GI= Game Instance
GM= Game Mode
GS= Game State
PS= Player State
Char= Character
PC= Player Controller
HUD= HUD
Level = Level
Actor = Actor
I’ve noticed and asked before on different version and it’s still irregular in 4.18. This is also one of the main reasons why I place all my UMG logic in HUD usually since it’s one of the last to initialize. But really, this makes it awfully hard to debug issues between Editor and Packaged games sometimes if you don’t understand that there is a difference in the startup order.
Also I haven’t tested this in C++, but I do wonder if it’s the same.
I’ve wondered about this too. There’s even a third order in multiplayer for the Client machines. Don’t have my notes for the exact changes. It would be great if someone could give some clarification, or if we could have a consistent path for all the scenarios.
No worries, you’re welcome. It was going to be part of my book anyway, and I needed to know the exact order because I knew it was different from first hand experience (i.e. bugs) before. I mean the Packaged version makes 100% sense…the Editor version…not so much. Wish we could get some official statement from Epic on this though.
Well, makes more sense than Editor then? I see it like, without a brain, the body would die. So, you need a body to throw that brain in But of course, without a body, the brain will still live, and it can get transplanted into whichever body it wants.
The Init Order should be same, otherwise things will be initialized in the Editor, but not in a packaged build.
The Order of Execution in the GameMode doesn’t make sense either.
RestartPlayer is called before BeginPlay afaik.
I see it like, without a brain, the body would die. So, you need a body to throw that brain in 
But of course, without a body, the brain will still live, and it can get transplanted into whichever body it wants.