Beacon s « Show Distance » option with custom UI issue

Hi everyone,

I need some help with the Beacon device in UEFN.

I’m trying to use a custom UI for the beacon icon, but I also want the “Show Distance” option to work so players can see the distance in meters from the beacon.

The problem is that when I use a custom UI, the distance indicator doesn’t appear anymore or doesn’t update correctly.

Has anyone managed to make a custom beacon UI while still keeping the distance display working?

If you have a workaround or a Verse solution, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Here is a post explaining how to use data for custom HUDs with viewmodel.
If you don’t see the viewmodel window, you can add it, clicking in Window at the MenuBar and the option should appear, same with View Bindigs.

TMNT Custom UI: Player Info in Unreal Editor for Fortnite | Fortnite Documentation | Epic Developer Community

But pretty much is:

  1. Create custom widget.
  2. Add viewmodel to widget beacon_badge
  3. Bind text distance to your widget text.