Check which object the character is walking on?

[phil123456]

Hi,

How could I check the ground type I am walking on ?

IsMovingOnGround is quiet limited

is there no other way than to trace downward for hits ?

thanks for your help

UE4 Tutorial: Footstep Sounds on Different Materials (Request)

[phil123456]

yeah it uses trace by channel; that’s what I do so far

[ClockworkOcean]

And you’ve setup the physical surfaces?

[phil123456]

yes I get the phys material with a trace channel, just wanted to be sure there were no more builtin way to check what material the character is walking on

[ClockworkOcean]

No, it’s a bit cumbersome…

[phil123456]

yet I found this

so we’re definitely doing twice the job

[ClockworkOcean]

It doesn’t look like it’s accessible…?

[phil123456]

no, I tried but it’s just sitting there, even the hit result (wth is it doing in the details panel ??)
looks like an unfinished work in progress

[phil123456]

@AntiGravity

GetMovementBaseActor

hooooo, so my insistence, finally paid

but with linetrace I can get the physical material

how can I convert the “base actor” to a Geometry Mesh ? it’s not an actor, just a mesh in the level

[phil123456]

@AntiGravity

GetMovementBaseActor Node

unfortunately, that node returns None all the time

[phil123456]

self is the character , the function is in there

the function is called from the character BP

I tried using the CharacterMovement instead…

[phil123456]

@AntiGravity

You haven’t wired in a RETURN VALUE for CHECK SLIDABLE FLOOR

it has nothing to do with my function having an output or not…I can just check the output like below

here I tried with a key event in the main character

now, the instance in the level is a child of that character class, I dont know if it could be the issue

[phil123456]

looks a bit like what I posted here ( nobody replied )

Child Actor Class not using Parent Class default value at runtime

Hi, the default value of a variable is not used at runtime unless I tick the 'instance editable" checkbox…which makes the variable available to edit in the level editor why cant I just leave it unticked and have the actor use it’s default value ? [image] is it because the instantiated actor is a child of that actor class ? thanks for your help on this one

[fael097]

I guess this is what you’re looking for?