Communication

AC_FDM_Component communicates state changes to the other systems and UI using events such as:

Event Table

Event	Fired When	Typical Usage
On FDM Initialized	After widget creation, layout initialization, and default entries are applied.	Safely interact with the menu after startup.
On Selected Entry Changed	Selection changed	Switch equipment, activate ability, activate Photo Mode etc.
On Entry Focused	An entry receive focus	UI Feedback
On New Entry Added	A new entry added	UI Feedback
On Entry Placements Changed	An entry location changed or an entry removed	UI Feedback
On Nested Mode Changed	When the user enters or leaves nested selection mode	Animation, camera or gameplay state changes and UI Feedback
On Slot Action Started	Hold started	UI Feedback
On Slot Action Progress	Holding in progress	UI Feedback
On Slot Action Triggered	Holding successful	UI Feedback
On Slot Action Completed	Holding finished and button released	UI Feedback
On Slot Action Cancelled	Holding interrupted	UI Feedback
On Menu Visibility Changed	When the widget visibility changes	UI Feedback

On Selected Entry Changed

On Selected Entry Changed is the one of most important events. Because it gets triggered when the selected entry has changed. You can use this event to trigger specific actions like changing weapons, activating ability, activating Photo Mode etc.

or you can use the On Entry Selected interface event in the source object.

On Nested Mode Changed

Another important event is On Nested Mode Changed. It’s being triggered when you open and close a container. You can bind some gameplay & animation events to it.

In this example, the animation blueprint and player camera reacts to On Nested Mode Changed event.

Getting started

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Reference

Event Table

On Selected Entry Changed

On Nested Mode Changed

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Event Table

On Selected Entry Changed

On Nested Mode Changed