How to switch to new character when respawning?

sy85004 · November 28, 2024, 4:09am

I want my character to respawn at the same spot and this is my current blue print for the trigger box.

My second character is showing up but my first one is still on the screen and it’s not switching to my second character. How should I resolve this?

VisAgilis · November 28, 2024, 5:17am

Handle this in the level blueprint instead of your collision volume’s blueprint
Store the player character’s transformation info before destroying it and then destroy the currently controlled character
Spawn the new character and possess it

I see an already existing topic that you created on the same subject with answers: Respawn new character at collision box - #3 by silnarm

Please be mindful of not abandoning topics.

villinx · November 28, 2024, 5:29am

possess

sy85004 · November 30, 2024, 3:15am

Sorry about that but I gave up the idea of using a key to trigger and I want to see if it would simplify the scripting.

sy85004 · November 30, 2024, 3:34am

this is my current code, it seems like when my 1st character is destroyed my the camera will shift to the default angle, and my 2nd character will drown when I control the map.

My camera is stored in the character but shouldn’t it remain the same since its already possessed before destroying? My CH1 is basically a duplicate of my CH2 (just different flipbook) so I’m not sure why it would fall off my stage.

VisAgilis · November 30, 2024, 5:25am

Nope, that’s totally expected. You can save the control rotation inside a rotation type variable and set the control rotation to that saved rot value after you switch characters.

sy85004 · November 30, 2024, 5:59am

Is this correct? My camera is still switching and I did a delay to check and my first character didn’t get destroyed

I also tried this and it worked for an hour then decided not to work anymore… (character still falling off stage but CH1 got destroyed)

VisAgilis · November 30, 2024, 6:16am

You should store the control rotation inside that rot type variable by using the Get Control Rotation node
You should set the control rotation to our rot type variable after you possess the new character by using the Set Control Rotation node
And also, destroy the currently controlled character before spawning the new character