I am using an Unreal asset from the marketplace (Wizard for Battle Free). When I imported it to my project, the forward vector is to the left (and a little back). How can I fix this? Things I have tried: Take the TPose to Blender and rotating the Wizard Z: 90. Not rotating and on Export Changed …

Hey @mtgentry Just use the GetActorForwardVector after you create your new blueprint of type character: [image] Don’t use the ForwardVector of the mesh. Does that work for you?

Hey @mtgentry do you want to use the wizard as a / your character? You can’t use the implemented WizardSM_BP as it is. Craete a new blueprint of type character and then add the wizard to this blueprint. [image] [image] [image] [image]

I have made my own BP_Wizard and set him aligned with the arrow. The outcome is the same. Here is BP_Wizard: [WizardBP]

Here is another look: [WizardBP2]

and lastly, the code: [WizardForwardVector]

Sorry, apparently as a new user, I cannot add multiple images in a single post so I had to split it up. The forward vector always comes off to the left and a little back. I did make a new BP. I did not use the one they provided. It was not of a Pawn class so it did not have a movement component. I…

I feel like it has to do with how it was exported from Maya. The creator said he does use Maya but when I look at blender, albeit I dont knw it well, you can see on the export that it is has the forward set to Z Negative. I have tried changing this value to match what is shown in blender (Y Negative…

I did not know this node existed. Thank you so much! That worked! All the work I tried, and this one node fixed it all lol

How can I fix the forward vector of a mesh?

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mtgentry (mtgentry) October 24, 2023, 7:01am 5

and lastly, the code: