USphereComponent is not visible in the components tab

Development Programming & Scripting
1

class ASurfGameCharacter : public APawn
{
GENERATED_UCLASS_BODY()
TSubobjectPtr SphereComp;
TSubobjectPtr SurfComponent;
TSubobjectPtr SurfMovementComponent;
…

  SphereComp = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<USphereComponent>(this, TEXT("SphereComp"));
  SphereComp->InitSphereRadius(100.0f);
  SphereComp->CanBeCharacterBase = ECB_No;
  SphereComp->bShouldUpdatePhysicsVolume = true;
  SphereComp->bCheckAsyncSceneOnMove = false;
  RootComponent = SphereComp;
  SurfMovementComponent = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<USurfMovementComponent>(this, TEXT("SURF"));
  SurfComponent = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<USurfComponent>(this, TEXT("SurfComp"));

My SphereComponent is not visible in the components tab.

but is visible in the viewport as a red sphere. My other custom components are shown without any problems. Do you have any idea why this happens?

2

Have you tried declaring the SphereComp with the UPROPERTY(…) macro?
(See Unreal Engine UProperties | Unreal Engine Documentation)

Something like:

UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category=YourCategory)
TSubobjectPtr<class USphereComponent> SphereComp;
3

Yes I have, it made no difference.

4

It’s most likely a bug. I had to delete my blueprint and recreate my SurfCharacter. I only have this problem with USphereComponent and UCapsuleComponent. The other components seem to update properly.

5

Hi maikklein,

you are right, I tried it myself and found the same problem + solution here (you are not alone):
If you already have a Blueprint with parent == your class, new components are added only to the “Defaults”, not to “Components” tab (but can be edited). As as a workaround you can recreate the blueprint and everything is fine. It is a bug and I hope it will be fixed in 4.3 :slight_smile:

I filled a bug report: