Query Only fires OnComponentHit

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I’ve just started to develop with Unreal Engine and I’ve been for five days trying to understand how collision works.

I’m developing a Pong game, and I’m trying to make that the Ball bounces with the Paddle.

The Ball class has a UProjectileMovementComponent to move it and the Paddle will be controlled by the player with a UPawnMovementComponent custom class. So, both will move.

These are my two classes:

Ball:

ABall::ABall()
{
 	// Set this actor to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	VisualComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UStaticMeshComponent>(TEXT("VisualComp"));
	CollisionComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UBoxComponent>(TEXT("CollComp"));
	
	static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UStaticMesh> VisualAsset(TEXT("/Game/Geometry/Meshes/Ball_mesh.Ball_mesh"));

	if (VisualAsset.Succeeded())
	{
		VisualComponent->SetStaticMesh(VisualAsset.Object);
		VisualComponent->SetRelativeLocation(FVector(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
		VisualComponent->SetWorldScale3D(FVector(1.0f));

		FBoxSphereBounds Bounds = VisualAsset.Object->ExtendedBounds;

		CollisionComponent->SetRelativeLocation(Bounds.Origin);
		CollisionComponent->SetBoxExtent(Bounds.BoxExtent);
	}

	RootComponent = CollisionComponent;
	VisualComponent->SetupAttachment(CollisionComponent);
	
	VisualComponent->SetCollisionProfileName(TEXT("NoCollision"));
	CollisionComponent->SetCollisionProfileName(TEXT("Projectile"));
	CollisionComponent->OnComponentHit.AddDynamic(this, &ABall::OnHit);

	// Use this component to drive this ball's movement.
	ProjectileMovementComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UProjectileMovementComponent>(TEXT("ProjectileMovementComponent"));
	ProjectileMovementComponent->SetUpdatedComponent(CollisionComponent);
	ProjectileMovementComponent->InitialSpeed = 0.0f;
	ProjectileMovementComponent->MaxSpeed = 90.0f;
	ProjectileMovementComponent->bRotationFollowsVelocity = false;
	ProjectileMovementComponent->bShouldBounce = true;
	ProjectileMovementComponent->Bounciness = 0.3f;
	ProjectileMovementComponent->ProjectileGravityScale = 0.0f;

}

Paddle:

APaddle::APaddle()
{
 	// Set this pawn to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	// Set this pawn to be controlled by the lowest-numbered player
	AutoPossessPlayer = EAutoReceiveInput::Player0;

	CollisionComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UBoxComponent>(TEXT("CollComp"));
	VisualComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UStaticMeshComponent>(TEXT("VisualComp"));

	RootComponent = CollisionComponent;

	// Set up CollisionComponent as parent of VisualComponent;
	VisualComponent->SetupAttachment(CollisionComponent);
	
	VisualComponent->BodyInstance.SetCollisionProfileName("NoCollision");
	CollisionComponent->BodyInstance.SetCollisionProfileName("Pawn");

	// Initialize paddle velocity.
	CurrentVelocity.Z = 0.0f;

	// Create an instance of our movement component, and tell it to update our root component.
	OurMovementComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UPaddlePawnMovementComponent>(TEXT("CustomMovementComponent"));
	OurMovementComponent->UpdatedComponent = RootComponent;

}

Both have a UBoxComponent as a collision component and a Static Mesh as a Visual Component. The Static Mesh uses NoCollision Preset and Collision Component uses Pawn in the Paddle and Projectile (custom preset) in the Ball.

Projectile Preset is:

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And Projectile Object Type is:

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I have tried a lot of combinations and the only one that works is when both classes, have, at least, Query only selected.

I think that Query only is used to trigger Overlap events but if I don’t select it, OnComponentHit won’t trigger.

Is there anything wrong with my code or am I wrong about Query Only and what it does?

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