How to calculate Loc offset of 130 units from Forward vector of Enemy?

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Thanks for the replies everyone.
@Roy_Wierer.Seda145 for explaining things about vectors. (And yes my pic was a mess because I was showing other people what I tried incorrectly, but may be related to give you ideas how to solve.)
@illspiritx for the reminder “You really shouldn’t have to calculate lookat”

I knew it was easy, just that I was doing it wrong/ and the wrong order of operations.
So here is what worked for How to calculate the Loc offset of 130 units from Enemy’s *current Rotation (not Forward vector).

UE4 How to Rotate vector (a Location) by using an Actor's current Rotation
UE4 How to Rotate vector (a Location) by using an Actor's current Rotation1714×860 242 KB

  • Note that the code sets the Loc and Rot at the same time, which is glitchy/warps. I’ll need to fix that.
  • I have the Enemy [NPC] rotate to Player first (0.5 sec delay of a Timeline), so that the Ref point attached to Enemy can be calculated before Player runs forward or backwards to be 130 units from Enemy.
  • Edit. I should Calculate how much Enemy needs to rotate to Player, and thus Calc (predict) where Enemy’s Point C should be - before I rotate Enemy - so that I know the Point to place Player - and it’s a better blend/less time delay (visual) to move Enemy and Player at the same time.
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