Subclassing AnimMontage

erebel55 · June 17, 2016, 10:34pm

I want to specify anim notifies on all of my ability animation montages at once.

Therefore, I am trying to subclass UAnimMontage.

So, I created a new class in the editor that inherits from it and compiled.

I am getting the following linker errors

2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetPlayLength(void)" (?GetPlayLength@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEAAMXZ)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetPlayLength(void)" (?GetPlayLength@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEAAMXZ)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetNumberOfFrames(void)const " (?GetNumberOfFrames@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAHXZ)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetNumberOfFrames(void)const " (?GetNumberOfFrames@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAHXZ)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetFrameAtTime(float)const " (?GetFrameAtTime@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAHM@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetFrameAtTime(float)const " (?GetFrameAtTime@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAHM@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetTimeAtFrame(int)const " (?GetTimeAtFrame@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAMH@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual float __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetTimeAtFrame(int)const " (?GetTimeAtFrame@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAMH@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetAssetRegistryTags(class TArray<struct UObject::FAssetRegistryTag,class FDefaultAllocator> &)const " (?GetAssetRegistryTags@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAXAEAV?$TArray@UFAssetRegistryTag@UObject@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::GetAssetRegistryTags(class TArray<struct UObject::FAssetRegistryTag,class FDefaultAllocator> &)const " (?GetAssetRegistryTags@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAXAEAV?$TArray@UFAssetRegistryTag@UObject@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::OnAssetPlayerTickedInternal(struct FAnimAssetTickContext &,float,float,struct FAnimTickRecord const &,class UAnimInstance *)const " (?OnAssetPlayerTickedInternal@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAXAEAUFAnimAssetTickContext@@MMAEBUFAnimTickRecord@@PEAVUAnimInstance@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::OnAssetPlayerTickedInternal(struct FAnimAssetTickContext &,float,float,struct FAnimTickRecord const &,class UAnimInstance *)const " (?OnAssetPlayerTickedInternal@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAXAEAUFAnimAssetTickContext@@MMAEBUFAnimTickRecord@@PEAVUAnimInstance@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::HandleAssetPlayerTickedInternal(struct FAnimAssetTickContext &,float,float,struct FAnimTickRecord const &,struct FAnimNotifyQueue &)const " (?HandleAssetPlayerTickedInternal@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAXAEAUFAnimAssetTickContext@@MMAEBUFAnimTickRecord@@AEAUFAnimNotifyQueue@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::HandleAssetPlayerTickedInternal(struct FAnimAssetTickContext &,float,float,struct FAnimTickRecord const &,struct FAnimNotifyQueue &)const " (?HandleAssetPlayerTickedInternal@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEBAXAEAUFAnimAssetTickContext@@MMAEBUFAnimTickRecord@@AEAUFAnimNotifyQueue@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::Serialize(class FArchive &)" (?Serialize@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEAAXAEAVFArchive@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimSequenceBase::Serialize(class FArchive &)" (?Serialize@UAnimSequenceBase@@UEAAXAEAVFArchive@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::PostLoad(void)" (?PostLoad@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXXZ)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::PostLoad(void)" (?PostLoad@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXXZ)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::PostEditChangeProperty(struct FPropertyChangedEvent &)" (?PostEditChangeProperty@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXAEAUFPropertyChangedEvent@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::PostEditChangeProperty(struct FPropertyChangedEvent &)" (?PostEditChangeProperty@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXAEAUFPropertyChangedEvent@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual bool __cdecl UAnimMontage::IsValidAdditive(void)const " (?IsValidAdditive@UAnimMontage@@UEBA_NXZ)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual bool __cdecl UAnimMontage::IsValidAdditive(void)const " (?IsValidAdditive@UAnimMontage@@UEBA_NXZ)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual enum EAnimEventTriggerOffsets::Type __cdecl UAnimMontage::CalculateOffsetForNotify(float)const " (?CalculateOffsetForNotify@UAnimMontage@@UEBA?AW4Type@EAnimEventTriggerOffsets@@M@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual enum EAnimEventTriggerOffsets::Type __cdecl UAnimMontage::CalculateOffsetForNotify(float)const " (?CalculateOffsetForNotify@UAnimMontage@@UEBA?AW4Type@EAnimEventTriggerOffsets@@M@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::GetMarkerIndicesForTime(float,bool,class TArray<class FName,class FDefaultAllocator> const &,struct FMarkerPair &,struct FMarkerPair &)const " (?GetMarkerIndicesForTime@UAnimMontage@@UEBAXM_NAEBV?$TArray@VFName@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@AEAUFMarkerPair@@2@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::GetMarkerIndicesForTime(float,bool,class TArray<class FName,class FDefaultAllocator> const &,struct FMarkerPair &,struct FMarkerPair &)const " (?GetMarkerIndicesForTime@UAnimMontage@@UEBAXM_NAEBV?$TArray@VFName@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@AEAUFMarkerPair@@2@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual struct FMarkerSyncAnimPosition __cdecl UAnimMontage::GetMarkerSyncPositionfromMarkerIndicies(int,int,float)const " (?GetMarkerSyncPositionfromMarkerIndicies@UAnimMontage@@UEBA?AUFMarkerSyncAnimPosition@@HHM@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual struct FMarkerSyncAnimPosition __cdecl UAnimMontage::GetMarkerSyncPositionfromMarkerIndicies(int,int,float)const " (?GetMarkerSyncPositionfromMarkerIndicies@UAnimMontage@@UEBA?AUFMarkerSyncAnimPosition@@HHM@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::TickAssetPlayer(struct FAnimTickRecord &,struct FAnimNotifyQueue &,struct FAnimAssetTickContext &)const " (?TickAssetPlayer@UAnimMontage@@UEBAXAEAUFAnimTickRecord@@AEAUFAnimNotifyQueue@@AEAUFAnimAssetTickContext@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::TickAssetPlayer(struct FAnimTickRecord &,struct FAnimNotifyQueue &,struct FAnimAssetTickContext &)const " (?TickAssetPlayer@UAnimMontage@@UEBAXAEAUFAnimTickRecord@@AEAUFAnimNotifyQueue@@AEAUFAnimAssetTickContext@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::RefreshCacheData(void)" (?RefreshCacheData@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXXZ)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::RefreshCacheData(void)" (?RefreshCacheData@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXXZ)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual bool __cdecl UAnimMontage::GetAllAnimationSequencesReferred(class TArray<class UAnimSequence *,class FDefaultAllocator> &)" (?GetAllAnimationSequencesReferred@UAnimMontage@@UEAA_NAEAV?$TArray@PEAVUAnimSequence@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual bool __cdecl UAnimMontage::GetAllAnimationSequencesReferred(class TArray<class UAnimSequence *,class FDefaultAllocator> &)" (?GetAllAnimationSequencesReferred@UAnimMontage@@UEAA_NAEAV?$TArray@PEAVUAnimSequence@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::ReplaceReferredAnimations(class TMap<class UAnimSequence *,class UAnimSequence *,class FDefaultSetAllocator,struct TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<class UAnimSequence *,class UAnimSequence *,0> > const &)" (?ReplaceReferredAnimations@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXAEBV?$TMap@PEAVUAnimSequence@@PEAV1@VFDefaultSetAllocator@@U?$TDefaultMapKeyFuncs@PEAVUAnimSequence@@PEAV1@$0A@@@@@@Z)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl UAnimMontage::ReplaceReferredAnimations(class TMap<class UAnimSequence *,class UAnimSequence *,class FDefaultSetAllocator,struct TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<class UAnimSequence *,class UAnimSequence *,0> > const &)" (?ReplaceReferredAnimations@UAnimMontage@@UEAAXAEBV?$TMap@PEAVUAnimSequence@@PEAV1@VFDefaultSetAllocator@@U?$TDefaultMapKeyFuncs@PEAVUAnimSequence@@PEAV1@$0A@@@@@@Z)
2>FPSAbilityAnimMontage.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual bool __cdecl UAnimMontage::HasRootMotion(void)const " (?HasRootMotion@UAnimMontage@@UEBA_NXZ)
2>FPSGame.generated.cpp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual bool __cdecl UAnimMontage::HasRootMotion(void)const " (?HasRootMotion@UAnimMontage@@UEBA_NXZ)
2>D:\Omniwar\FPSGame\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-FPSGame-8322-Win64-DebugGame.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 19 unresolved externals

