Unreal Engine Issues and Bug Tracker (UE-45206)

Description

Spawning a character using an existing character as a template causes the spawned character to inherit the animation of the original and may lead to a crash.

This appears to be unique to character classes, and may be linked to CharacterMovementComponent, as spawning other AActor types does not cause this crash.

Notes:

Creating a character blueprint with skeletal mesh set but no animation does not crash
Creating an actor blueprint with a skeletal mesh set & third person character animation does not crash.
Attached project contains Steps 1-10 (Keyboard event is space bar)

Steps to Reproduce

Open UE4 Editor (Third Person Template project)
Add class based on BlueprintFunctionLibrary (MyFunctionLib)

Add the following to MyFunctionLib.h

UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, meta = (WorldContext = "WorldContextObject"), Category = Default)
     static void MyTestFunc(UObject* WorldContextObject, TSubclassOf<AActor> 
actorClass, AActor* actorTemplate, FTransform position);

Add the following to MyFunctionLib.cpp

void MyFunctionLib::MyTestFunc(UObject* WorldContextObject, TSubclassOf<AActor> actorClass, AActor* actorTemplate, FTransform position)
{
     FActorSpawnParameters SpawnInfo;
     SpawnInfo.Template = actorTemplate;
     auto actor = WorldContextObject->GetWorld()->SpawnActor<AActor>(actorClass, position, SpawnInfo);
}

Compile
In the level blueprint, add MyTestFunc node
Add a reference to the ThirdPersonCharacter (TPC) from the level
From the TPC reference, create GetClass node
Wire TPC ref Actor Template and GetClass node into Actor Class of MyTestFunc
Create keyboard event node and wire into MyTestFunc execution input
PIE
Move Character and press keyboard event key while moving

Result:
Newly spawned actor has the exact animation as the TPC and no new input can be read. Triggering Keyboard event a second time causes the editor to crash

Callstack

LoginId:7156c35640f86204e61b8383f45dee17
EpicAccountId:e8c7fa630b6440f69a25a2c64d6c482c

Assertion failed: !IsRunningParallelEvaluation() [File:D:\Build\++UE4+Release-4.15+Compile\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\Animation\AnimInstance.cpp] [Line: 416] 



UE4Editor_Core!FDebug::AssertFailed() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\core\private\misc\assertionmacros.cpp:349]
UE4Editor_Engine!UAnimInstance::PostUpdateAnimation() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\animation\animinstance.cpp:418]
UE4Editor_Engine!USkeletalMeshComponent::PostAnimEvaluation() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\components\skeletalmeshcomponent.cpp:1747]
UE4Editor_Engine!USkeletalMeshComponent::CompleteParallelAnimationEvaluation() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\components\skeletalmeshcomponent.cpp:2785]
UE4Editor_Engine!FParallelAnimationCompletionTask::DoTask() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\components\skeletalmeshcomponent.cpp:134]
UE4Editor_Engine!TGraphTask<FParallelAnimationCompletionTask>::ExecuteTask() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\core\public\async\taskgraphinterfaces.h:883]
UE4Editor_Core!FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksNamedThread() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\core\private\async\taskgraph.cpp:954]
UE4Editor_Core!FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksUntilQuit() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\core\private\async\taskgraph.cpp:701]
UE4Editor_Core!FTaskGraphImplementation::WaitUntilTasksComplete() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\core\private\async\taskgraph.cpp:1798]
UE4Editor_Engine!FTickTaskSequencer::ReleaseTickGroup() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\ticktaskmanager.cpp:538]
UE4Editor_Engine!FTickTaskManager::RunTickGroup() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\ticktaskmanager.cpp:1450]
UE4Editor_Engine!UWorld::RunTickGroup() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:758]
UE4Editor_Engine!UWorld::Tick() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:1373]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UEditorEngine::Tick() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\editor\unrealed\private\editorengine.cpp:1630]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UUnrealEdEngine::Tick() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\editor\unrealed\private\unrealedengine.cpp:391]
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Tick() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:3025]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:166]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:134]
UE4Editor!WinMain() [d:\build\++ue4+release-4.15+compile\sync\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:210]
UE4Editor!__scrt_common_main_seh() [f:\dd\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl:264]
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Fixed

Component	UE - Gameplay - Components
Affects Versions	4.16
Target Fix	4.17

Fix Commit	3488949
Main Commit	3502661

Created	May 18, 2017
Resolved	Jun 14, 2017
Updated	Apr 27, 2018

UE-45206

Editor crash when spawning character from template

Editor crash when spawning character from template

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