# Event Actor Begin Overlap Wont work on Character **URL:** \ **Category:** Character & Animation\ **Tags:** actor, unreal-engine, character-collision, question, overlap-event\ **Created:** [April 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863 "2020-04-17T00:03:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/1 "2020-04-17T00:03:34Z")
So I have Event Actor Begin Overlap event and then I cast to AI\_Character so the AI character can overlap my player and cause damage, but nothing happening. When the character overlaps the AI it works though, and causes damage with the sword. Do I have to put a separate collision box over the AI characters hand or something, or maybe use a different event call? ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/2 "2020-04-17T07:39:05Z")
Are you casting on overlap? ---
**Author:** ![Reetro\_69](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Reetro\_69](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Reetro_69)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/3 "2020-04-17T15:32:46Z")
post a screen shot of your code ---
**Author:** ![nrossol](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@nrossol](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nrossol)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/4 "2020-04-17T17:00:43Z")
Also, post a screen shot of your collision settings for each Actor. Make sure both produce events “On Overlap” ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/5 "2020-04-18T11:07:19Z")
![299879-thirdpersonchar.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/e/7/ce7df03a0fbffb5f24bb925d56ec49199ac6d6fe.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/6 "2020-04-18T11:07:25Z")
![299880-aicharacter.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/8/c/e8c8e97494e2b657eb062d9d05fa8fbc4ad0e863.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/7 "2020-04-18T11:09:02Z")
Yes I am casting to an AI Character after the Event Actor Begin Overlap event. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/8 "2020-04-18T11:10:20Z")
The ThirdPersonCharacter works fine, but not the AICharacter. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/9 "2020-04-18T11:10:27Z")
The system won’t let me post screen shots, I don’t know why they aren’t showing up… ---
**Author:** ![Shadowriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Shadowriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Shadowriver)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/10 "2020-04-18T11:11:45Z")
No need to panic, they got auto moderated and i just approved them ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/11 "2020-04-19T12:42:42Z")
lol thanks I saw that they needed to be approved, but already posted that comment lol ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/12 "2020-04-19T12:43:26Z")
So I have Generate Overlap Events checked, is that what you guys mean I should have checked? ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/13 "2020-04-19T12:56:25Z")
So, in these pictures you’ve put up here, you’re basically doing two things: 1. The AI will get damage if the TPC swings the sword and overlaps 2. The TPC will get damage if the AI walks into it ( as far as I can tell ) Is that what you want to have happen? ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/14 "2020-04-20T01:07:47Z")
Yes, that is correct. But the number 2, the TPC Doesn’t Get damage when the AI walks into it. I’m thinking of adding a collider to the AI’s hand and have that collider deal damage to the TPC? Maybe that will work, but I still don’t understand why the TPC isn’t taking damage when the AI walks into it… ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_bc1fe2e1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_bc1fe2e1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_bc1fe2e1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/15 "2020-04-20T06:25:40Z")
Not sure, because I can’t see the exact collision settings. But maybe the two things “collide” and thus never overlap, because they are blocked by each other. In that case you’d be able to get hit events, but no overlap events. So if you’re still stuck, you could try checking this. ---
**Author:** ![BamaGame](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@BamaGame](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BamaGame)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/16 "2020-04-20T06:57:40Z")
Use collision on Sword and cast to player ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/17 "2020-04-23T19:22:42Z")
okay I added in a weapon for the AI character with a collider on the weapon and attached it to the AI character. Here is what I have now, but it still doesn’t work, no collision takes place, I am trying to add a ragdoll effect to the ThirdPersonCharacter so when it is hit by the AI character it does a ragdoll effect. This only seems to work for the AI character being hit by the ThirdPersonCharacter (Does a ragdoll effect) . ![300392-thirdpersoncharpic.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/2/4/02439dfcc4936391b602a3005ce0780df8de4999.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/18 "2020-04-23T19:22:44Z")
The Sword is working, when I cast to player, so would I do the same basically for AI\_Weapon but cast to AI\_Character after that? ---
**Author:** ![Tamarar357](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tamarar357](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tamarar357)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/event-actor-begin-overlap-wont-work-on-character/463863/19 "2020-04-23T19:23:00Z")
Okay I finally got it, I think my EnemyHealth was set wrong, I had it set differently then in the AI character, I matched it up and now it works! ![300387-answer.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/e/4/7e4b702816c504a7ba49e5be2ccfec4b44a12163.jpeg)