Tick function won't run on Tank c++ class

[Chriz]

Currently going through ToonTanks(v2) and I’m currently at “Using the Mouse Cursor” where I noticed the red debug sphere does not show during gameplay because the tick function does not run but I can confirm the debug sphere code works in BeginPlay.

For the course I’m using UE 5.0.3 and Visual Studio 2022 Community.

I have done the following:

• Closed the UE editor, built new solution and restarted.

• Generate Visual Studio Project Files

• Deleted VS, Binaries, Intermediate & Saved files then Generate new Visual Studio Projects.

None have worked but I found a temporary solution. In the BP_Tank class, by enabling “Allow Tick Before Begin Play” the tick function works as expected.

[Corysia]

I haven’t done that class, but does your ATank constructor enable tick? It should look something like this:

AAuraCharacterBase::AAuraCharacterBase()
{
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;
	

[Chriz]

Yes, I have included my ATank Constructor to enable tick but still it does not work.

[DanM]

Did you recreate the blueprint after doing that?

[Chriz]

Yes and made no difference. The code won’t runt unless I enable “Allow Tick before BeginPlay” on the BP_Tank.

[DanM]

Well if you want I could take a look at your project using the following link.

https://gdev.tv/projectupload

Please use File > Zip Project within Unreal as this will ensure only required files are zipped up and things like the Binaries are excluded.

[Chriz]

I solved it in the end. After trying to use the Tick function in other pawns/actors, nothing I wrote inside of the tick function ran. I concluded something got corrupted while I was generating new visual studio files and deleting the binaries, DerivedDataCache, Intermediate and Saved folders.

I restarted the project from scratch and everything works fine now.