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UGameInstance::GetPrimaryPlayerController

Get the primary player controller on this machine (others are splitscreen children) (must have valid player state)

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References

Module	Engine
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Classes/Engine/GameInstance.h
Include	#include "Engine/GameInstance.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/GameInstance.cpp

Syntax

APlayerController * GetPrimaryPlayerController
(
bool bRequiresValidUniqueId
) const

Remarks

Get the primary player controller on this machine (others are splitscreen children) (must have valid player state)

Returns

the primary controller on this machine

Parameters

Parameter	Description
bRequiresValidUniqueId	Whether the controller must also have a valid unique id (default true in order to maintain historical behaviour)

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