How to override the functions in a component attached to a player character?

[Synia]

@Jorhoto

E.g.: If the dragon’s health goes bellow 50% it will trigger a cinematic.
*Normally I won’t override but I am going for a pipeline that would let me do it if needed.

I use my Dispatcher “ResourceValueChanged” for things like that, but the exact same thing can be archieved with overriding.
Just override the function, call the parent function and add your code for the cinematic or what ever.

@Jorhoto

So, in conclusion, the best solution here would be to use a component for the default behavior and another for each class?

You only need one component for each class, this component should be a child of your base component or the base component itself.

@Jorhoto

If I would decide to implement these components via C++ what way would you suggest?

1. Add C++ class “HealthComp” inheriting from actor-component
2. Add C++ class “DragonHealth” inheriting from “HealthComp”

And then expose the functions like “DecreaseHealth” to blueprint?

Edit: Should the C++ classes be based in ActorComponent or they could be based in simple objects? Not sure If it is possible and if it is a good practice to add objects as components. (Will try just now).

I’m not very good at C++, but you should not use objects, because they do not provide replication by default.