The crosshair and the health bar still appeared in the start menu unintended

[Tsuk1mi]

Hi there. I encountered this problem with the crosshair and the health bar still appeared in the start menu unintended. I intended to make the crosshair and the health bar only appeared when we actually playing the game. I also went far to make separate level for main menu purpose only but still this problem happened persistently.

Here is my ShooterPlayerController cpp:

// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.


#include "ShooterPlayerController.h"
#include "TimerManager.h"
#include "Blueprint/UserWidget.h"

void AShooterPlayerController::BeginPlay() 
{
    Super::BeginPlay();

    HUD = CreateWidget(this, HUDClass);
        if (HUD != nullptr)
        {
            HUD->AddToViewport();
        }
}

void AShooterPlayerController::GameHasEnded(class AActor* EndGameFocus, bool bIsWinner) 
{
    Super::GameHasEnded(EndGameFocus, bIsWinner);

    HUD->RemoveFromViewport();
    
    if (bIsWinner)
    {
       UUserWidget* WinScreen = CreateWidget(this, WinScreenClass);
        if (WinScreen != nullptr)
        {
            WinScreen->AddToViewport();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        UUserWidget* LoseScreen = CreateWidget(this, LoseScreenClass);
        if (LoseScreen != nullptr)
        {
            LoseScreen->AddToViewport();
        }
    }
    
    GetWorldTimerManager().SetTimer(RestartTimer, this, &APlayerController::RestartLevel, RestartDelay);

}

Here is my ShooterPlayerController.h:

// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "GameFramework/PlayerController.h"
#include "ShooterPlayerController.generated.h"

/**
 * 
 */
UCLASS()
class SIMPLESHOOTER_API AShooterPlayerController : public APlayerController
{
	GENERATED_BODY()
	
public:
	virtual void GameHasEnded(class AActor* EndGameFocus = nullptr, bool bIsWinner = false) override;

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

private:

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	TSubclassOf<class UUserWidget> HUDClass;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	TSubclassOf<class UUserWidget> LoseScreenClass;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	TSubclassOf<class UUserWidget> WinScreenClass;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	float RestartDelay = 5;

	FTimerHandle RestartTimer;

	UUserWidget *HUD;
};

Any help will hugely appreciated. Cheers.

[benderbiber]

You can use another GameMode and assign it to you MenuLevels. This way you can use a different (or no) PlayerController and do other Stuff that is not bound to the ingame Logic.

[Tsuk1mi]

It worked. Thanks @benderbiber for your help. I honestly don’t think about that method.