How to set hit result under cursor to character variable

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In my player controller, i have a variable ‘SelectedCharacter’ as a character reference variable.
On InputAction LeftMouseButton - Pressed, which is a self-explanatory event, i want to set any character under the cursor as the value for ‘SelectedCharacter’.

I have tried using ‘get hit result under cursor’ both by channel and by object. Both hit result, when broken, yields to ‘hit actor’ that is not a valid reference for characters.

What can I do?

Suggestion to staff: can we please make UE blueprints friendlier for those who want to make RTS or third person multi-character RPGs? All of the blueprint tutorials for RTS-styles out there looks more like a clever workaround to Action/FPS/Single-Character oriented engine, which i’m pretty sure can be made to be less… taxing.

If it matters, me and my friends are just trying to clone The Sims.

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Like this?

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omg omg omg. I love you.
I’m so stupid. I’ve been working on it for a week, almost 4 hours almost everyday.

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what if the actor under the cursor is not a character? what will happen?

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It returns reference to actor, and you need to cast it to character class to “convert” that reference to character. Then set it to “selected character”.

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“Cast failed” will be fired.
If you need to handle this situation - connect something from it, it not - live it as is.