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UWidgetLayoutLibrary::ProjectWorldLocationToWidgetPositionWithDistance

Convert a World Space 3D position into a 2D Widget Screen Space position, with distance from the camera the Z component.

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References

Module	UMG
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/UMG/Public/Blueprint/WidgetLayoutLibrary.h
Include	#include "Blueprint/WidgetLayoutLibrary.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/UMG/Private/WidgetLayoutLibrary.cpp

Syntax

static bool ProjectWorldLocationToWidgetPositionWithDistance
(
    APlayerController * PlayerController,
    FVector WorldLocation,
    FVector & ScreenPosition,
    bool bPlayerViewportRelative
)

Remarks

Convert a World Space 3D position into a 2D Widget Screen Space position, with distance from the camera the Z component. This takes into account any quality scaling as well.

Returns

true if the world coordinate was successfully projected to the screen.

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