[Mono-ue] Missing Actor properties when using a C# Actor

[Michael Hutchinson]

In general we're trying to keep the API's behaviour close to C++. But
maybe we could fix this particular issue by having the template for
new actor subclasses include a default component?

- m

On 4 November 2014 16:24, Eugene Tchoukhrov <ujen at vicogamestudio.com> wrote:
> You are absolutely right! In BPs we get a temp DefaultSceneComponent but here we must manually set the RootComponent.
>
> Definitely something that could be improved by checking if the RootComponent is null and setting it to the DefaultSceneComponent to avoid confusion.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hutchinson [mailto:m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 11:36 AM
> To: Ali Scissons
> Cc: Eugene Tchoukhrov; mono-ue
> Subject: Re: [Mono-ue] Missing Actor properties when using a C# Actor
>
> I might be wrong here, but I think the Actor's transform comes from the RootComponent, so if you haven't set a RootComponent you won't have a transform.
>
> - m
>
> On 4 November 2014 14:16, Ali Scissons <ali.scissons at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This might be an issue with your UE4.5 port, as it happened with me as
>> well (I've also hacked it into 4.5). Though for some reason, it went
>> away for me and I haven't seen it since. I might have inadvertently
>> fixed it but I'm not sure.
>>
>> Ali Scissons
>> (210) 310-5618
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Eugene Tchoukhrov
>> <ujen at vicogamestudio.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, but the Transform properties are missing. Therefore it's
>>> impossible to move the Actor around.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Michael Hutchinson [mailto:m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:15 AM
>>> To: Eugene Tchoukhrov
>>> Cc: mono-ue
>>> Subject: Re: [Mono-ue] Missing Actor properties when using a C# Actor
>>>
>>> Only the Editor-visible properties should how up AFAIK?
>>>
>>> In you screenshot I can see Tags, bHidden, bCanBeDamaged, which are
>>> all EditAnywhere UProperties:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/Runtime/Engine/GameFrame
>>> work/AActor/index.html
>>>
>>> On 4 November 2014 03:30, Eugene Tchoukhrov <ujen at vicogamestudio.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I noticed that the basic Actor properties are not showing up when
>>> > placing an Actor made in C#:
>>> >
>>> > http://i.imgur.com/QkzHP4o.png
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Here is the super basic code:
>>> >
>>> > // Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of
>>> > Project Settings.
>>> > using System;
>>> > using UnrealEngine.Runtime;
>>> > using UnrealEngine.Engine;
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > namespace MonoPluginTest1Mono
>>> > {
>>> >     [UClass]
>>> >     public class SpinActor : Actor
>>> >     {
>>> >         // Constructor called when creating or loading an object
>>> >         protected SpinActor(PostConstructInitializeProperties pcip)
>>> >             : base(pcip)
>>> >         {
>>> >         }
>>> >
>>> >         // Constructor for hot-reloading. UProperties will already
>>> > be initialized, but any purely managed fields or data
>>> >         // will need to be set up
>>> >         protected SpinActor(IntPtr nativeObject)
>>> >             : base(nativeObject)
>>> >         {
>>> >
>>> >         }
>>> >
>>> >         protected override void ReceiveTick (float deltaSeconds)
>>> >         {
>>> >             base.ReceiveTick (deltaSeconds);
>>> >
>>> >             AddActorLocalRotation(new Rotator(0, 5, 0));
>>> >         }
>>> >     }
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Am I missing something?
>>> >
>>> >
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
>
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>



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