Time for action – Using the default properties block

1. Let's start by defining some variables in our AwesomeActor class.

   var string MyName;
   var int NumberOfKittens;
   var float DistanceToGo;

2. In our default properties block, we can give these variables initial values. These are assigned before any of the code is run.

   Defaultproperties
   {
       MyName="Rachel"
       NumberOfKittens=3
       DistanceToGo=120.0
   }

3. In our PostBeginPlay function, instead of changing the values we'll just log them to see the default properties in action.

   function PostBeginPlay()
   {
       'log("MyName:" @ MyName);
       'log("NumberOfKittens:" @ NumberOfKittens);
       'log("DistanceToGo:" @ DistanceToGo);
   }

   Now our class should look like this:

   class AwesomeActor extends Actor
       placeable;
   
   var string MyName;
   var int NumberOfKittens;
   var float DistanceToGo;
   
   function PostBeginPlay()
   {
       'log("MyName:" @ MyName);
       'log("NumberOfKittens:" @ NumberOfKittens);
       'log("DistanceToGo:" @ DistanceToGo);
   }
   
   defaultproperties
   {
       MyName...