[Chaos Vehicles] Front Wheels Not Animating When Vehicle Turns

Development Programming & Scripting Blueprint
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Hey there –

I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few months tweaking my vehicle in Chaos Vehicles and it feels great to drive, but I am struggling with something that seems like it should have been basic – the front wheels of my vehicle do not turn when the vehicle is turning.

I know that the Animation Blueprint tells me that the “Wheel Controller” only works if the owner is a WheeledVehicle. As far as I know, the owner is a WheeledVehicle as that is the blueprint type I used to set up the vehicle.

My skeletal mesh has 5 bones – root, FrontLeft, FrontRight, RearLeft, and RearRight (wheels).

I have followed setup instructions in both of the following and am not doing anything incorrectly as far as I can tell.

  1. UE: Driving Around Chaos Vehicles

  2. UE5 Documentation: How to Set Up Vehicles

Here is a video to show you what I am talking about (apologies the sound design hasn’t been polished yet): [YouTube] UE5 Chaos Vehicles Wheels Not Turning

I suppose I’ve missed something very elementary, so any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

P.S. If you’ve got any great recommendations for a more advanced understanding of Chaos Vehicles, I am all ears.

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Have not totally isolated what the problem was, but the wheels have begun to animate. I have created a menu that loads the “race track” map and chooses the appropriate skeletal mesh based on the players driver selection. Whatever occurs between choosing a driver and “race track” map loading and spawning the correct skeletal mesh seems to allow the front wheels to animate.