Setting a Static Mesh Component to tick

Development Programming & Scripting
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****** NOTE: Not sure if bug or intended behavior ******

To set a (C++) Static Mesh Component to tick, PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick needs to be set to true;

In the Unreal 4.12.5 engine this variable could be set to true (PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick = true;) in the C++ constructor of the Static Mesh Component class.

Now (4.17.1 engine), setting this variable in the constructor has NO effect whatsoever, i.e. the (C++) Static Mesh Component’s TickComponent() function does not get called, hence it does NOT tick. Neither has it effect setting the variable in BeginPlay().

This only works now (for me) if PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick is set to true in OnRegister().

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Thank you it works for me;