I would like to know if imported animations can be used as moving platforms. I have imported a skeletal mesh escalator test, and added box physics assets on each step. The collision works great but there’s one problem, the stairs slip out from under my character. It works perfectly if the platform only moves up and down, but thats not the case with an escalator. Here is a small video of my problem, thanks in advance for any help!
Ahh interesting question, if you reverse the animation in your modelling package does:
the player character slip or move down with the collision as the step goes down?
can you run your character up and down the escalator seamlessly?
I will build a small test now myself and see what happens. Cool idea though!
Edit:
Two possible solutions I’m going to try is altering the physical properties of the stairs, and create a blueprint that when the player steps onto an escalator step it triggers up a small invisible plane behind them to force them to stay on the escalator. The second option has disadvantages though.
I prefer timelines myself for simple animations. So yes you can do it without matinee.
I would usually not use a skeletal mesh for an escalator. Any animation that can be done in the editor in general should, with skeletal animation reserved for stuff you can’t do in the editor (deformations etc.). Memory and processor wise, though you could say the benefit may be offset by the increased drawcalls from building it in the editor.
Try animating in the editor and see if that improves the collision issue.
hourences, you say timelines will work without matinee? Can you explain how to achieve this? I know that in most cases, matinee would be the way to go for an escalator, but for testing purposes, I wanted to know if this can be done via imported animations. This could lead to some amazing interactions, (such as running around on a giant skeletal meshes back like “Shadow of the Colossus”)
Animating the escalator in matinee brings up another question. Would each step have to have its own matinee actor? Sounds like it would get a little crazy if there was 30+ steps…
I’m interested in this too. In my example, I have a train following a specific spline through the level and I’d like the player to be able to jump onto the roof and move through the level. Right now, the player lands on the roof and the train slides under their feet
Since version 4.8 exist a component for actor calls : InterpToMovement which let you make a actor move between points , I attach an image how I perform a simple Platform moving as pingpong .
