Remove the Selection window runtime setter for the raycast. Replace it with settings defined in the CogEngine asset.

Plugins/Cog/Source/CogEngine/Private/CogEngineWindow_Selection.cpp

@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::Initialize()
     bHasMenu = true;
     bHasWidget = true;
     bIsWidgetVisible = true;
-    ActorClasses = { AActor::StaticClass(), ACharacter::StaticClass() };
 
     Config = GetConfig<UCogEngineConfig_Selection>();
 
+    Asset = GetAsset<UCogEngineDataAsset>();
+
     FCogWindowConsoleCommandManager::RegisterWorldConsoleCommand(
         *ToggleSelectionModeCommand,
         TEXT("Toggle the actor selection mode"),
@@ -108,9 +109,10 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::TryReapplySelection() const
 TSubclassOf<AActor> FCogEngineWindow_Selection::GetSelectedActorClass() const
 {
     TSubclassOf<AActor> SelectedClass = AActor::StaticClass();
-    if (ActorClasses.IsValidIndex(Config->SelectedClassIndex))
+    const TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>>& SelectionFilters = GetSelectionFilters();
+    if (SelectionFilters.IsValidIndex(Config->SelectedClassIndex))
     {
-        SelectedClass = ActorClasses[Config->SelectedClassIndex];
+        SelectedClass = SelectionFilters[Config->SelectedClassIndex];
     }
 
     return SelectedClass;
@@ -134,7 +136,10 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::RenderTick(float DeltaTime)
 
     if (GetOwner()->GetActivateSelectionMode())
     {
-        TickSelectionMode();
+        if (TickSelectionMode() == false)
+        {
+            GetOwner()->SetActivateSelectionMode(false);
+        }
     }
 
     if (const AActor* Actor = GetSelection())
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::RenderContent()
 bool FCogEngineWindow_Selection::DrawSelectionCombo()
 {
     AActor* NewSelection = nullptr;
-    const bool result = FCogWindowWidgets::ActorsListWithFilters(NewSelection, *GetWorld(), ActorClasses, Config->SelectedClassIndex, &Filter, GetLocalPlayerPawn());
+    const bool result = FCogWindowWidgets::ActorsListWithFilters(NewSelection, *GetWorld(), GetSelectionFilters(), Config->SelectedClassIndex, &Filter, GetLocalPlayerPawn());
     if (result)
     {
         SetGlobalSelection(NewSelection);
@@ -195,26 +200,18 @@ bool FCogEngineWindow_Selection::DrawSelectionCombo()
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::TickSelectionMode()
+bool FCogEngineWindow_Selection::TickSelectionMode()
 {
     if (ImGui::IsMouseClicked(ImGuiMouseButton_Right))
-    {
-        GetOwner()->SetActivateSelectionMode(false);
-        return;
-    }
+    { return false; }
 
     APlayerController* PlayerController = GetLocalPlayerController();
     if (PlayerController == nullptr)
-    {
-        GetOwner()->SetActivateSelectionMode(false);
-        return;
-    }
+    {  return false; }
 
     ImGuiViewport* Viewport = ImGui::GetMainViewport();
     if (Viewport == nullptr)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
+    { return false; }
 
     const ImVec2 ViewportPos = Viewport->Pos;
     const ImVec2 ViewportSize = Viewport->Size;
@@ -245,7 +242,7 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::TickSelectionMode()
         FHitResult HitResult;
         for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
         {
-            if (UKismetSystemLibrary::LineTraceSingle(GetWorld(), WorldOrigin, WorldOrigin + WorldDirection * 10000, TraceType, false, IgnoreList, EDrawDebugTrace::None, HitResult, true))
+            if (UKismetSystemLibrary::LineTraceSingle(GetWorld(), WorldOrigin, WorldOrigin + WorldDirection * 10000, GetSelectionTraceChannel(), false, IgnoreList, EDrawDebugTrace::None, HitResult, true))
             {
                 if (SelectedActorClass == nullptr || HitResult.GetActor()->GetClass()->IsChildOf(SelectedActorClass))
                 {
@@ -285,6 +282,8 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::TickSelectionMode()
             }
         }
     }
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -311,7 +310,7 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::RenderMainMenuWidget()
         "MenuActorSelection", 
         NewSelection, 
         *GetWorld(), 
-        ActorClasses, 
+        GetSelectionFilters(), 
         Config->SelectedClassIndex, 
         &Filter, 
         GetLocalPlayerPawn(), 
@@ -343,4 +342,23 @@ void FCogEngineWindow_Selection::RenderPickButtonTooltip()
         "%s", TCHAR_TO_ANSI(*Shortcut));
         FCogWindowWidgets::EndItemTooltipWrappedText();
     }
-}
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>>& FCogEngineWindow_Selection::GetSelectionFilters() const
+{
+    if (Asset != nullptr)
+    { return Asset->SelectionFilters; }
+
+    static TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>> SelectionFilters = { ACharacter::StaticClass(), AActor::StaticClass(), AGameModeBase::StaticClass(), AGameStateBase::StaticClass() };
+    return SelectionFilters;
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ETraceTypeQuery FCogEngineWindow_Selection::GetSelectionTraceChannel() const
+{
+    if (Asset != nullptr)
+    { return Asset->SelectionTraceChannel; }
+
+    return UEngineTypes::ConvertToTraceType(ECC_Pawn);
+}

