Whats the difference between GetLastInputVector and GetLastMovementInputVector?

[Ekvin_Senpai (procrastinator24)]

Hey there,

Im currently working through an unreal course and I stumbled upon these 2 nodes here:

These descriptions seem really similar so Im having a hard time grasping what exactly is their difference and why we used them both. (Background: It was to rotate the character in the direction the player wants to move to when doing a dodge roll similar like a roll in dark souls).

Does anyone have an idea? Thanks in advance already!

[IrSoil]

Difference is in Target is Pawn Movement Component and Target is Pawn. The Target here means object that will be used as context for calling this function: one should be called on pawn, and other on the component of the actor. From there i’d guess the one is a main function, and the other one is proxy for for convenient way of making the main call.

So, if we check their internals:
note: you can do it with double clicking the node if you have visual studio set up

//Movement component's one
FVector UPawnMovementComponent::GetLastInputVector() const
{
	return PawnOwner ? PawnOwner->Internal_GetLastMovementInputVector() : FVector::ZeroVector;
}

inline FVector APawn::Internal_GetLastMovementInputVector() const { return LastControlInputVector; }

//pawn's one
FVector APawn::GetLastMovementInputVector() const
{
	return LastControlInputVector;
}

Well, i though it’s the other way round, but anyway, you can see they essencially returns the same value, so you free to use any of them

[Ekvin_Senpai (procrastinator24)]

Thank you so much! Thats also a great tipp to look at the source code directly. I totally forgot about that, thanks!