detach weapon from socket

[Chucke1992]

Hi there!

I created two sockets for the character - one for the weapon during non-battle action, another one for weapon during the battle.

In animation it looks like this


Also I added blueprint nodes that allows me to display the weapon on default and when I switch to battle stance


By default character has a weapon on his back.


When I fire action to enter the battle mode it spawns weapon in another slot. However the weapon on the back left as is


Also when I switch non-battle mode the weapon left in the hand of the character too.


How to detach weapon from the socket? Or is there should be another approach for weapon switching?

[Abarudra]

Instead of spawning a new weapon when entering battle mode just attach the existing weapon to your hand socket.
When you switch back to non-battle you can attach it to the socket on the back again.

Regards

[Chucke1992]

What do you mean by attach? In Blueprint? How to do that? Like this?

[Abarudra]

Yes that should work.
When you first spawn your "Sword Game BP" store the return value in a variable.
Use that as Target for the attach function and it lets you move your sword between your sockets easily. I use it myself.

Regards

[Chucke1992]

Got it. Thanks!