Hi guys i’m trying to make a blueprint that contains a flip book animation and reacts to physics. However no matter what I try i’m having no success at getting the physics to work.
Heres what I have done
Create my sprites and outline the collision areas
Created a flip book animation from my sprites.
Create a PaperActorBlueprint
Assign my flipbook as default in the blueprint
Add a capsule as a child of the root (flipbook) in the blueprint
Tick simulate physics on the capsule
The physics options on the root/flip-book itself are greyed out why would that be? Do I need to add a rigid body to the flip book?
Add the blueprint to the scene.
The result is the object animates in mid air.
Im sure that this is something so simple however I am unable to find a solution or documented approach anywhere.
Is the flipbook sitting at the bottom of the capsule? Make sure your characters feet and bottom of the capsule are at the same exact height.
If tthats not the case, open a new 2D project with starter content and check out the default character BP to see how it is done
Hi thanks for the reply, I am not using character controller (as stated above PaperActor ) as it is not an object that takes controller input, it is just an in game 2D object. I have my character working fine
So I found the solution, thought I would post it for anyone else. It was simple enough, what I was mission was a physics component in my blueprint. After adding ProjectileMovement component the sprite reacts to gravity and force
Ah spoke to soon, the sprite/blueprint ignores any collision detection and continues to fall through other object. I have tried setting the capsule collision within the blueprint to block all but had no effect. Can anyone give me a few pointers in setting up a sprite with physics (if I drop a plane sprite into my scene with 3D physics selected in the sprite editor the sprite has no physics and stays in the placed position.
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Managed to get sprite physics working by the following
Remove capsule and Physics component from blueprint
Select blueprint instance in scene oultine and tick Simulate Physics from details panel
This however has to be done for every instance, there is the Simulate Physics option available in the blueprint however it is greyed out/disabled. How can I enable the option in the blueprint??
Make sure the sprite is set to “Movable” and “Simulate Physics”. Also set the Collision to “Dynamic or Static Mesh” or Pawn. It seems like it does need some collision set up.
Then go into the construction script and use the Node “Attach component to component” or actor to component or whatever fits for your case.
Check “Snap to target” and use the pins for target and parent.
I used the paper sprite as target and the static mesh as parent, which is simulating physics.
Ive tried to uncheck things on the sprite but it seems to need a collision set, on the sprite i used “custom collision” and set everything to ignore besides physics body/static and dynamic mesh.
Those are the same collisions i use for the static mesh.
Hope it helps. I guess the attach to component in the construction script is the key. It welds the components physics simulation.