Hello…
I have a pawn player and I am trying to create an overlap collision with a cylinder shape around it (but it could be any shape) by adding it at runtime. To test overlap collisions (being kind of new to it), I first tried by adding it in the UE editor as shown:
Notice that “Generate Overlap Events” is checked true, and that the cylinder “Collision Presets” is “OverlapAll”. Together, the cylinder properly generates overlap events with other actors which also are set to generate overlap events as shown:
All of this works as I expect, but the problem is if instead of adding the cylinder in the UE editor, I add it at runtime using blueprints from an ActorComponent attached to my pawn. (side note: the reason I add it at runtime is because the overlap check is linked to a gameplay ability which only runs sometimes, so I only add the cylinder when the ability executes).
I add the cylinder from an actor component, using “GetOwner”
Like I did in the editor, here in BP I set the collision profile to “OverlapAll” and ensure “GenerateOverlapEvents” is true.
I store a variable for the cylinder and generate the event for overlap as shown:
When I then run the game now, I can see that the cylinder is properly attached to my player (as it is visible) but it won’t generate overlap events now.
Can anyone see why overlap events would work while adding from the UE editor, but not in BP?