How to make new variable type for using in BP via C++?

Development Programming & Scripting
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I’ve created test object UTestObject via menu File → New C++ Class… Inherited from UObject and named it UTestObject. Next in Bleueprint Editor I created a variable TestObjectSample and want to make It’s type TestObject, but I didn’t find It.
When I created object inherited from Actor, It appears.
But I need minimal object, that can appear in Blueprints editor.
So, what object I should inherit from? Or may be there is some way to register objects inherited from UObject to make them appear in Blueprints Editor?
Tell me please!

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I’m not sure why it won’t just let you directly make a variable, but you could always try making a blueprint class based on your C++ test object class. It would just be an empty shell of a blueprint class around the C++, but I think surely it would let you make a variable out of it.

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@MasterOfDreams
Hi.
If problem in this:

Next in Bleueprint Editor I created a
variable TestObjectSample and want to
make It’s type TestObject, but I
didn’t find It. When I created object
inherited from Actor, It appears.

Please, make sure you have correct definition of your class inherited from UObject with UCLASS define, just like this:

UCLASS(BlueprintType, Blueprintable)
class UMyObject : public UObject

Take a look how inhereted AActor from UObject in Actor.h:
UCLASS(BlueprintType, Blueprintable, config=Engine, meta=(ShortTooltip=“An Actor is an object that can be placed or spawned in the world.”))
class ENGINE_API AActor : public UObject

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You need to declare it as “UCLASS(BlueprintType)” if you want to use your custom class in blueprints.