Enable Lag in C++

[JoeyFatz]

Is there a reason why we aren’t setting options like Enable Camera Lag in C++? Was this was done for simplicity, or is it more common to have these types of options set in BP? I feel like it could be confusing for people working with your code if you are modifying these types of settings outside of your actual code.

[Bryant_Schaper]

For what it is worth, you could do both. But in blueprints won’t require recompiling your code every time you update the setting. It could also be a level designer option who would not be modifying code.

[DanM]

You definitely can set it in C++

SpringArmComponent->bEnableCameraLag = true;

[JoeyFatz]

That makes sense, I was just curious as a programmer if there was a standard when it came to setting defaults in code. I feel like this would make it easier for troubleshooting if things broke later. I guess this is more of a “standards in the industry” question than specifically about this section.

[Bryant_Schaper]

I agree it may be a preference. But as the programmer if you expose a variable as a default and allow the designer to override, your code would show only the default value, not the overridden value, so that would have to be documented outside of the code I guess

[JoeyFatz]

Fair enough. I guess that’s where I’m trying to understand the workflow between how the designers and the programmers work together on a value, and when (or if), a value set by a designer would be set as the default value in the code. (I could see where that could be considered redundant though.) Thank you for the responses!