Setting variables in Child Actor Components, from parent, in 5.6

Has something changed about the way that 5.6 handles setting variables in child actor components?

In 5.5 and earlier versions, in the construction script of the parent, after using “Add child actor component” I would then get child actor, cast to child actor class and then be able to set variables in the child actor. In 5.6 the variables on the child actors seem to reset to none on begin play.

I added an image below to show what I’m referring to