How to "take measures" ?

[Denis]

Hi everyone !

I would like to create a certain type of action with Blueprint.
I want the player to be able to take measures in the game.
For example he clicks on the floor an icon appear which is the start of his measure & the second click in the scene is the end of it.
A line is created between these 2 points and the measure appears above

Do you think something like that is possible in UE4 and particularly with Blueprint?

Cheers !

Denis

[Fen]

Hello,
If you do actor a location minus actor b location / vector length, you'll have your measure.

[Denis]

Thanks I'll give it a try and post the result here!

[matty_matt_mattmatt]

Thanks I'll give it a try and post the result here!

Did you ever figure out how to do this? If so could you share, im trying to do this exact thing

[ZoltanJr]

Fen already explained how to do it. Get the location of the 2 points and use the vector length node.

[Denis]

Did you ever figure out how to do this? If so could you share, im trying to do this exact thing

Yes I made it with Fen's maths it was quite easy ! If you can't succeed how to do it I might send you a screenshot of my blueprint when I get back home tonight, just tell me !

[matty_matt_mattmatt]

sorry I haven't been on here for a while but yes please share, I had a crack but couldn't figure it out.

[Denis]

Here is what I did ! This might not be the best way but it's a start if you want to try !

[MorphusOne]

Hi Guys,

Trying to dot his in VR atm, having trouble with the Widget. How do I get the Widget to receive the number from the blueprint?

[ausernottaken]

Hi Guys,

Trying to dot his in VR atm, having trouble with the Widget. How do I get the Widget to receive the number from the blueprint?

In your widget under the construction event, cast to your character blueprint and save the output to a variable. When you go to bind the text value of your text box, all of the text variables saved within your character blueprint will be accessible.

EDIT: Video tutorial