Attach AI Sight to Pawn Head? (Perception)

[Bob3DGames]

@One.Bit.Rebel

I know this is a really old thread, but just in case anyone was on here looking for the answer, it IS possible in way.

Create a pawn actor with the pawnsense in it. Attach this actor into the blueprint you want as a child actor. This can be attached to the head of your ai character mesh an it will move accordingly.

Bit more code inside the pawnsense actor to send a message to the parent actor and it will work perfectly.

I use this method for sentry guns as it’s more realistic than line tracing.

I tried attaching a pawn containing an AIPerception component to a socket. When the socket (or the whole skeletal mesh) rotates, the Perception debug cylinder only rotates in the z-axis. In other words, the NPC can look left and right, but not up and down.

I don’t want to use PawnSensing, it’s too basic.