BP_PawnTank won't inherit components from BasePawn CPP class?

[MicahStone]

Hello! I’m trying to figure out why my blueprints won’t inherit any of the components from my base pawn class.
Header File:

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "GameFramework/Pawn.h"
#include "PawnBase.generated.h"

class UCapsuleComponent;

UCLASS()
class TOONTANKS_API APawnBase : public APawn
{
	GENERATED_BODY()

public:
	// Sets default values for this pawn's properties
	APawnBase();

	// Called every frame
	virtual void Tick(float DeltaTime) override;

	// Called to bind functionality to input
	virtual void SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* PlayerInputComponent) override;

protected:
	// Called when the game starts or when spawned
	virtual void BeginPlay() override;

private:
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BluePrintReadOnly, Category = "Components", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))	
	UCapsuleComponent* CapsuleComp = nullptr;
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BluePrintReadOnly, Category = "Components", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
	UStaticMeshComponent* BaseMesh = nullptr;
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BluePrintReadOnly, Category = "Components", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
	UStaticMeshComponent* TurretMesh = nullptr;
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BluePrintReadOnly, Category = "Components", meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
	USceneComponent* ProjectileSpawnPoint = nullptr; 
};

CPP File:

#include "PawnBase.h"
#include "Components/CapsuleComponent.h"
#include "Components/StaticMeshComponent.h"

// Sets default values
APawnBase::APawnBase()
{
 	// Set this pawn to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	if (!CapsuleComp) {return;}
	CapsuleComp = CreateDefaultSubobject<UCapsuleComponent>(TEXT("Capsule Collider"));
	RootComponent = CapsuleComp;

	if (!BaseMesh) {return;}
	BaseMesh = CreateDefaultSubobject<UStaticMeshComponent>(TEXT("Base Mesh"));
	BaseMesh->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);

	if (!TurretMesh) {return;}
	TurretMesh = CreateDefaultSubobject<UStaticMeshComponent>(TEXT("Turret Mesh"));
	TurretMesh->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);

	if (!ProjectileSpawnPoint) {return;}
	ProjectileSpawnPoint = CreateDefaultSubobject<USceneComponent>(TEXT("Projectile Spawn Point"));
	ProjectileSpawnPoint->SetupAttachment(TurretMesh);
}

// Called when the game starts or when spawned
void APawnBase::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();
	
}

// Called every frame
void APawnBase::Tick(float DeltaTime)
{
	Super::Tick(DeltaTime);

}

// Called to bind functionality to input
void APawnBase::SetupPlayerInputComponent(UInputComponent* PlayerInputComponent)
{
	Super::SetupPlayerInputComponent(PlayerInputComponent);

}

Pictures:

[Bryant_Schaper]

Did you try closing the editor after you compiled and re open?

[DanM]

if (!CapsuleComp) {return;}
if (!BaseMesh) {return;}
if (!TurretMesh) {return;}
if (!ProjectileSpawnPoint) {return;}

Remove these. You’re currently not doing anything in the constructor.

int* Ptr = nullptr;
if (Ptr == nullptr)
{
    return; // will always return, no possible way Ptr != nullptr
}
Ptr = /* something */;

This is an example what you currently have. That code is what gives those pointers a non null value so checking before that is always going to return from the function.

[MicahStone]

This worked! Thank you.

[MicahStone]

Thank you!