Hey i have made a little manikin without arms. I want a sword floating next to him wich can be swung. How do i do that? I mean i found Tons of tutorials wich show how to do it with an animation, but i am so lost right now, because i want the manikin to be still standing and i just want the sword to swing in front of him. Can somebody pls point me in the right direction?
It depends on how you want to animate it.
If you are talking about the “pitch rotation only” kind of animation, you can try to use the “set actor rotation” node or “set relative rotation” on the y-axis of the sword. This setup is flexible, you can also try to combine the other 2 axes to make it more “realistic” or so.