[Mono-ue] How to set the Default Player Character in Game Mode

[Ryan Burnham]

Hi All,

So I thought I would try to go through the Gettings Started: Introduction to
UE4 Programming tutorial
(http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZlv_N0_O1gb5xvsc7VM7pfoRAKLuIcFi)
and convert it to C# using Mono of UE. 

This required me to convert the PlayerCharacter to c#. I've gone through and
done this but I'm trying to figure out now how to set it up as the default
player character. Basing it on this tutorial
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/First_Person_Shooter_C%2B%2B_Tutorial I can
see you need to setup a new game mode in code and then initialise the
DefaultPlayerPawn to the blueprint inherited from the custom
PlayerCharacter. In C++ it looks like this

 

 

AFPSGameMode::AFPSGameMode(const class FPostConstructInitializeProperties&
PCIP)
: Super(PCIP)
{
      // set default pawn class to our Blueprinted character
      static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UBlueprint>
PlayerPawnObject(TEXT("Blueprint'/Game/Blueprints/BP_FPSCharacter.BP_FPSChar
acter'"));
      if (PlayerPawnObject.Object != NULL)
      {
             DefaultPawnClass =
(UClass*)PlayerPawnObject.Object->GeneratedClass;
      }
}
 
I'm no C++ expert so I'm not sure if I am missing something but I can't
figure out how to convert this in the C# Mono for UE equivalent. So far I
have this
 

    public class CSharpGameMode : GameMode
    {
        // Constructor called when creating or loading an object
        protected CSharpGameMode(PostConstructInitializeProperties pcip) :
base(pcip)
        {
            var playerPawnObject = new ObjectFinder<Blueprint>();
 
playerPawnObject.Initialize("Blueprint'/Game/Blueprints/PlayerCharacter.Play
erCharacter'");

            if (playerPawnObject.Object != null)
            {
                DefaultPawnClass = //<------- How do i get SubclassOf
<Pawn> from the ObjectFinder;
            }
        }

        // Constructor for hot-reloading. UProperties will already be
initialized, but any purely managed fields or data
        // will need to be set up
        protected CSharpGameMode(IntPtr nativeObject) : base(nativeObject)
        {

        }
    } 

 
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