How can I go about Referencing a Particle System?

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I have a beam particle system, and I want to spawn it from code. I think I understand the spawning process, but referencing it is not working so well. Here’s the relevant code:

UWaypointManager::UWaypointManager(const class FPostConstructInitializeProperties& PCIP)
	: Super(PCIP)
{
    static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder<UParticleSystem> PSClass(TEXT("ParticleSystem'/Game/Waypoint/WPLine_PS.WPLine_PS'"));

	if (PSClass.Object != NULL)
		MyParticleSystem = PSClass.Object; // MyParticleSystem is a UParticleSystem pointer
}

I’m getting the error

Error	1	error C2664: 'void ConstructorHelpers::ValidateObject(UObject *,const FString &,const TCHAR *)' : cannot convert argument 1 from 'UParticleSystem *' to 'UObject *'	C:\GitHub\UnrealEngine\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Public\UObject\ConstructorHelpers.h	71	1	AssassinGame

I’ve also tried referencing the particle system as a UObject and casting to UParticleSystem, but no luck. I’m stuck, any ideas? Thanks!

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To repost myself:

Try including:

#include "ParticleDefinitions.h"

In your ModuleName.h file (the one that should be in Public folder).

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That did it, thanks! :slight_smile: