Mesh clipping problem

Development Programming & Scripting Blueprint
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I have tried SEVERAL ways to accomplish the implementation of an ADS (aim down sights) system on a true first person player and have finally resorted to attaching a camera to a “sight” socket on my weapon then switching between the 2 cameras on aim. Now my problem is that since the camera on the weapon is so close to the weapon, the mesh clips meaning I can see through it. Obviously this is undesirable and need to remedy it. I have tried adjusting the near clipping plane in the project settings but it provides zero help.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I fix this? There’s obviously a way to do it; the shooter game has closeup of weapon/sights during aim and there’s no issues there. I have tried deciphering the implementation of their ADS system but it was written in C++ and I’m not good enough with that yet to figure it out.

Can anyone help me with the clipping issue or provide a better solution to an ADS system? Clipping for me will need to be solved at some point regardless as seeing through any object that doesn’t have a transparent shader will be less than ideal.

Thanks for any help!

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In your Config/DefaultEngine.ini, set the NearClipPlane to something like 1 or even lower, (close the editor first).

I believe the default is 20 which is way too high if you ask me.

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As I said in my original post, I have already tried this and it hasn’t done any help. There was zero difference when adjusting this. Any other suggestions?

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That’s not right… set it to something like 0.01 and restart the editor.

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Awesome thanks. Only thing I didn’t do originally was restart the editor. Most other settings take effect immediately. I had left the setting on 0 when I shut down last night and when I logged back in to try this the world was flat and hazy. Turned setting to .01 and it worked good. Turned it to 1 and restarted and it still looks good. Thanks for the help my friend!

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be careful of setting the near clip plane too low or you can get some nasty z fighting at further distances if faces are close together.