Random point inside of a sphere

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I know in Unity there is a function Random.insideUnitSphere that allows you to get a random point inside of a sphere. Is there an equivalent BP function in UE4 or do I have to construct my own system? idea is that I want to randomly spawn enemies within a radius.

2

Hi eviltenchi,

I believe this is node you’re looking for:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/BlueprintAPI/AI/Navigation/GetRandomPointinRadius/index.html

Hope that helps!

3

I tried that node once before and it never seemed to work properly. Do you have to connect Nav Data for this to work?

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Nope. What exactly about it didn’t work?

5

It was not returning a vector when I called it

6

Oh, I apologize, that only works in conjunction with Navigation system. If you’re not using a NavMesh, it won’t work.

Instead, you can use three Get Random Float in Range nodes and plug them into a Make Vector node. If you’re looking for a 100 radius, use -100 and +100 for Min and Max on each.

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Okay, was just wondering if there was a BP node equivalent of one in Unity. Thanks.

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Wow, this is an oldie. For funsies:

FVector RandomInsideUnitSphere() 
{
  return FMath::FRand() * FRotator(FMath::FRandRange(-90, 90), FMath::FRandRange(0, 360), 0).Vector();
}