Why Destructible Meshe Explodes when my character collides?

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 3:13am

Greetings fellas!
I wasted all my afternoon trying to adjust my destructible mesh, and still I haven’t achieved my desired result =(
I watched the tutorial “destructible mesh”

[destructible mesh
I did everything this tutorial said, and also have searched on dozens of topics and thereads, but still the same.

All I want is to explode my destructible mesh when I hit it with my sword. (It is happening, but I want to set up my puppet to explode after 4 or 5 hits).
However, everytime when I collide my chracter with the puppet, it also explodes.
I don’t want to simply touch and make it to explode.
Maybe I could create a blue print for the puppet and set a life for him, or what shpuld I do?

What is wrong? I will show my blue print and all the stuff
Hope someone could enlighter me =]

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 4:19am

another thing I did

anonymous_user_776011b61 · May 20, 2015, 3:18am

Hi

I have done something simalar with a Turret Game, What I did, was I made my turret BP, when my Turret dies, I destroyed the turret, replaced with DM and added radial damage.

See here

[My Turret

anonymous_user_776011b61 · May 20, 2015, 5:04am

No, the reason is it is not a destructible mesh until I say it is, it is just a normal mesh, and when I choose it to explode I convert it to a DM and apply damage.

Detech · May 20, 2015, 4:30am

Mb you need to increase puppet’s damage threshold to 4-5?

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 5:00am

does your turrent explodes when you touch it?

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 5:04am

I also tryed to increase the threshold and still the same… the puppet explodes with only 1 hit and worse, the puppet explodes even when I touch it =(

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 5:31am

And why the hell my DM mesh is exploding when I touch it? I Looked up everywhere and didnt find any situation like mine.

anonymous_user_776011b61 · May 20, 2015, 6:24am

Because DM break when you touch them, just the way it is.

What you might be able to do, is put a collision box around them that blocks PAWN, but if you get 100s of DM in a level, it will start to chew FPS

Just upload a quick example about Static Mesh to DM.

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 4:48pm

very interesting! I will try to do it, and thank you so much for the answer!

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 20, 2015, 5:30pm

Hello again, I did what you suggested, and now the mesh becomes indestructible. I can touch it and nothing happens… No matter how many times I try to hit, it do not explodes =(

anonymous_user_776011b61 · May 21, 2015, 1:33am

Hi , then do what I do, Have as Static Mesh, then change to DM when you want to kill it, like my video above.

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 21, 2015, 3:59am

You really did it?

I was thinking to do the same… was thinking to create a simple system of life to my puppet, then, when the life becomes <= 0 I could destroy the actor and spawn a DM that would instantaniously explode… good idea

anonymous_user_776011b61 · May 22, 2015, 12:29am

Here is what i did

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 22, 2015, 4:32am

Ohh thank you so much! you have spared me a lot of work! WIll to try and test

anonymous_user_7f9a950d · May 25, 2015, 5:07pm

Well guys, It was my fault! I did some primary errors: first instead the blueprint, I dragged the puppet into the viewport. And there was some checkboxes that should be unmarked. Now it is almost done. The puppet is being destroyed after 4 or 5 hits. Although the collision is still strange and not precise.