Unreal Engine 4.x Scripting with C++ Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

In the CollectibleObject class's constructor, we make sure that our object is going to be replicated. After that, we create a sphere collider that we tell (via a listener) to call the OnBeginOverlap function when it collides with another object. To do that, we use the OnComponentBeginOverlap function.

For more information on the OnComponentBeginOverlap function and the function that needs to be given to it, refer to https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/ Runtime/Engine/Components/UPrimitiveComponent/ OnComponentBeginOverlap/index.html.

After this, inside our OnBeginOverlap function, we first check if we are currently on the server. We don't want things to get called multiple times, and we want the server to be the ...