BeginPlay

Fires once on actor spawn (after construction). Use for setup that needs other actors in the world to exist.

Event BeginPlay — fires once when actor is spawned or game starts

RestartPlayer — respawn a player at a PlayerStart

Call on GameMode. The controller's StartSpot or nearest PlayerStart is used.

StopMontage — stop a currently playing AnimMontage

StartCameraShake — play camera shake effect

APlayerCameraManager method. Use ClientStartCameraShake on PlayerController.

PlayMontage — play an AnimMontage on a SkeletalMeshComponent

Call on the SkeletalMeshComponent. Get it via GetMesh() on Character. Returns montage length. Exec out is 'then'.

PlayMontage — play animation montage

ACharacter::PlayAnimMontage. Returns duration. Alternative: Montage_Play on AnimInstance.

Respawn system: death → delay → respawn at PlayerStart

In Character BP: OnDied (custom event) → SetActorHiddenInGame(true) → SetActorEnableCollision(false) → Disable input: GetController → DisableInput → Delay(Duration=3.0) → GetGameMode → CastTo<BP_GameMode> → RestartPlayer(GetController) → SetActorHiddenInGame(false) → SetActorEnableCollision(true) → EnableInput. In GameMode RestartPlayer: Gets nearest PlayerStart → SetActorLocation to PlayerStart → calls OnPossess. OR manual: GetAllActorsOfClass(PlayerStart) → Random select → SetActorLocationAndRotation(PlayerStart.Location, PlayerStart.Rotation).

SetGamePaused — pause or unpause the game

UGameplayStatics::SetGamePaused.

AddMappingContext — add Enhanced Input mapping context to player

Get subsystem: GetSubsystem(UEnhancedInputLocalPlayerSubsystem, GetPlayerController(0)). Call in EventBeginPlay on the Character or PlayerController. Priority: higher number overrides lower number mappings.