Creation

  1. Generate a PlayerState class using the BuildTool (We are going to call this example’s class PS)
  2. Include its header into a Game mode header file
  3. Call the regular make function
  4. You have a new player state ready to be used

Usage and theory

The player state class is the only class with no functionality tied to it, meaning that it only has its necessary events. There are more plans for the GameState class for updates in the far future, but for now it doesn’t serve a purpose other than adding additional events. However, semantically, its usage is for tracking specific states of a player that are not related to the Pawn or PlayerControler. Here are some examples:

Casting

You can use the standard cast function for casting from a generic pointer to it’s base pointer type