Position of a moving actor

Godlike0207 · February 23, 2022, 3:16pm

Hi,

How can I show the position of a moving actor (simulate physics is enabled)?

This one doesn’t work

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Thanks in advance.

ClockworkOcean · February 23, 2022, 3:17pm

That will work, if the actor has ‘Test’ as a tag…

Godlike0207 · February 23, 2022, 3:19pm

Only works once, but when I push the actor with the character, it doesn’t work anymore

ClockworkOcean · February 23, 2022, 3:24pm

Are you moving a blueprint?

If you’re moving a static mesh around, that’s part of a blueprint, the blueprint isn’t moving, the mesh is…

Everynone · February 23, 2022, 3:31pm

Wouldn’t it be easier to put this in the actors that need tracking:

Just ensure the simulating mesh is at the root of the actor.

Godlike0207 · February 23, 2022, 3:51pm

It still does not work.
Only the beginning position is displayed, not the rolling position.
I want to make a ball roll with physics, while constantly seeing the position of the ball. I would like to use the “Get All Actors with Tag” to find all actors and display their current position.

Everynone · February 23, 2022, 3:54pm

Read what I said in the post above. About the root - can you confirm? If in doubt, show us the ball actor’s hierarchy.

Godlike0207 · February 23, 2022, 4:00pm

Do you mean this one?

Everynone · February 23, 2022, 4:01pm

For the simulating actor to report the correct position, the simulating component must be at the root:

Otherwise, the mesh is rolling away but the actor is standing in place.

Alternatively, you can use the world position of the component itself.