Is there a way to retrieve UWorld from USaveGame?

Unreal Engine Programming & Scripting C++
#1

Hi,

I would need to retrieve a pointer to my world (what you usually get with… GetWorld()) from within my save class, derived from USaveGame.

However, any attempt at retrieving something related to the world always returns a null pointer.

Is there a way to get a reference to the world from within USaveGame?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

f

#2

Have the object that calls for a SaveGame call a ‘setter’ in USaveGame that caches a pointer reference to the world?
So for example, if your GameMode object creates a new USaveGame, then maybe you can do something like MyNewlyCreatedSaveGame->SetWorldRef(GetWorld());

Something along those lines I would imagine might work.
(I’m assuming you are extending USaveGame with your own custom class - if not you probably should)

#3

Thanks CodingRook,

that’s indeed the solution I’ve implemented shortly after posting my question, and yes, it works! More precisely, I’m passing a world pointer to the functions that needs it, e.g.

void UMySaveGame::SaveGame(UMySaveGame* progressToSave, UWorld* referenceToUWorld)

cheers
f