I haven’t been able to find anyone else extending this class.

Does anyone have an example?

It looks like UAnimMontage and UAnimSequenceBase are both in the Engine module. So I don’t think I’m missing a module?

I thought it might want me to override the virtuals that it is complaining about. But I looked at UAnimMontage and it doesn’t override GetPlayLength(). So I don’t think that is it.

#pragma once

#include "Animation/AnimMontage.h"
#include "FPSAbilityAnimMontage.generated.h"

UCLASS()
class FPSGAME_API UFPSAbilityAnimMontage : public UAnimMontage
{
	GENERATED_BODY()	
};

Here is my Build.cs just in case.

using UnrealBuildTool;

public class FPSGame : ModuleRules
{
    public FPSGame(TargetInfo Target)
    {
        PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(
            new string[] {
                "Core",
                "CoreUObject",
                "Engine",
                "InputCore",
                "OnlineSubsystem",
                "OnlineSubsystemUtils",
                "UMG",
                "Slate",
                "SlateCore"
            }
        );

        PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] {  });

        // Uncomment if you are using Slate UI
        // PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Slate", "SlateCore" });

        DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames.Add("OnlineSubsystemSteam");

        // Uncomment if you are using online features
        // PrivateDependencyModuleNames.Add("OnlineSubsystem");
        if ((Target.Platform == UnrealTargetPlatform.Win32) || (Target.Platform == UnrealTargetPlatform.Win64))
        {
            if (UEBuildConfiguration.bCompileSteamOSS == true)
            {
                DynamicallyLoadedModuleNames.Add("OnlineSubsystemSteam");
            }
        }
    }
}

Any ideas?

anonymous_user_067d9aed · June 24, 2016, 6:50pm

I’ve been facing the same issues trying to extend UAnimSequence. I think this is due to UAnimSequenceBase having the MinimalAPI flag and (or?) not exposing certain functions with the ENGINE_API macro.

I’ve been fixing this by adding that macro to the declaration of those functions. It’s annoying to have to change the source of the engine, but I don’t know if there is any better way. Also not sure why some of the functions already have that macro and others don’t.

erebel55 · June 24, 2016, 6:57pm

Yes, it is because AnimMontage isn’t exported from the engine module (no ENGINE_API macro). You are correct.