How do you watch a variable in Unreal?

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I’ve looked at this:

But when I right-click the value and select watch (an enum), I just get a weird, blue, little icon. No values either in the blueprint, or the debug window.

Why is it so difficult to see what values stuff are in Unreal? In Unity, all values instantly become live, the moment you press play. So much easier!

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OMG, here is what I did wrong for anyone else who didn’t know:

  • THERE ARE TWO DEBUG WINDOWS! (One on the main window, and one on a blueprint, and you must open the one on the blueprint.)
  • NOTHING WILL SHOW UNLESS YOU FILTER FOR IT! (There’s a small drop down list to the right of the play button ONLY VISIBLE in the blueprint window, and you must select the current blueprint in that list to see the watched variable.)

So utterly convoluted, and I’ll forget this until the next time I need it. :frowning:

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