Moving Platform Tutorial has a Scaling Delta Calculation bug

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Summary

The moving platform tutorial has a bug when calculating the scale. The platforms grow in size since the scale keyframes are not calculated in delta correctly.

The calculation from the tutorial in GetDeltaTransform():
Scale := VectorOnes() + ((TransformTwo.Scale - TransformOne.Scale) / TransformOne.Scale)

…should be changed to:
Scale := TransformTwo.Scale - TransformOne.Scale

since it should just be the delta. Just like with the Translation calculation which is correct.

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What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Documentation

Steps to Reproduce

The tutorial listed here:Create Platformer 02 Moving Entities Using Animations in Scene Graph in Unreal Editor for Fortnite | Fortnite Documentation | Epic Developer Community

Expected Result

Platform moving as expected not growing while moving

Observed Result

Platform grows while moving

Platform(s)

PC

Additional Notes

The 3rd step of the tutorial has old code in the summary that does not align with step 2. Maybe someone can look into that as well.

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Maybe also add something to the tutorial that emphasizes that you need to make sure you added a KFM component, otherwise it just fails silently. And add that the animation only plays when at least 3 segments are defined. The at least 3 segments parts is at least what i experienced.

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