Component doesnt follow the root

Development Programming & Scripting
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I have created a C++ class derived from the character class.
I have added a spherecomponent

on *.h:

 UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Collision")
 USphereComponent* ProxSphere;

and on *cpp:

 ProxSphere = CreateDefaultSubobject<USphereComponent>(TEXT("ProxSphere"));

Next I created a Blueprint out of it.
Whenever I place the BP into the world the Sphere Component is glued to 0,0,0 while the mesh and root capsule folow my cursor. Once I release the mouse and place the BPsomewhere in the world, only then the sphere component follows the root somehow.

Any idea what is wrong here?

Thank you

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That’s probably because you created your spherecomponent but didn’t actually attach it to anything. In order to attach it to the rootcomponent of the character, you can use:
ProxSphere->AttachTo(RootComponent, NAME_None, EAttachLocation::SnapToTarget);
That way it should follow the movement of the root component.