How to create a widget when aiming at an actor (line trace) and then close it when not aiming at it ?

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Example:

Third person crosshair object highlight troubles

The communication in the example revolves around Inheritance + Interface - a potent combo, imho. the base class implements the interface (which children inherit) the widget uses the same interface - calls children receive can be propagated: Actor → Widget Component → Widget without casting or finding user widgets (this can be done in many ways, though) [image] the player has a collision sphere and sends an interface call to overlapped actors as we approach: [image] [image] Above, handl…

A more recent one:

Moving an object by pointing another object at it

See if this helps with this particular bit. a standard forward camera trace: [image] You’d use an interface or inheritance if there are more types to handle, ofc. not sure how you want stuff to move, here it’s via a timeline: [image] which results in: the branches in the script prevent it from spamming since we’re tracing on Tick: Hopefully you can adapt it to your needs. It’s a setup similar to this one:

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Essentially, store a ref to what you hit last, and base the logic on whether it’s valid.

Oh, the Fairy. I remember her.