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# Respawn Manager Integration

> UMI’s Loot System can optionally integrate with the Respawn Manager to support respawnable loot sources, such as:

UMI’s Loot System can optionally integrate with the **Respawn Manager** to support **respawnable loot sources**, such as:

* Resource nodes (trees, rocks, ore veins)
* World chests that refill over time
* Enemy containers or destructibles that respawn
* Any loot-bearing actor that reappears after a delay

This is **not required** to use the Loot System, but it provides a clean and consistent way to handle timed resets.

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## **Basic Pattern: Register Respawn Request**

Whenever a loot source is harvested or opened:

1. Generate loot
2. Mark the actor as depleted
3. Hide/disable interaction
4. Register the actor with the Respawn Manager

### Blueprint Example

```
Event OnLootCollected
   ↓
Set bHasBeenLooted = true
LootComponent → Generate Loot
Disable interaction
Hide chest / resource mesh
   ↓
Get RespawnManagerSubsystem
   → Register Respawn Request
        Target Actor = Self
        Delay        = RespawnTime
```

### C++ Example

```
void ALootActor::OnLootCollected(APlayerController* Player)
{
    if (bHasBeenLooted) return;
    bHasBeenLooted = true;

    // Generate loot
    FLootResult Result = LootComponent->GenerateLoot();
    GiveLootToPlayer(Player, Result);

    // Hide or disable actor
    Mesh->SetVisibility(false);
    Mesh->SetCollisionEnabled(ECollisionEnabled::NoCollision);

    // Register respawn request
    if (URespawnManagerSubsystem* RM = GetWorld()->GetSubsystem<URespawnManagerSubsystem>())
    {
        RM->RegisterRespawnRequest(this, RespawnTime);
    }
}
```

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## **On Respawn (Blueprint or C++)**

Actors using Respawn Manager should implement `BPI_Respawnable` (BP) or `IRespawnable` (C++).

### Blueprint

```
Event OnRespawnRequested
   ↓
Set bHasBeenLooted = false
LootComponent → Reset Loot
Show mesh
Enable collision
Enable interaction
```

### C++ (interface implementation)

```
void ALootActor::OnRespawnRequested()
{
    bHasBeenLooted = false;

    if (LootComponent)
        LootComponent->ResetLoot();

    Mesh->SetVisibility(true);
    Mesh->SetCollisionEnabled(ECollisionEnabled::QueryAndPhysics);
}
```

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## **Recommended Use Cases**

Use Respawn Manager with loot when you need:

### ✔ Respawning World Loot

Examples: berry bushes, mushrooms, herbs, mineral nodes.

### ✔ Refillable Chests / Supply Caches

Chests that regenerate loot after X minutes/hours.

### ✔ Dungeons / Camps / Static Sites

Simple timed resets without building full encounter logic.

### ✔ Farming Gameplay

Resource loops where players gather materials from renewable nodes.

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## **Where to Learn More**

This section only covers the **minimal integration needed** for loot sources.

For budgeting, region-based respawns, foliage integration, save/load, or performance tuning, see the main:

> [**Respawn Manager**](/warpath-studios/umf/respawn-manager-4gzkfg4sia-u5drekl5ux2c) section