Moving an object by pointing another object at it

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@wolfear87

how it would go back to its original position when not casting the trace

See if this helps with this particular bit.

• a standard forward camera trace:

You’d use an interface or inheritance if there are more types to handle, ofc.

• not sure how you want stuff to move, here it’s via a timeline:

• which results in:

• the branches in the script prevent it from spamming since we’re tracing on Tick:

Hopefully you can adapt it to your needs.

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It’s a setup similar to this one:

Third person crosshair object highlight troubles

The communication in the example revolves around Inheritance + Interface - a potent combo, imho. the base class implements the interface (which children inherit) the widget uses the same interface - calls children receive can be propagated: Actor → Widget Component → Widget without casting or finding user widgets (this can be done in many ways, though) [image] the player has a collision sphere and sends an interface call to overlapped actors as we approach: [image] [image] Above, handl…