ABookMenuActor

Properties

**Property Name**	**Type**	**Access**	**Description**
BookMenuData	UBookMenuData	EditAnywhere	Default Configuration Data for the Book, containing information such as the the widgets to be displayed as book pages
SkeletalMeshComponent	USkeletalMeshComponent	VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly	The animated book mesh
StaticMeshComponent	UStaticMeshComponent	VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly	A dummy static mesh component for doing traces. Needed to determine the UV coordinates based on trace hit results. The static mesh will be hidden in game. Must represent the book in a open state.
LeftPageCollision	UBoxComponent	VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly	Collision box used to determine which page of the book was traced
RightPageCollision	UBoxComponent	VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly	Collision box used to determine which page of the book was traced
InteractionActor	ABookMenuInteractionActor	EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly	Reference to the actor that redirects the interaction to a widget interaction component

Functions

Set Book Menu Data

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Can be used to set the book menu data after begin play, during the game

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
In Book Menu Data	Input	UBookMenuData	The new Book Menu Data

Get Interaction Actor

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Returns the reference to the Book Menu Interaction Actor

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Return Value	Output	ABookMenuInteractionActor	Returns the reference to the Book Menu Interaction Actor

Set Interaction Actor

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Registers the Book Menu Interaction Actor to be used for Interaction with the Book

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
In Interaction Actor	Input	ABookMenuInteractionActor	The Book Menu Interaction Actor to be set

Jump to Page Section

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Determines if a forward or backward page turn need to be performed based on the current page section index.

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Section Index	Input	int32	The index of the Page Section to be displayed

Open Book At

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If the book is closed, this triggers the open book animation and upfront sets the correct section to display.

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Section Index	Input	int32	The Page Section Index to be displayed while opening the book

Close Book

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Triggers the Close Book animation

Pause Book Update

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Pauses the animation update of the anim instance without closing the book first.

Resume Book Update

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Resume the animation update of the anim instance. Will only resume if the book is already open. Closed books don't need to consume render time

Interact

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Performs a Line Trace based on the Start and End Parameters and moves the Widget Interaction pointer of the Book Menu Interaction Actor if it is set. Also tells the Animation Blueprint which page was traced to.

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Start	Input	FVector	Start of the Line Trace
End	Input	FVector	End of the Line Trace
Debug Trace	Input	bool	Shows a debug trace if true.
Trace Channel	Input	ECollisionChannel	The Collision Channel to be used for the line trace.
Success	Output	EXEC	Indicates if the Interaction was executed successfully
Failed	Output	EXEC	Indicates if the Interaction was not executed successfully
Return Value	Output	bool	returns tru if the operation was successful. Otherwise false

Get Anim Instance

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Returns the Animation Instance of the Animation Blueprint

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Return Value	Output	UBookMenuAnimInstance

Get Left Page Collision Box

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Returns the Collision Box of the left page

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Return Value	Output	UBoxComponent

Get Right Page Collision Box

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Returns the Collision Box of the right page

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Return Value	Output	UBoxComponent

Get Static Mesh Component

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Returns the Static Mesh Component

**Pin**	**Direction**	**Type**	**Description**
Return Value	Output	UStaticMeshComponent