Is Validated Get heavier than just Get?

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Logically, of course it is since you have one extra validation step, but realistically, does it really matter?

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I don’t think it matters. Yes, it’s the same as doing a get and use an ‘is valid’ node.

Coding so you don’t to check is a better idea, but I know sometime checking a variable can give you the leeway to make some elegant code.

Don’t worry about it unless you’re doing 10s of thousands per frame.

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Thanks! basically, I have actor that is referencing another actor and constantly updating a variable inside it using event tick. So while I have tick disabled by default, its activated just as the other actor is validated through begin play.

So I needed to ensure that the other actor is validated at all times while the tick is running or I’d get a null exception. I do have the tick slowed down at 0.1 ms but still wanted to know if there’s a better way than just validate each tick

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