Hello I am trying to attach spotlight to hand socket I just made but not able to change parent socket. not too sure why I am not able to. It says cannot change socket on inherited components. Thanks
With the setup of components you have, you can do the attachment in blueprint. Here’s a setup like yours, having a spotlight and a static mesh, using AttachComponentToComponent function.
I hope, this is helpful for you.
Edit: forgot to mention, that you can do it in blueprint at runtime as well as in the construction script.
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Same exact problem here on parent weapon. I assigned a socket yesterday, it worked fine. Then today, I removed the socket association, now I can’t add it back. I’ll post a solution if I find one.
Version: 4.25.3-13942748+++UE4+Release-4.25
In my case, a message “Select a different Parent Socket - cannot change socket on inherited components” displayed. I solved by using the blueprint node AttachComponentToComponent at the ConstructionScript.
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It has to be a child of the mesh so that it can use the sockets
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This was the thing! Thanks!
Brilliant!! Drag it on to the Mesh in the BP
If you are using modular components also make sure it’s nested under the mesh with the socket you need, Face, Body etc. Took me a minute!