Do Beam Particle Targets need Tick updating?

Eight_Bit_Punk · August 3, 2015, 3:41am

I’ve got a Beam Particle running from a Source in one blueprint to a Target’s socket. That target is a projectile.
Ideally, the beam would follow the projectile, but right now, it’s only going to where the projectile was when the level first started.

When I try to update the location of the Beam’s target variable on a tick, it doesn’t update, and it’s not updating naturally…

Any ideas what might be going on? Is what I’m doing even supported or are beams not dynamic at runtime?

anonymous_user_67807048 · August 3, 2015, 6:12am

It is definitely possible to update the target of a beam particle, and there is a Unreal tutorial showing how to do it. Check the link below:

You may want to watch previous parts of the tutorial to get the “context” of the above video.

Eight_Bit_Punk · August 7, 2015, 1:39am

Thanks. Yeah it’s some sort of delay loop.