TickComponent and BeginEvent Not Working

[xCCflierx]

At some point between this video and the last I stopped getting results from my BeginPlay function. I tried putting it in TickComponent and it also stopped working.

Grabber.H

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

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "Components/SceneComponent.h"
#include "Grabber.generated.h"


UCLASS( ClassGroup=(Custom), meta=(BlueprintSpawnableComponent) )
class CRYPTRAIDER_API UGrabber : public USceneComponent
{
	GENERATED_BODY()

public:	
	// Sets default values for this component's properties
	UGrabber();

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

public:	
	// Called every frame
	virtual void TickComponent(float DeltaTime, ELevelTick TickType, FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction) override;
	
	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable)
	void Grab();

	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable)
	void Release();

private:
	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	float MaxGrabDistance = 400;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	float GrabRadius = 100;

};

Grabber.CPP

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


#include "Grabber.h"
#include "Engine/World.h"
#include "DrawDebugHelpers.h"
#include "PhysicsEngine/PhysicsHandleComponent.h"

// Sets default values for this component's properties
UGrabber::UGrabber()
{
	// Set this component to be initialized when the game starts, and to be ticked every frame.  You can turn these features
	// off to improve performance if you don't need them.
	PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	// ...
}


// Called when the game starts
void UGrabber::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();

	UPhysicsHandleComponent* PhysicsHandle = GetOwner()->FindComponentByClass<UPhysicsHandleComponent>();
	if (PhysicsHandle != nullptr)
	{
		
		UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("PhysicsHandle:%s"), *PhysicsHandle->GetName());
	}
	else
	{
		UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("No Physics Handle Found"));
	}
}


// Called every frame
void UGrabber::TickComponent(float DeltaTime, ELevelTick TickType, FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction)
{
	Super::TickComponent(DeltaTime, TickType, ThisTickFunction);


}

void UGrabber::Grab()
{
	FVector Start = GetComponentLocation();
	FVector End = Start + GetForwardVector()*MaxGrabDistance;
	DrawDebugLine(GetWorld(), Start, End, FColor::Red);

	FCollisionShape Sphere = FCollisionShape::MakeSphere(GrabRadius);
	FHitResult HitResult;
	bool HasHit = GetWorld()->SweepSingleByChannel(
		HitResult,
		Start, End,
		FQuat::Identity,
		ECC_GameTraceChannel2,
		Sphere
	);
	if(HasHit)
	{

		UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("You Hit: %s"), *HitResult.GetActor()->GetActorNameOrLabel());
		
	}
	else
	{
		UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("No Actor Hit"));
	}
}
void UGrabber::Release()
{
	UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("Released"));
}

Mover.CPP

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


#include "Mover.h"

#include "Math/UnrealMathUtility.h"

// Sets default values for this component's properties
UMover::UMover()
{
	// Set this component to be initialized when the game starts, and to be ticked every frame.  You can turn these features
	// off to improve performance if you don't need them.
	PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	// ...
}


// Called when the game starts
void UMover::BeginPlay()
{
	Super::BeginPlay();

	OriginalLocation = GetOwner()->GetActorLocation();
	
}


// Called every frame
void UMover::TickComponent(float DeltaTime, ELevelTick TickType, FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction)
{
	Super::TickComponent(DeltaTime, TickType, ThisTickFunction);
	
	if(ShouldMove)
	{
		FVector CurrentLocation = GetOwner()->GetActorLocation();
		FVector TargetLocation = OriginalLocation + MoveOffset;
		float Speed = FVector::Distance(OriginalLocation, TargetLocation) / MoveTime;

		FVector NewLocation = FMath::VInterpConstantTo(CurrentLocation, TargetLocation, DeltaTime, Speed);

		GetOwner()->SetActorLocation(NewLocation);
	}
	UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display, TEXT("Test Tick"));
}

Mover.h

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

#pragma once

#include "CoreMinimal.h"
#include "Components/ActorComponent.h"
#include "Mover.generated.h"


UCLASS( ClassGroup=(Custom), meta=(BlueprintSpawnableComponent) )
class CRYPTRAIDER_API UMover : public UActorComponent
{
	GENERATED_BODY()

public:	
	// Sets default values for this component's properties
	UMover();

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

public:	
	// Called every frame
	virtual void TickComponent(float DeltaTime, ELevelTick TickType, FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction) override;

private:
	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	FVector MoveOffset;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	float MoveTime = 4;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	bool ShouldMove = false;

	FVector OriginalLocation;		
};

Grab() and Release() both work but the mover component won’t move when enabled

For BP_Player I add mapping context for IMC_Normal, which has IA_Grab. So it looks like BeginPlay s working for blueprints otherwise the Grabber component wouldn’t have been bound to anything

[xCCflierx]

A picture of my mover not moving anymore

[DanM]

Have you tried a full rebuild?

[xCCflierx]

How do I do a full rebuild?

[xCCflierx]

I have done Crtl+Shift+B “Cryptraider Win64 Development Build”

[DanM]

That is the wrong configuration. All “CryptRaider” tasks build a standalone (.exe), you want “CryptRaiderEditor” which builds a .dll that the Unreal Editor will load.

Secondly you should use the “Rebuild” task, this is just “Clean” + “Build”. Clean will remove all compiled code so it can build everything from scratch instead of just what changed since the last build.
When your code says one thing but you get something different then you should Rebuild as it’s likely due to a broken build (e.g., a compiled file from a previous build was used when it should have been recompiled).

[xCCflierx]

Okay that did it. Thanks