I want to create a system like the one in Astro Bot, where the character interacts with the leaves and “pushes” them. I plan to use Niagara for this, as I believe it’s more optimized than static meshes and physics.
I’m new to this area; I’ve followed some tutorials and modified them to try and achieve this result, but I haven’t succeeded yet. Can someone help me?
Here’s the video of Astro Bot (26:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYyCrR2-V9I&t=1606s
This is the tutorial I followed (unfortunately, it’s only for members and one of the few I found): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dYYOe2S2bGM
or How can i make it with material world position offset and rotation?
Hi @RichardReis,
There is a complicated version of this that I suspect is the setup they used for WuKong- it involves writing the player’s location to a render target every frame. If you want to try this method, let me know and I’ll help you get set up. A warning though- it’s very complex and can take a while to get it up and running.
Likely though, all you really need is a point force- with the origin being the player’s location. If you want the leaves to toss up in the air, you’ll probably want to offset the location by like -50 so it’s below the player/particles.
To input the player’s location into the particle system, you’ll need to use a Niagara Parameter Collection.
Then, to set this value, get a reference to it in your player blueprint (this can be OnBeginPlay instead of tick) and have your player set its value on tick.
Thank Sarah, this worked!
someone recomended me this tutorial, seen more complex, will try this one too
I heard you want to displace snow, interact with water & push stuff around with your character?
