I’d like to know if it’s possible to have a skeletal mesh actor that’s attached to, say, the player character via a Skeletal Mesh Socket that has its own animation data. Could I, for example, have a small creature like a cat occupy the world and then pick him up with my player character by attaching…

Yes, totally doable. Socket attachment is probably the way to go, as you mention. [image] SkeletalMeshSockets Locators that can be added to SkeletalMeshes to use as attachment points for weapons, effects, and more.

Can a skeletal mesh attached to a socket animate?

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jmalaska (jmalaska) July 23, 2015, 2:58pm 2

Yes, totally doable. Socket attachment is probably the way to go, as you mention.