{"id":4,"date":"2015-08-28T04:48:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T04:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/?p=4"},"modified":"2015-11-16T01:24:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T01:24:05","slug":"simple-randomized-player-start-in-ue4-in-blueprints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/28\/simple-randomized-player-start-in-ue4-in-blueprints\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Randomized Player Start in UE4 in Blueprints"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>This is just a quick blog post. \u00a0It&#8217;s late at night, so sorry for bad grammar and lack of editing.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to have the start location in my games to be randomized among a set of &#8220;Player Start&#8221; locations that I set in my map. \u00a0My quick google searching wasn&#8217;t being particularly helpful. \u00a0So I figure I&#8217;d write up a quick tutorial.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First, go to edit your game mode:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Step1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Step1-300x150.png\" alt=\"Step1\" width=\"658\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Step1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Step1.png 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once there, click on override function for &#8220;Choose Player Start&#8221; (note that it will be in that list on the right until you click on it). \u00a0This will allow you to overwrite the behavior of the &#8220;Choose Player Start&#8221; function, which normally returns the first Player Start you placed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChoosePlayerStart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChoosePlayerStart-216x300.png\" alt=\"ChoosePlayerStart\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChoosePlayerStart-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChoosePlayerStart.png 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then here is what I did for a simple way of picking between all the player starts on the map at random.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BPSpawn-Random.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BPSpawn-Random-300x110.png\" alt=\"BPSpawn Random\" width=\"764\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BPSpawn-Random-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BPSpawn-Random-1024x376.png 1024w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BPSpawn-Random.png 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully someone found this useful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a quick blog post. \u00a0It&#8217;s late at night, so sorry for bad grammar and lack of editing. 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