Add tags (or equivalent) to static meshes

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I have static meshes which I’d like to add tags (or similar) to so I can define properties of that mesh. i.e. a chair might have the property “sit-on” this can queried by the AI to find out what they can do to it.

Any ideas ??

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Could you use ActorTags for this?.. select your actor and scroll down in the Details Panel. You should see a place to add tags. These can easily be tested against in code or Blueprint (I’m afraid I don’t really use Blueprints all that much, but there is probably a node called ‘ActorHasTag’ or similar. There are also GameplayTags (Gameplay Tags | Unreal Engine Documentation).

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FallingBrick, that might work - but you can only add them to an item already in a scene.

Id like to set tags or equivalent on a static mesh, then when I deploy that asset, it already has the tags - surely that’s easier.

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jones did you ever find a solution to this, im currently faced with the same issue where i want to tag something in the content browser so that it has that tag globally across all levels

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jones did you ever find a solution to this?

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Make an actor that is a child of StaticMeshActor, open up the blueprint and you can add whatever tags you want.

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i did find how to add METADATA to uassets and that has solved it for me, you just need to use editor uilities to do it…

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sorry - a little more information would be appreciated when answering these questions. What editor utilities are you talking about?

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