Unreal Engine 4.X By Example

Respawning the player

One of the key elements of BarrelHopper is punishing the player for unsuccessfully jumping over a barrel. What we need to do is reset the player to the default starting position every time it is hit a by a barrel. The goal is for the player to reach the top of the level in the shortest amount of time possible. In this chapter, we are going to create a rudimentary respawn system that utilizes Event Delegate. What we want to do is have our game mode respawn our player after a certain amount of time when the OnDestroyed event is fired from within our BH_Character. We are going to have to detect collisions with our barrels, destroy our actor, and then ensure that the desired respawning functionality takes place. We will do this ...