# How to spawn actor in C++? Been trying for 9 hours now

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**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** spawn, actor, unreal-engine, UE4, CPP, question\
**Created:** [November 4, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-spawn-actor-in-c-been-trying-for-9-hours-now/337411 "2015-11-04T13:05:25Z")\
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If you’re in VS you should be able to just plop a breakpoint in there, but if not you can throw in some logs everywhere using the stuff here:

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```
 GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5.f, FColor::Red, TEXT("This is an on screen message!"));

```

If you’re in the editor you should be able to look in the world outliner to see if your actors are popping up too.

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