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Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials
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Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials

by Satheesh P.V, Satheesh PV
February 2016
Beginner
266 pages
5h 11m
English
Packt Publishing
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Destroying our Blueprint Actor after some seconds

Once we place or spawn this Actor in world we will destroy this actor with a particle effect and sound. To do that:

  • Create a new variable (float) and name it DestroyAfter. Let's give it a default value of five seconds.
  • Go to Event Graph and add a new event called Event BeginPlay. This node is immediately executed when the game starts or when the actor is spawned in the game.
  • Right-click on the graph editor and search for Delay and add it. Connect Event BeginPlay to the Delay node. This node is used to call an action after a number of specified seconds.
  • The Delay node takes a float value, which is used for the duration. After the duration runs out, execution is continued to the next action. We will ...
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ISBN: 9781784391966