Make an object appear for a few seconds

[jdiez.com]

Hi!

How can I make an object appear for a few seconds?
Option 1: Appears every 30 seconds for 5 sec. (in a loop)
Option 2: Appears 5 seconds when I click to an object
First person game
Thanks a lot!

[Quetzalcodename]

Hey @jdiez.com!

A few questions to get things started:

• Does this object need to remove collisions?
• Are you spawning multiple objects?
• Can you share what you have so far?
• What is the end goal/the effect you are ultimately trying to achieve? Context may matter.

Any additional specifics you provide may go a long way in solving your problem!

[jdiez.com]

Hi!

This object is just a guide on the floor, no active. It’s a way to show the first person the way out, for a very short time.

[jdiez.com]

Imagine I click an object (button) on the wall and a line appears on the floor to exit for a very short time. Or, this line appears suddenly at random times for 5 seconds. As a hint to exit a large place

[jdiez.com]

I have already the object. I don’t know how to make it appear and disappear with time. Besides, make it appear with a button on the wall will be a plus.

[jdiez.com]

I found this:

Animating OBJECT MOVEMENT in Unreal Engine! (Easy tutorial)

Not working for me exactly as it is but with some tweaks. Any idea if you can keyframe opacity?

[illgib81]

How is it made?
You can use a material billboard and a visibilty toggle with a delay or a timer, it’s the easier way that comes to my mind

[Quetzalcodename]

Hey @jdiez.com!

Since you are just setting the translucency, an option you can use is a blueprint with a timeline.

• You will need a base material that has a blend mode set to masked and has dithering enabled for your opacity.
• Then you will need a material instance with opacity enabled.
• Finally you will need to create a blueprint of the static mesh you are wanting to use and create a Dynamic Material Instance, then change the Opacity scalar parameter.

Check out this very simple example using a chamfer cube.

Your asset should fade in and out every 5 seconds, and this can be changed to be triggered by an event or set to a certain number of times, etc.