Blueprint Node Reference

Texturge provides a rich set of Blueprint-callable nodes covering playback control, parameter overrides, layer orchestration, and state queries. Full signatures are in”Blueprint API · Node Reference”; this article focuses on usage patterns.

UAnimatedTextBlock Control Nodes

Applies to: controlling the playback lifecycle of text animations in Blueprint.

Node	Description
Play	Starts playback (internally drives UTextAnimationStageController::Play)
Pause	Pauses current playback, state preserved
Resume	Resumes from the paused position
Stop	Stops and resets all glyphs
Skip to End	Immediately displays all glyphs
Is Animating	BlueprintPure query

SetBlueprintVariable Parameter Overrides

Applies to: dynamically overriding animation Blueprint parameters at runtime without recompiling.

UAnimatedTextBlock provides 6 typed overloads (Float / Int / Bool / Vector / Color / Vector2D) that write into the widget instance’s UAnimParameterOverrides override map, mark it dirty, and trigger an automatic re-bake after a 3-frame cooldown:

[Event BeginPlay]
    → [Set Blueprint Variable] ("Speed", 2.0)      ← float
    → [Set Blueprint Variable (Color)] ("Tint", Red)  ← FLinearColor
    → [Play]

NOTE

VariableName must match a variable declared in the animation Blueprint’s Class Defaults (FName comparison is case-insensitive). The widget-level 6 overloads cover all types; UTextAnimInstance itself provides 4 overloads (float / Vector / Color / Vector2D).

Stage Controller Nodes

Applies to: controlling stage play direction, looping, and reveal.

Node	Description
Play / Pause / Resume / Stop / Reveal All	Playback lifecycle (manual path)
Set Play Direction (EStagePlayDirection)	Forward / Reverse / PingPong
Set Loop (bool)	Loop playback
Tick Animation (float)	Manually drive the clock (automatic for widgets; usually unnecessary)
Evaluate All Glyphs	Batch output of TArray<FGlyphAnimationState>

NOTE

Initialize / PublishBakedAnimation are C++ injection interfaces (not Blueprint nodes). The widget path completes compilation and initialization automatically; they are only needed for manual C++ driving.

Glyph Animation Layer & Factory Orchestration

Applies to: chaining multi-layer animations in the BuildDefaultAnimation event graph.

[Event BuildDefaultAnimation (GlyphCount, Text)]
    → [Build Schedule Info (Text)] → Schedule
    → [Create Glyph Animation Layer (GlyphAnimations[0], Override, Schedule, Forward, 1.0, 1)] → Layer
        → [Set Start Delay Value (Layer, -1, 0.0)]
        → [Set Glyph Delay (Layer, -1, 0.05)]
        → [Skip Glyph (Layer, -1)]
        → [Multiply Glyph Scale (Layer, 0, (1.2, 1.2))]
    → [Create Factory (Layer, Schedule)] → Factory
        → [Add Layer (Factory, Layer2)]
        → [Multiply Glyph Translation (Factory, -1, (2.0, 1.0))]
        → [Bake (Factory)] → Return Baked Stage

All Layer / Factory nodes return themselves, supporting unlimited chained connections.

UAnimParameterOverrides

Applies to: overriding Blueprint parameter defaults per instance in the UMG Details panel.

UAnimParameterOverrides is an Instanced UObject attached to UAnimatedTextBlock::ParameterOverrides providing 6 override maps:

Override group	Key	Value type
FloatOverrides	variable name	float
IntOverrides	variable name	int32
BoolOverrides	variable name	bool
VectorOverrides	variable name	FVector
ColorOverrides	variable name	FLinearColor
Vector2DOverrides	variable name	FVector2D

Priority: widget instance overrides > data asset entry overrides > Blueprint defaults. Each variable row has a Reset button (the CDO is never modified).

UAnimatedRichTextBlock Control Nodes

Applies to: playback control of rich text multi-tag segments.

6 nodes isomorphic to UAnimatedTextBlock (Play / Pause / Resume / Stop / Skip to End / Is Animating), acting on all tag segments; the bSequentialPlayback property toggles sequential/simultaneous playback.

Query Node Quick Reference

Node	Target class	Returns
Is Playing	both widgets	bool
Is Complete / Get Current Stage / Get Stage Time / Get Revealed Count / Get Total Glyph Count	UTextAnimationStageController	per function name
Get Duration / Get Track Types / Has Track Type	UGlyphAnimation	float / array / bool
Get Character Count / Get Animation by Name	UTextAnimInstance	int32 / UGlyphAnimation*
Set Glyph Sound / Set Punctuation Delay etc.	UEventSoundComponent	—