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An Actor is something that can be placed in the world. There are many types and subclasses of Actor.
Actors can be created from a Blueprint script with the SpawnActor node.
Select the type of Actor to spawn from the drop-down, or pass in as a parameter.
Actors can inherit from each other. Components, functions, macros, variables, and events are inherited by the child. When a function or an event takes a class-type parameter of the parent type a child type can be passed.
Unreal Engine comes with a large library of Actor classes, both ready for use and intended for subclassing. Commonly subclassed Actor classes are Pawn, Character, Controller, and Actor itself.
To create a Blueprint child class from a Blueprint class, right-click the parent Blueprint and select Create Child Blueprint Class.
To create a Blueprint child class from any parent class, right-click the Content Browser and select Create Basic Asset > Blueprint Class.
To create a C++ Actor class either right-click the Content Browser and select C++ Class or create the .h and .cpp files in the proper subdirectories of a module's Source directory.
Actors can contain Actor Components.
[[2020-04-11_09:21:04]] Pawn
[[2020-04-11_09:24:51]] Character
[[2020-05-10_18:32:07]] Custom event
[[2020-12-30_17:02:30]] C++ Actor
[[2020-09-10_19:55:50]] Modules
[[2020-04-03_09:42:50]] Components