class PROJECTSEASHELL_API AGirlCharacter : public ACharacter
{
	GENERATED_BODY()

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Originally posted by feline

Can you please place the caret into "AGirlCharacter" and press Alt-Shift-G for Goto Related, but this time look at the "Base classes" menu item. Is this menu item even in the goto related menu?

If so, which base classes, if any, are being shown?

Can you please try the same test on "ACharacter" and see what happens?

This simple class definition is working as expected here, for me, with the base classes members being shown in the goto member dialog.

Assuming you have:

VA Options -> Coloring and Attributes -> Show stable symbols in italics

turned On, are any Unreal Engine symbols being shown in italics for you? I am wondering if Unreal Engine support is working normally for you on this solution.

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Originally posted by feline

This is not what I am expecting to see, and is not what I am seeing here either. UPROPERTY should be being shown in italics for you, and also since VA understands the base classes for "AGirlCharacter" the members from the base classes should be being listed.

Do you have:

VA Options -> Unreal Engine -> Enable support for Unreal Engine 4

turned On or Off, and if it is turned On, is it set to always, or when the solution contains a project named UE4?

If you show Solution Explorer, does it contain the project "Engine" which contains the item "UE4" with the engine source code listed as child items?

If you look at:

VA Options -> C/C++ Directories

what do you see? I am expecting you to have the Platform set to "Project defined" and the list of include directories to include all of the Unreal Engine directories, so you should have a long list of directories here.

But since you are seeing something else, I am wondering if Unreal Engine support is enabled for you, or if it is not working correctly if not enabled.

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Originally posted by feline

OK, well this explains why VA is not handling Unreal Engine correctly, somehow we are not picking up that you are using Unreal.

How did you install Unreal Engine? Did you download and compile the source code from github, or did you download the editor via the Epic Launcher?

Which version of Unreal Engine are you working with?

What path is the Unreal Engine code installed to? Is this on your C drive, or another drive?

If you make a new, default C++ game project in the editor, and then load the IDE, does VA pick up the Unreal Engine directories in this project? I am wondering if this is a solution specific problem, or if it is always happening.

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Originally posted by feline

To try and make a quicker and easier test, without having to uninstall and reinstall anything, can you first use Windows Explorer to create the folder:

C:\Program Files\Epic Games
now open a command prompt inside this folder, and use the command:

mklink /J UE_4.24 "C:\UE4.24"

this will generate a "junction", which is a file system shortcut for a sub-directory, so when you look into "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\" you are actually seeing and opening the files inside the directory "C:\UE4.24"

As if you had moved the Unreal Engine install to a new directory, but instant instead of slow.

Now to tell VA that this is where your test game lives, can you make sure all instances of the IDE have been closed, and then go to the directory that holds your new test game solution. From here you should find in the following sub-directory:

Intermediate\ProjectFiles\UE4.vcxproj

In this directory can you please open and edit the two files "UE4.vcxproj" and "UE4.vcxproj.filters", doing a search and replace for the Unreal Engine source path, so changing:

"C:\UE4.24\"

into:

"C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\"

and save out the changes. When you now load the solution in the IDE, is VA picking up the Unreal Engine directories and listing them in the project defined include directories list?

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Originally posted by feline

This looks normal and correct now, it is how my Unreal Engine systems and solutions look. But for me the members list of the derived class shows the inherited members as well.

What are you getting when you trigger Alt-Shift-G on AMyCharacter? Are any base classes listed in the "Base Classes" sub-menu?

Lets try this from another angle as well. Can you please trigger Find References on "BeginPlay()" in your AMyCharacter. Right click into Find References Results and make sure that you have turned On "Display inherited and overridden references" in the context menu. Are you getting more than one reference picked up?

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Originally posted by feline

Everything is looking correct, you are getting the same results I am for these tests, except that the Goto Member dialog is listing the base class methods for me.

What happens if you trigger:

VAssistX -> Code Generation and Refactoring -> Implement Interface

on your derived class? I am wondering if you will get the same problem here or not.

Have you done a VA symbol database rebuild yet? Now that VA is finding Unreal Engine, I am wondering if this would help. It can just take a little while, since it causes VA to re-parse all of the Unreal Engine source code, and requires an IDE restart:

VA Options -> Performance -> Rebuild symbol databases

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Originally posted by feline

Thank you for the screen shots. Apart from the number of class members shown in ACharacter, I am seeing the same results here, except that AMyCharacter is listing all of the inherited members.

I am going to update my version of Unreal Engine, to match yours, and see if this makes any difference.

Also, if possible, would you be able to zip up your test game solution, just the game directory its self, without Unreal Engine, to keep it smaller? If so, and I can get a copy, I can try it here, and see if somehow the game solution its self is a factor.

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Originally posted by feline

Sorry for the delay on getting back to you about this. I do have your game project, and now that I have installed the right, matching version of Unreal Engine, I am seeing the same problem here with the class member list. I just don't understand it, but at least I can now study it, thank you for the project files.

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Originally posted by feline

Are you seeing any other problems with VA's understanding of Unreal Engine, or just this? I have managed to reproduce this in a couple of different situations, but I still cannot pin down the actual trigger.

case=142090

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Originally posted by feline

That's good to know. Obviously please do let us know if / when you encounter any other issues, or just think of something more we can do to help

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