How to attach armor with bones to character?

Development Programming & Scripting
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Hello there,

I have a Character which is a Skeletal Mesh, as it should be. I also have an Armor which is a Skeletal Mesh:

The Armor only consists of the bones which are needed for Armor rigging. A Skeletal Mesh of a Arm Armor doesn’t have leg bones f.e. My Question is: How can I attach the Armor to my Character? I would kind of need to add Sockets to both of them and connect one Socket to another or something similar. Is there any way to do this?

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When you attach actors to a socket the attach point of the actor is always the origin point.

e.g. for clarity… Actor origin to skeletal socket.

So, Add a socket to the pawn mesh. Attach the armor to said socket. Use an Offset in the armor class to adjust it.