Override Action which is only performed at the spawn.

[GGianpy]

good evening,
how can I make an actor run this code only once when it spawns?

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	Override void Tick()
	{
		Super.Tick();
	}

I tried onspawn(), onborn() but it doesn't work.
I found nothing on the guide ...

[Jarewill]

Are you trying to call Tick() when an actor spawns, or what?
You could try overriding void PostBeginPlay. It always worked for me.
But I still am not sure what you are trying to do here.

[Caligari87]

Tick() runs ... every tick. That's what it's supposed to do. You can't have it run only once or your actor will break

Best alternate solutions:
BeginPlay(): The earliest one-time override for a newly spawned actor. Not all systems may be accessible at this point.
PostBeginPlay() The next one-time override for a newly spawned actor. Most everything should be set up by the time this runs. This is the one you should probably use if you're not sure about the differences.

One more possible solution, but not necessarily recommended as it clutters up Tick() unnecessarily.

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Override void Tick() {
    super.Tick();
    if (getage() == 1) { //Checks if the object is exactly 1 tick old
        //One-time code to run
    }
}

The wiki page where you can find this information is [wiki]ZScript_virtual_functions[/wiki]

[GGianpy]

ok thanks,
i'm new to zscript i knew "tick()" but i didn't know "beginplay()" because i didn't find anything on the wiki.