I’m trying to build a UI where the game starts with character selection and then moves forward to the level.
I’m doing the UI building through the game mode.
Except when I open the new level, the game mode is respawed and basically I end up with the UI being respawed too.
Is there a blueprint that isn’t respawned with the level? Game State? Game Instance?
Game Instance is not reset. But it doesn’t have a BeginPlay function, so you’ll have to call your custom functions from elsewhere.
What i did with character selection in my game is that i have two separate Game Modes and maps.
One that i called GM_lobby have the character selection. The other GM_play does not.
Once the character is selected on GM_lobby i save it to a variable in the Game Instance, and on GM_play beginPlay event i retrieve it from the Game Instance.
Thanks! This worked well for me.
Thank you everyone for your help!
And especially @Rev0verDrive for the link to the game flow diagram! That helped understand the flow hierarchy too!
By the way I made a new Game State blueprint and assigning it in the Game Mode makes BeginPlay events stop firing??
Does anybody know how to fix it?
This doesn’t work anymore for me. I create three BPs (BP_GameInstance, GM_MainMenu, GM_Gameplay). I added an integer variable on the instance for testing. On the main menu I add 1 to the variable. Then I Open Level that has the GM_Gameplay on it and print the variable from the game instance and it is the default value. I have left everything else the default values and this is a brand new project:
Game Instance: BP_GameInstance
Main Menu: MainMenuMap with a GM_MainMenu
Game World: GameplayMap with a GM_Gameplay
Everything else is default Third Person Template.
Has this behavior changed since you implemented?
