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AActor::GetAttachParentSocketName

Walk up the attachment chain from RootComponent until we encounter a different actor, and return the socket name in the component.

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References

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

Syntax

FName GetAttachParentSocketName() const

Remarks

Walk up the attachment chain from RootComponent until we encounter a different actor, and return the socket name in the component. If we are not attached to a component in a different actor, returns NAME_None

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