Plugins/Cog/Source/CogEngine/Public/CogEngineDataAsset.h

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include "CoreMinimal.h"
 #include "Engine/DataAsset.h"
 #include "Engine/EngineTypes.h"
+#include "GameFramework/Character.h"
+#include "GameFramework/GameModeBase.h"
+#include "GameFramework/GameStateBase.h"
 #include "CogEngineDataAsset.generated.h"
 
 class FCogWindow;
@@ -111,4 +114,10 @@ public:
 
     UPROPERTY(Category = "Spawns", EditAnywhere, meta = (TitleProperty = "Name"))
     TArray<FCogEngineSpawnGroup> SpawnGroups;
+
+    UPROPERTY(Category = "Selection", EditAnywhere)
+    TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>> SelectionFilters = { ACharacter::StaticClass(), AActor::StaticClass(), AGameModeBase::StaticClass(), AGameStateBase::StaticClass() };
+    
+    UPROPERTY(Category = "Selection", EditAnywhere)
+    TEnumAsByte<ETraceTypeQuery> SelectionTraceChannel = UEngineTypes::ConvertToTraceType(ECC_Pawn);
 };

Plugins/Cog/Source/CogEngine/Public/CogEngineWindow_Selection.h

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "CoreMinimal.h"
 #include "CogCommonConfig.h"
+#include "CogEngineDataAsset.h"
 #include "GameFramework/Actor.h"
 #include "CogWindow.h"
 #include "CogEngineWindow_Selection.generated.h"
@@ -23,14 +24,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual void Shutdown() override;
 
-    const TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>>& GetActorClasses() const { return ActorClasses; }
-
-    void SetActorClasses(const TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>>& Value) { ActorClasses = Value; }
-
-    ETraceTypeQuery GetTraceType() const { return TraceType; }
-
-    void SetTraceType(ETraceTypeQuery Value) { TraceType = Value; }
-
 protected:
 
     virtual void TryReapplySelection() const;
@@ -55,9 +48,13 @@ protected:
 
     virtual void RenderActorContextMenu(AActor& Actor);
 
+    virtual const TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>>& GetSelectionFilters() const;
+
+    virtual ETraceTypeQuery GetSelectionTraceChannel() const;
+
     TSubclassOf<AActor> GetSelectedActorClass() const;
 
-    void TickSelectionMode();
+    bool TickSelectionMode();
 
     FVector LastSelectedActorLocation = FVector::ZeroVector;
 
@@ -65,13 +62,11 @@ protected:
 
     int32 WaitInputReleased = 0;
 
-    TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>> ActorClasses;
+    TWeakObjectPtr<UCogEngineConfig_Selection> Config;
 
-    ETraceTypeQuery TraceType = TraceTypeQuery1;
+    TWeakObjectPtr<const UCogEngineDataAsset> Asset;
 
-    TObjectPtr<UCogEngineConfig_Selection> Config;
-
-	ImGuiTextFilter Filter;
+    ImGuiTextFilter Filter;
 };
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Plugins/CogAll/Source/CogAll/Private/CogAll.cpp

@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ void Cog::AddAllWindows(UCogWindowManager& CogWindowManager)
 
     CogWindowManager.AddWindow<FCogEngineWindow_Plots>("Engine.Plots");
 
-    FCogEngineWindow_Selection* SelectionWindow = CogWindowManager.AddWindow<FCogEngineWindow_Selection>("Engine.Selection");
-    SelectionWindow->SetActorClasses({ ACharacter::StaticClass(), AActor::StaticClass(), AGameModeBase::StaticClass(), AGameStateBase::StaticClass() });
-    SelectionWindow->SetTraceType(UEngineTypes::ConvertToTraceType(ECC_Pawn));
+    CogWindowManager.AddWindow<FCogEngineWindow_Selection>("Engine.Selection");
 
     CogWindowManager.AddWindow<FCogEngineWindow_Scalability>("Engine.Scalability");