How can I lock a component to follow the mouse on the Z-axis?

[pwallace2004]

Hi all, I’m currently making a 2.5D sidescroller where a flashlight is involved in one of the levels. At the minute, I have a flashlight following the mouse in a 3D space when I want it to follow my mouse on the Z-Axis so the player can move the flashlight up and down rather than along the floor.

At the minute, this is what I have set up. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help!

[Everynone]

Have a look here, there’s a bunch of examples:

Left Mouse button pressed and released equivalent in enhanced input (or drag and drop)

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