How to get the heading / direction a actor is facing

[MoaGameStudios]

HI everyone, Im making a system like a compass in my game.
I cant get my head around how I can do it as numbers go up to 180 the then go up to negative -180. Is there anyway I can make a full 360 compass in my game

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @MoaGameStudios! Are we talking like a physical compass like actor or a UI based one? Here’s two solid resources for a UI based compass and one for an actor based compass:

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Thread where some compass solutions are discussed:

How can I make my compass point to where I want NSEW to be?

SO I have a working compass, but it doesn’t point to where I want North South etc to point how can I change this ? [image]

Ryan Laley’s compass tutorials:

Unreal Engine 5 Tutorial - Compass Part 1: UI

And here’s a thread going over an actor based compass:

Rotating compass

I have a physics object that has a rotating pointer part-- it rotates on the z axis to a fixed point in the scene-- however, when I apply physics to the object it’s attached to it won’t rotate properly. It moves fine with the object, and still points to where it’s supposed to, but it won’t rotate with the object-- it stays level. [Capture.PNG] Even if physics is not applied and I simply rotate it in the editor, the pointer still stays level in the scene. What am I missing?