Setting Per Owner Default Values For Components

Development Programming & Scripting Blueprint
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I have an Actor Component that has a Variable. I am able to set the Default Value of this Variable in the Details tab of the editor.

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When I go to a Component or Actor that uses the Component, however, I am greeted by this sight:

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There is no way to get at the default values I have exposed. It appears that I am expected to provide an existing instance for a Default Value for the entire component, but I am at a loss for how to even create an object that this interface would accept.

How in the world am I supposed to go about setting different default values for different Actors or other Owners of Components?

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Did you add a component to the parent actor or a variable of component-type? Sounds like the latter while you want the former.

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Okay, I see what you’re saying there. Is there any way to add a component to a component instead of a variable of a component type? I see the interface for it on the Actor but not on the Component. If not, is there some other way to accomplish this on a Component?