How to have a hat interact with a hair groom?

[zayzay692]

Hello,

I’m trying to have my character’s hat interact with a hair groom I created. I was hoping that if they both had physics enabled then the groom would keep the hair contained inside the hat. The goal is to have this in my short film so the hat will end up having animation attached to it as well. If there is a better way to go about doing this please let me know ASAP!

Here is a picture down below

[Leomerya12]

Hello,

I would either:

1. Change the size of the hat
2. Add a masking function to the hat’s material that will hide all hair in contact with it
   or
3. Create multiple versions of the same hairstyle, where you shave off any parts that are occluded beyond the hat line so they don’t stick out.

There’s a reason characters are usually buzzcut/bald when wearing hats in video games.

[zayzay692]

Thanks so much!!! Im still kinda new to unreal engine so thanks for your thoughts!

Do you have any resources for creating a masking function?

[Leomerya12]

Not a problem.

I skimmed this video:

Masking out hair from hats in Unreal Engine with Metahumans Tutorial

[zayzay692]

Awesome, thanks you!!!