Why can't I access Physics properties of inherited class from blueprint?

[anonymous_user_a6092ea3]

I have a blueprint actor that is derived from an actor hierarchy in C++. My root component is a capsule component which is specified in my C++ class as:

	/** Simple collision component used as root component */
	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = Selectable)
		UCapsuleComponent* CapsuleCollision;

I can see and modify the capsule in my blueprint, but the only Physics property available in the Details panel is “Should Update Physics Volume”. If I add a junk capsule component directly to the blueprint, I can see all physics properties I wish to edit, such as mass and dampening. See below:

Why don’t all the properties show up for the inherited class? How can I change properties like mass on an instance by instance case in the blueprint for my C++ root component?

[anonymous_user_41845f4a]

Hello Dustums,

This is due to the UPROPERTY specifiers being used. To see these properties you’ll need to declare it as such:

UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess), Category = “Selectable”)
UCapsuleComponent* CapsuleCollision;

While this will work, I have recently put in a report of VisibleAnywhere showing more properties than EditAnywhere as the process seems backwards to me.

Hope this helps!

[anonymous_user_a6092ea3]

Worked perfect! I would have never figured that out since this seems to suggest that values can’t be changed. EditAnywhere did seem the more intuitive answer. Thanks so much!

[anonymous_user_d74cba5b]

Worked for me as well. I’ve just been putting up with this for so long. Had no idea VisibleAnywhere was the key.