Actor Pool Settings

Base:

UStruct

Type:

FNActorPoolSettings

Header File:

NexusActorPools/Public/NActorPoolSettings.h

A Blueprint-compatible struct that defines configuration parameters for managing object pooling inside a FNActorPool. This struct provides comprehensive settings to control how actors are created, managed, and recycled.

Highlights

• Pool Size Management: Controls minimum (default: 10) and maximum (default: 100) actor counts in the pool.
• Performance Optimization: Configurable objects-per-tick creation limit and pool expansion policies.
• Flexible Strategies: Supports different pooling strategies through ENActorPoolStrategy.
• Spawn Behavior Control: Options for deferred construction, finish spawning behavior, and location management.
• Return Mechanics: Configurable return location and movement behavior for recycled AActors.

Configuration Options

Setting	Type	Description	Default
MinimumActorCount	int32	When the FNActorPool is being filled during creation, what is the number of prewarmed AActors that should be created, either synchronously or divided across a number of frames.	10
MaximumActorCount	int32	The number of pooled AActors that a pool can use/have. This is tied more to the Strategy being used for what happens when the pool has to create new AActors when the pool has no AActors available to Spawn()/Get().	100
CreateObjectsPerTick	int32	Throttles the number of AActors that can be created per Tick. This can be useful to spread the cost of warming a pool up across multiple frames (-1 for unlimited).	-1
Strategy	ENActorPoolStrategy	Determines the approach taken when the pool does not have any AActor remaining in the "In" pool, and needs to create one (or reuse).	Create
Flags	ENActorPoolFlags	The behavioral flags to evaluate when doing operations with this pool.	ReturnToStorageLocation, DeferConstruction, ShouldFinishSpawning, ServerOnly
DefaultTransform	FTransform	The default applied transform when creating an AActor, with the location component being used as the storage location when an AActor is returned to the pool, and the scale applied when spawned.	Translation(0,0,0) Rotator(0,0,0) Scale(1,1,1)

Creation Strategies

Native	Display	Description
Create	Create	Create AActor as needed.
CreateLimited	Create Till Cap	Create AActor until MaximumActorCount is reached and stop returning a nullptr in such cases.
CreateRecycleFirst	Create Till Cap, Recycle First	Create AActor until MaximumActorCount is reached, any requests beyond provide the oldest already spawned AActor in a FIFO behavior.
CreateRecycleLast	Create Till Cap, Recycle Last	Create AActor until MaximumActorCount is reached, any requests beyond provide the newest spawned AActor in a LIFO behavior.
Fixed	Fixed Availabilty	Deploys AActor as needed from fixed pools, exceeding availability results in a nullptr being returned.
FixedRecycleFirst	Fixed Availabilty, Recycle First	Deploys AActor as needed from fixed pools, exceeding availability will return the oldest already spawned AActor in a FIFO behavior.
FixedRecycleLast	Fixed Availabilty, Recycle Last	Deploys AActor as needed from fixed pools, exceeding availability will return the newest already spawned AActor in a LIFO behavior.

Flags

Native	Display	Description
SweepBeforeSettingLocation	Sweep Before Setting Location	Should a sweep be done when setting the location of an AActor being spawned?
ReturnToStorageLocation	Return To Storage Location	Should the AActor being returned to the pool be moved to a storage location?
DeferConstruction	Defer Construction	Controls whether AActor construction is deferred when creating new AActors; allowing for additional calls to be made to the INActorPoolItem::OnDeferredConstruction() before calling the AActors FinishSpawning().
ShouldFinishSpawning	Should Finish Spawning	Manages FinishSpawning() calls for non-INActorPoolItem AActors.
ServerOnly	Server Only	Safely ensure all actions only actually occur on world authority (server), transparently making the pool networked.
BroadcastDestroy	Broadcast Destroy	Broadcast destroy event on the Actor through the operational change state delegate.
SetNetDormancy	Set Net Dormancy	Should an Actor's network dormancy be updated based on state?

Project-Wide Defaults

From the Edit > Project Settings window, find the NEXUS section; there should be a Actor Pools option which will display the default settings used when an AActor is requested from an unitialized pool.