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Try Activate Ability by Class

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Attempts to activate the ability that is passed in. This will check costs and requirements before doing so. Returns true if it thinks it activated, but it may return false positives due to failure later in activation. If bAllowRemoteActivation is true, it will remotely activate local/server abilities, if false it will only try to locally activate the ability

Target is Ability System Component

Try Activate Ability by Class

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Inputs

	In Exec
	Target Ability System Component Object Reference
	In Ability to Activate Gameplay Ability Class Reference
	Allow Remote Activation Boolean

Outputs

	Out Exec
	Return Value Boolean	Attempts to activate the ability that is passed in. This will check costs and requirements before doing so. Returns true if it thinks it activated, but it may return false positives due to failure later in activation. If bAllowRemoteActivation is true, it will remotely activate local/server abilities, if false it will only try to locally activate the ability

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