wasnt.

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I noticed you are using EditInstanceOnly, try omitting that or try my version and see if that helps.

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Sorry, I think it may be the spelling of EditInstanceOnly, the “n” is missing.

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what should i use instead of EditInstanceOnly, im quite new to Unreal Engine overall

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Hm i tried adding that ‘n’ and un commenting UPROPERTY but it still gives me that error message

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@HugBeg2000 you may be missing the “n” before the “ce” from EditInstanceOnly

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What about using:

UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = AI, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
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That worked, whats the difference?

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I don’t know why your version failed and I don’t have time to investigate it. But I am happy it worked for you :slight_smile:

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thx for all the help and your time

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