Edit components in blueprints inheritted from C++

[anonymous_user_342c85a4]

I was thinking that I would make all the hard logic in C++ and visual setup (positions, dimensions etc) in BP. So I made a simple empty project where I have a tank actor having 2 components. Then I overriden this C++ class into BP but I can’t edit anywhere. As you can see in the image below… so what am I doing wrong??? BTW I figured out that when I add the C++ actor to scene and turn it into a reusable blueprint then suddenly I can change the inherited components… so is that the correct way? If so what is the Override C++ class good for

The source code:

ATankBase::ATankBase()
{
 	// Set this actor to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	BodyComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UBoxComponent>(TEXT("BodyComponent"));
	RootComponent = BodyComponent;

	CannonComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UBoxComponent>(TEXT("CannonComponent"));
	CannonComponent->AttachTo(BodyComponent);

}

Header code:

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	UBoxComponent* BodyComponent;

	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
	UBoxComponent* CannonComponent;

The image looks like this:

[anonymous_user_342c85a4]

Bah I figured out the components must not be private to make it work.

[Steferich]

One thing to keep in mind is that the uproperty “EditAnywhere” let’s you edit the porportions of the body and cannon in the class defaults and in an instance of the actor. If you only want to be able to edit this in the blueprint viewport, you would have to use “EditDefaultsOnly”.