Custom Character Collision - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FEATURE

[AJ_Graphix (Adam Janz)]

@rYuxq;740085

You can simply duplicate the assets (ACharacter and the blueprint) and then switch out the capsule.

Thanks rYuxq for your input. Eventually it may come to that… but for now I would prefer to not have to delve deep into C++ to achieve it. It would be nice if knowledgeable programmers who have done this in the past would post the required info to accomplish this, but I have not found any clear info yet.

@JoGoiA;740127

We have to learn to make what we want with elements that are shared by any construction, like playing with lego
In a way, that’s fun ^^.

I totally agree! But making a ball out of many square bricks will never be as functional as using curved bricks. Glad to see someone else whose creativity was likely kickstarted by LEGO, as was mine.

@Ohriginal;740244

You would lose a lot of optimization if Character supported multiple collision capsules, which just isn’t worth it 99% of the time.

The real solution is to allow CharacterMovementComponent to be usable on any actor, so you can create a pawn with a sideways capsule to fit a biped better. “Refractor the CMC to be usable with any actor” was on the old roadmap but it’s gone in this one.

Thanks Ohriginal for that great suggestion! I hope Epic reads this and brings that back into the roadmap!