Hi,
Thank you so much for your help @brs-ianferrari and your tips @MostHost_LA ! You guys were a huge help and I ended up with doing the timeline suggestion by converting it to a static mesh. I only changed one thing by using a multiply here
Also, if anyone is doing the same thing, you have to create a collision mesh for your static mesh in order for a line trace interaction to occur. You can quickly make one using the auto-convex collision option here
Although to my understanding this tool works with varying levels of success due to the shape and complexity of your model.
Here’s some documentation for it
Setting up Collisions with Static Meshes
Thank you guys again for the help, I am immensely appreciative!