Parent blueprint doesn't get variable value from child

[AllGamesSuck]

Hi, I have a parent blueprint with a variable of type Object (which is instance editable):

And a child of said blueprint which I place in the world, and then I select another object in the world for the value of said variable:

but the code in the parent blueprint doesn’t get the value of the variable (it remains NONE).
Anyone know why? Thanks.

[Rev0verDrive]

You are applying the value to the child, not the parent. This is how it is supposed to work regardless the programming language.

[AllGamesSuck]

Thanks. But I deleted the child actor from the scene, then added it again, and now it works, for some reason.
When I debug, I see the code in the parent running. So I thought it’s basically being run on the child itself, because if you put multiple children in the scene, the code runs that many times. And so I thought the variable values will the ones belonging to the child that’s running the code at that time.
Am I wrong?

[Rev0verDrive]

A child class is an extendable copy of the parent. Similar to a duplicate, but the code isn’t exposed. If you wrote in C++ you’d simple be “including” the parent.

Each instance is a separate execution of the class code.

[AllGamesSuck]

So am I to expect it might not work in the future? Is this a bad way of achieving what I want? Should I just copy the code straight into the children to ensure the variable value gets assigned?

[Rev0verDrive]

Child class is the way to go. I’m just not sure what you mean by the parent class getting updated.

Variables created in a parent will get updated in the child instance that’s being used. The parent itself will not see changes made to the child.