Is it possible having physics on an AActor with only a UBoxComponent attached?

Dear community,

Is it possible having physics on an AActor with only a UBoxComponent attached? What i basicly want is an AActor with only a UBoxComponent attached with physics enabled. The Actor has NO static mesh attached, I use an Instanced Static Mesh instead.

The instanced static mesh gets its transform updated by passing the current Actor transform.

My question(s) - Is it even possible to have an actor with only a boxcomponent and physics enabled? - If so, could someone please give or point to a basic example?

I tried many many things, read docs and threads, but the examples given assumes characters/pawns/actors with a static mesh…

Below some code i tried…

I hope someone can help me or provide some tips…
Greetz, G



// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.
 
 #pragma once
 
 #include "GameFramework/Actor.h"
 #include "CQBgDebrisCollisionActor.generated.h"
 
 DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, All, All);
 
 UCLASS()
 class TWINSTICK_API ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor : public AActor
 {
     GENERATED_BODY()
     
     //CONSTRUCTOR/DESTRUCTOR =========================================================================
  public:
     ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor(const FObjectInitializer& PCIP);
 
 
     //FUNCTIONS ======================================================================================
 public:
     // Called when the game starts or when spawned
     virtual void BeginPlay() override;
 
     /* Called externally to start physics */
     void C_QActivate();
 
 
     //--- COLLISION ==================================================================================
     /* ReceiveHit */
     virtual void ReceiveHit(class UPrimitiveComponent * MyComp,
         class AActor * Other,
         class UPrimitiveComponent * OtherComp,
         bool bSelfMoved,
         FVector HitLocation,
         FVector HitNormal,
         FVector NormalImpulse,
         const FHitResult & Hit
     ) override;
 
     /* ReceiveActorBeginOverlap */
     virtual void ReceiveActorBeginOverlap(AActor * OtherActor) override;
 
     //--- PHYSICS ====================================================================================
     /* */
     void C_QINITPhysics();
     /* Called externally */
     void C_QDisablePhysics();
 
 
 
 
     //VARS ===========================================================================================
 public:
     //--- Collision
     UPROPERTY()
     UBoxComponent* c_p_Collider;
 
     //--- Physics / Kinematic
     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "QPhysics")
         bool c_QDoUseGravity;
 
 };




// Fill out your copyright notice in the Description page of Project Settings.
 
 #include "TwinStick.h"
 #include "CQBgDebrisCollisionActor.h"
 
 
 //--- General log
 DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(QBgDebris_CollisionActor);
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::ACollisionActor
  * @param PCIP
  */
 ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor(const FObjectInitializer& PCIP) : Super(PCIP)
 {
     //--- ACTOR
     PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = false;
     SetActorTickEnabled(false);
 
 
     //--- COLLIDER setup
     c_p_Collider = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<UBoxComponent>(this,TEXT("BoxColliderComponent"));
 
 
     c_p_Collider->bAutoActivate = false;
 
     c_p_Collider->bOwnerNoSee = false;
     c_p_Collider->bCastDynamicShadow = false;
     c_p_Collider->CastShadow = false;
 
     c_p_Collider->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetObjectType(ECC_WorldDynamic);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetResponseToAllChannels(ECR_Ignore);
     c_p_Collider->PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick = false;
     c_p_Collider->bTraceComplexOnMove = false;
     c_p_Collider->bGenerateOverlapEvents = true;
 
     //--- Initial dimensions; EXTERNALLY set when instance of this actor is activated
     c_p_Collider->InitBoxExtent(FVector(0.f, 0.f, 0.f));
 
     // -- Set as rootcomponent
     RootComponent = c_p_Collider;
     
     //--- Initial COLLISION / PHYSICS disabled; Call C_QActivate() to enable...
     C_QDisablePhysics();
 
 
     //--- TODO DEBUG
     c_p_Collider->SetHiddenInGame(false);    //Keep actor visible for debugging
 
 }
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::BeginPlay
  */
 void ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::BeginPlay()
 {
     Super::BeginPlay();
 }
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::C_QActivate
  */
 void ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor:: C_QActivate()
 {
     c_p_Collider->SetActive(true);
 
     C_QINITPhysics();
 }
 
 
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::ReceiveHit
  * @param MyComp
  * @param Other
  * @param OtherComp
  * @param bSelfMoved
  * @param HitLocation
  * @param HitNormal
  * @param NormalImpulse
  * @param Hit
  */
 void ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::ReceiveHit(
     class UPrimitiveComponent * MyComp,
     class AActor * Other,
     class UPrimitiveComponent * OtherComp,
     bool bSelfMoved,
     FVector HitLocation,
     FVector HitNormal,
     FVector NormalImpulse,
     const FHitResult & Hit
 )
 {
     Super::ReceiveHit(MyComp, Other, OtherComp, bSelfMoved, HitLocation, HitNormal, NormalImpulse, Hit);
 
 
     // ...
     UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("ReceiveHit"));
 
 }
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::ReceiveActorBeginOverlap
  * @param OtherActor
  */
 void ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::ReceiveActorBeginOverlap(AActor * OtherActor)
 {
     Super::ReceiveActorBeginOverlap(OtherActor);
 
     // ...
     UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("ReceiveActorBeginOverlap"));
 
 }
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::C_QINITPhysics
  */
 void ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::C_QINITPhysics()
 {
     //--- Setup collison
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetResponseToChannel(ECC_WorldStatic, ECR_Block);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetResponseToChannel(ECC_WorldDynamic, ECR_Block);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetCollisionEnabled(ECollisionEnabled::QueryAndPhysics);
 
     //-- Fire Hit event when this object collides
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetInstanceNotifyRBCollision(true);
 
     //---
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.MassInKg = 100.f;
 
 
 
 
     //--- Enable collision
     SetActorEnableCollision(true);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetEnableGravity(c_QDoUseGravity);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetInstanceSimulatePhysics(true);
 
     //---
     c_p_Collider->Activate();
 
 
 
 
 
     //--- TODO TEST
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.AddImpulse(FVector(0.f,1000.f,0.f),true);
 
 
 
     //--- TODO LOG     Always returns 0!
     UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("C_QINITPhysics    Mass: %f "),
            c_p_Collider->GetMass());
 
     //--- Always returns FALSE!
     if(c_QDoUseGravity)
     {
         UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("C_QINITPhysics    GRAVITIY enabled "));
     }
     else
     {
         UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("C_QINITPhysics    GRAVITIY disabled "));
     }
 
 
     if(c_p_Collider->IsSimulatingPhysics())
     {
         UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("C_QINITPhysics    PHYSICS enabled "));
 
     }
     else
     {
         UE_LOG(QBgDebris_CollisionActor, Log, TEXT("C_QINITPhysics    PHYSICS disabled "));
     }
 }
 
 /**
  * @brief ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::C_QDisablePhysics
  */
 void ACQBgDebrisCollisionActor::C_QDisablePhysics()
 {
     c_p_Collider->SetActive(false);
 
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetResponseToAllChannels(ECR_Ignore);
     c_p_Collider->SetNotifyRigidBodyCollision(false);
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetInstanceSimulatePhysics(false);
 
     c_p_Collider->BodyInstance.SetCollisionEnabled(ECollisionEnabled::NoCollision);
 
     //--- Disable collision
     SetActorEnableCollision(false);
 }


I can’t see why that would not be possible. Just create the UBoxComponent and make sure to set bSimulatePhysics to true, that should be enough

Thanks for the tip. (Sorry, wasn’t able to reply earlier…)
However i tried that one also. So i think i’m doing something wrong elsewhere.
Think i must search further to tackle this simple thingy.