Delay/hold an actor before firing

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Hi, I’m new to unreal and I’m trying to do a magic system where I can spawn an actor from a datatable, have it loaded and then release it when fired. Example, if in game you press the num 1 key which is binded to the fireball vfx, it will load the fireball in a staff or gun or something, and only fire/spawn the fireball when the player clicks with the left mouse click.

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Hi. Welcome to the Unreal Engine forums. I see you’re new here. You posted this question in the UDK section, but I have a feeling you meant to post in a different section. UDK is an ancient build of Unreal that only a couple people still use. I know how to do what you’re asking in UDK, but you might get the answer you’re really looking for if you ask in a section focused on UE4.

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Create a boolean like “Canfire”,on key input 1 spawn actor"fireball"->set canfire to true->on left mouse shoot the fireball-> set canfire to false.

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Based on the tags, it could look like so in UE4 BPs:

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Or like this to get closer to the intended:

load the fireball in a staff or gun or something, and only fire/spawn the fireball when the player clicks with the left mouse click.

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This does not punish for spamming LMB prematurely, can be added.