# The elusive "getgameinstance()" method

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-elusive-getgameinstance-method/428956>\
**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** gameinstance, unreal-engine, UE4, CPP, question\
**Created:** [July 8, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-elusive-getgameinstance-method/428956 "2018-07-08T18:20:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_fe28a43b](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_fe28a43b](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_fe28a43b)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-elusive-getgameinstance-method/428956/1 "2018-07-08T18:20:51Z")

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Struggling to get this object.

I have followed the following here:

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and Visual studio tells me here:

UMyGameInstance\* GI = Cast(GetGameInstance());

identifier “GetGameInstance” is undefined

Class is defined as…  
class UMyGameInstance : public UGameInstance

So how can I get this object?  
I keep reading about three different includes for this and so on.  
I have tried every method I can find but always end up with the same exact failure.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_fe28a43b](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_fe28a43b](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_fe28a43b)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/the-elusive-getgameinstance-method/428956/2 "2018-07-08T18:41:10Z")

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Nevermind.  
#include “Engine/World.h”  
and  
GetWorld()-\>GetGameInstance()

is my friend. Sorry for the noise.