TMap in UStruct causing issue

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Hello . . I am a bit noob in ue4 c++ and i was wondering if anyone could help me with a simple problem i am having . . i have a C++ class named BanditCharacter(Which inherits from character class) , i have also created a blueprint based on it which i want to spawn at runtime . . i am doing that in a LevelManager class . . the spawning part is working , however this BanditCharacter class has a function CustomInit() which intializes 3 properties of Bandit (SkeletalMesh, AnimInstanceClass and Material). All these properties that i want to set are in a USTRUCT in level manger class i have also created a blueprint of level manager and exposed my struct to it so that i can add things to the struct in editor , which i did . . now in my c++ LevelManager class when i call the function CustomInit() on the Bandit after spawning it and i fed this function data from the struct , the engine crashes when the spawn logic fires. . below is the structure and logic of spawning

USTRUCT(BlueprintType)
struct FBanditInformation
{
	GENERATED_BODY();

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BLueprintReadWrite, Category = "Structures", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
		TMap<FName, class USkeletalMesh*> NamesWithMesh;
	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BLueprintReadWrite, Category = "Structures", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
		TMap<class USkeletalMesh*, TSubclassOf<class UAnimInstance>> MeshWithABPs;
	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BLueprintReadWrite, Category = "Structures", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
		TMap<FName, class UMaterial*> NamesWithMaterials;
	FBanditInformation()
	{
		NamesWithMesh.Empty();
		MeshWithABPs.Empty();
		NamesWithMaterials.Empty();
	}
};

this is the spawning logic:

SpawnedBanditRef = World->SpawnActor<ABanditCharacter>(CurrentBPBandit, Location, ROtation, BanditSpawnParams);
			if (SpawnedBanditRef)
			{
				if (GEngine)
				{
					GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 15.0f, FColor::Purple, TEXT("Bandit Spawned!!"));
				}
				UJungle_BanditsSaveGame* LoadFromSaveInst = Cast<UJungle_BanditsSaveGame>(UGameplayStatics::CreateSaveGameObject(UJungle_BanditsSaveGame::StaticClass()));
				LoadFromSaveInst = Cast<UJungle_BanditsSaveGame>(UGameplayStatics::LoadGameFromSlot(LoadFromSaveInst->SaveSlotName, LoadFromSaveInst->UserIndex));
				
				USkeletalMesh* MeshToSet = *(BanditInfoStruct.NamesWithMesh.Find(LoadFromSaveInst->CurrentBanditFamily));
				TSubclassOf<UAnimInstance> ABPToSet = *(BanditInfoStruct.MeshWithABPs.Find(MeshToSet));
				UMaterial* MaterialToSet = *(BanditInfoStruct.NamesWithMaterials.Find(LoadFromSaveInst->CurrentBanditFamily));
				SpawnedBanditRef->CustomInit(MeshToSet, ABPToSet, MaterialToSet);
			}

These TMap’s are causing issues i don’t know why . I have FName saved in my savegame which i m fetching to Find funciton of TMap and if you are wondering why use TMaps then i would say because they are easy and exciting :stuck_out_tongue: . .
This Spawning functionality with TMaps work just fine if i do all of this in just blueprints but i want to make it work in c++ as well . . Any help would be appreciated . .thnx :slight_smile: