# How to make my model do another animation when i shine my light at him

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-model-do-another-animation-when-i-shine-my-light-at-him/464131>\
**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** newbie, spotlight, unreal-engine, flashlight, question\
**Created:** [April 23, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-model-do-another-animation-when-i-shine-my-light-at-him/464131 "2020-04-23T14:05:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SnipesEasy](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SnipesEasy](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SnipesEasy)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-model-do-another-animation-when-i-shine-my-light-at-him/464131/1 "2020-04-23T14:05:30Z")

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How do i make it so my model switches animation when i shine my light at him. Please don’t give me answers that are too complex i am very new. But if the only answer you have is sorta complex you can post it here anyway.

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**Author:** ![irajsb](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/irajsb/32/740687_2.png) [@irajsb](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/irajsb)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-model-do-another-animation-when-i-shine-my-light-at-him/464131/2 "2020-04-23T14:11:57Z")

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Make a bp that has a light inside it . add a sphere or box or whatever component that matches your light shape . set collison setting to overlap. bind event to collision oncomponentbeginoverlap and if it was you character overlapping then play that animation.

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**Author:** ![SnipesEasy](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SnipesEasy](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SnipesEasy)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-model-do-another-animation-when-i-shine-my-light-at-him/464131/3 "2020-04-23T19:04:06Z")

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Can you say what nodes need to be used with the oncomponentbeginoverlap like what goes after that node?

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**Author:** ![irajsb](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/irajsb/32/740687_2.png) [@irajsb](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/irajsb)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-make-my-model-do-another-animation-when-i-shine-my-light-at-him/464131/4 "2020-04-24T03:20:10Z")

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[![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/f/c/4fcf080d18be2737792110c4ff79b01e4707eb73.jpeg "UE4 - Turn Light off and On - Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUG4cszBsgw)