UE3:UTPlayerController (UDK)

Object >> Actor >> Controller >> PlayerController >> GamePlayerController >> UTPlayerController

Package: 

UTGame

Implemented interfaces: 

Interface_NavigationHandle

Known classes within UTPlayerController:

UTPlayerInput

Direct subclasses:

DemoRecSpectator, UTConsolePlayerController, UTEntryPlayerController

This class in other games:

UT3

UTPlayerController

Constants

See UTPlayerController constants.

Properties

Property group 'UTPlayerController'

bDisableQuickPick

Type: bool

If true, the quick pick menu will be disable and the key will act like PrevWeapon

Internal variables

See UTPlayerController internal variables.

Default values

Property	Value
bCheckSoundOcclusion	True
CameraClass	None
CheatClass	Class'UTGame.UTCheatManager'
DefaultFOV	90.0
DesiredFOV	90.0
FOVAngle	90.0
InputClass	Class'UTGame.UTPlayerInput'
MinRespawnDelay	1.5

Subobjects

CollisionCylinder

Class: Engine.CylinderComponent

Inherits from: GamePlayerController.CollisionCylinder

Property	Value
ReplacementPrimitive	None

Sprite

Class: Engine.SpriteComponent

Inherits from: GamePlayerController.Sprite

Property	Value
ReplacementPrimitive	None

Enums

EAutoObjectivePreference

enum for the various options for the game telling the player what to do next

AOP_Disabled 

turned off

AOP_NoPreference 

AOP_Attack 

tell what to do to attack

AOP_Defend 

tell what to do to defend

AOP_OrbRunner 

AOP_SpecialOps 

EPawnShadowMode

SHADOW_None 

SHADOW_Self 

SHADOW_All 

EWeaponHand

HAND_Right 

HAND_Left 

HAND_Centered 

HAND_Hidden 

Structs

ObjectiveAnnouncementInfo

Modifiers: native

SoundNodeWave AnnouncementSound 

the default announcement sound to play (can be None)

string AnnouncementText 

text displayed onscreen for this announcement

PostProcessInfo

Modifiers: native

Struct to define values for different post processing presets.

float Shadows 

float MidTones 

float HighLights 

float Desaturation 

Functions

Static functions

SetFrontEndErrorMessage

static function SetFrontEndErrorMessage (string Title, string Message)

Sets a error message in the registry datastore that will display to the user the next time they are in the frontend.

Parameters:

• Title - Title of the messagebox.
• Message - Message of the messagebox.

Exec functions

See UTPlayerController exec functions.

Native functions

GetUIPlayerIndex

native function int GetUIPlayerIndex ()

Returns:

Returns the index of this PC in the GamePlayers array.

IsKeyboardAvailable

native simulated function bool IsKeyboardAvailable () const

Overrides: PlayerController.IsKeyboardAvailable

Returns:

Whether or not the user has a keyboard plugged-in.

IsMouseAvailable

native simulated function bool IsMouseAvailable () const

Overrides: PlayerController.IsMouseAvailable

Returns:

Whether or not the user has a mouse plugged-in.

SetGamma

native function SetGamma (float GammaValue)

Sets the current gamma value.

Parameters:

• New - Gamma Value, must be between 0.0 and 1.0

SetHardwarePhysicsEnabled

native function SetHardwarePhysicsEnabled (bool bEnabled)

Sets whether or not hardware physics are enabled.

Parameters:

• bEnabled - Whether to enable the physics or not.

Events

ClearOnlineDelegates

event ClearOnlineDelegates ()

Overrides: PlayerController.ClearOnlineDelegates

Clears previously set online delegates.

ClientHearSound

unreliable client event ClientHearSound (SoundCue ASound, Actor SourceActor, Object.Vector SourceLocation, bool bStopWhenOwnerDestroyed, optional bool bIsOccluded)

Overrides: PlayerController.ClientHearSound

ClientPlayCameraAnim

unreliable client event ClientPlayCameraAnim (CameraAnim AnimToPlay, optional float Scale, optional float Rate, optional float BlendInTime, optional float BlendOutTime, optional bool bLoop, optional bool bRandomStartTime, optional Camera.ECameraAnimPlaySpace Space, optional Object.Rotator CustomPlaySpace)

Overrides: PlayerController.ClientPlayCameraAnim

ClientStopCameraAnim

reliable client event ClientStopCameraAnim (CameraAnim AnimToStop)

Overrides: PlayerController.ClientStopCameraAnim

ClientWasKicked

reliable client event ClientWasKicked ()

Overrides: PlayerController.ClientWasKicked

Destroyed

simulated event Destroyed ()

Overrides: PlayerController.Destroyed

GetPlayerViewPoint

simulated event GetPlayerViewPoint (out Object.Vector POVLocation, out Object.Rotator POVRotation)

Overrides: PlayerController.GetPlayerViewPoint

(Description copied from PlayerController.GetPlayerViewPoint)
Returns Player's Point of View For the AI this means the Pawn's 'Eyes' ViewPoint For a Human player, this means the Camera's ViewPoint

Output: out_rotation, view rotation of player

GetSeamlessTravelActorList

event GetSeamlessTravelActorList (bool bToEntry, out array<Actor> ActorList)

Overrides: PlayerController.GetSeamlessTravelActorList

(Description copied from PlayerController.GetSeamlessTravelActorList)
called on client during seamless level transitions to get the list of Actors that should be moved into the new level PlayerControllers, Role < ROLE_Authority Actors, and any non-Actors that are inside an Actor that is in the list (i.e. Object.Outer == Actor in the list) are all autmoatically moved regardless of whether they're included here only dynamic (!bStatic and !bNoDelete) actors in the PersistentLevel may be moved (this includes all actors spawned during gameplay) this is called for both parts of the transition because actors might change while in the middle (e.g. players might join or leave the game)

Parameters:

• bToEntry - true if we are going from old level -> entry, false if we are going from entry -> new level
• ActorList - out) list of actors to maintain

See: also GameInfo::GetSeamlessTravelActorList() (the function that's called on servers)

InitInputSystem

event InitInputSystem ()

Overrides: PlayerController.InitInputSystem

KickWarning

event KickWarning ()

Overrides: PlayerController.KickWarning

PlayerTick

event PlayerTick (float DeltaTime)

Overrides: PlayerController.PlayerTick

PlayerTick is only called if the PlayerController has a PlayerInput object. Therefore, it will not be called on servers for non-locally controlled playercontrollers

Possess

event Possess (Pawn inPawn, bool bVehicleTransition)

Overrides: PlayerController.Possess

ReceivedPlayer

simulated event ReceivedPlayer ()

Overrides: PlayerController.ReceivedPlayer

Called after this PlayerController's viewport/net connection is associated with this player controller.

ReceiveWarning

event ReceiveWarning (Pawn shooter, float projSpeed, Object.Vector FireDir)

Overrides: Controller.ReceiveWarning

Reset

event Reset ()

Overrides: PlayerController.Reset

ResetCameraMode

event ResetCameraMode ()

Overrides: PlayerController.ResetCameraMode

Reset Camera Mode to default

SoakPause

event SoakPause (Pawn P)

Overrides: PlayerController.SoakPause

For AI debugging

Other instance functions

See UTPlayerController instance functions.

States

See UTPlayerController states.