Widget via C++ with UWidgetComponent

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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1

I cant add a UWidgetComponent to my Actor via C++ because it always throws errors at me I tried doing it the following way:

.H

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	class UWidgetComponent* WidgetComp;

.CPP

AGatherableActor::AGatherableActor(const class FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer) : Super(ObjectInitializer)
{
 	// Set this actor to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	WidgetComp = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject<UWidgetComponent>(TEXT("Widget"));
}
2

You did do both those things? What errors do you get exactly?

3

I’m afraid that is not the issue here

EDIT:
I added the UMG module to the Build.cs and changed my Constructor line of code to this:

WidgetComp = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject<UWidgetComponent>(this, TEXT("Widget"));

now it works fine

4

It is fixed now thanks to you mostly

5

Did you include the header file?
Also, you might want to add the UMG module to your Build.cs file.

6

Nice! Could you mark my answer as correct maybe? :slight_smile: