Unable to override functions in UPawnSensingComponent

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UPawnSensingComponent has 2 virtual functions I want to override. Here’s my class:

UCLASS()
class MYPROJECT_API UCancellaPawnSensingComponent : public UPawnSensingComponent
{
	GENERATED_BODY()
	
public:
	virtual bool CouldSeePawn(const APawn* Other, bool bMaySkipChecks = false) const override;
	virtual void SensePawn(APawn& Pawn) override;
};

The CPP definitions:

bool UCancellaPawnSensingComponent::CouldSeePawn(const APawn* Other, bool bMaySkipChecks) const
{
//my code
}

void UCancellaPawnSensingComponent::SensePawn(APawn& Pawn)
{
	// my code
}

The problem is that when I use this class into my UCharacter subclass, the two functions do not seem to be overridden. The Super version is executed. I can also trigger breakpoints in the Super version of the function. Is there something I am doing wrong in the way I override the functions?

Edit: an update on the problem.

The problem disappears if I create the object in the constructor of my character as so:

SensingComponentPtr = CreateDefaultSubobject<UCancellaPawnSensingComponent>("MySensingComponent");

The problem is there if I create the object at runtime as so:

SensingComponentPtr = NewObject<UCancellaPawnSensingComponent>(this, SensingComponentPtr->StaticClass());

So I guess there is something about NewObject that I don’t understand.

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I have found a solution, although I am not sure about the implications. Anyway, after using NewObject on SensingComponentPtr pointer I need to use RegisterComponent:

SensingComponentPtr->RegisterComponent();

Hope this helps someone else.