Scene Graph: interactable mesh that players can walk through?

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I need an invisible interaction volume around an egg (basic_interactable_component, hold E to steal) that players can walk through.

What I tried on the mesh_component that carries the interactable (a simple sphere static mesh, Visible := false):

  • Collidable := false, Queryable := true → prompt works, but the player is blocked.
  • Queryable := false → player passes, but the prompt never appears.
  • Static mesh collision preset NoCollision / Custom (Pawn ignored) / FortTriggerOnlyPawn (set in the mesh editor, saved, pushed, new session) → no change, still blocks.
  • Removed the simple collision, kept complex only (CTF_UseDefault) → player passes, but the prompt disappears too.

So the interact trace and the player movement seem to use the same simple collision.
Is there a supported way to have an interactable component on a volume that doesn’t block player movement? Or another setup people use for “steal by holding E while walking through” pickups?

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Hello! What I do for this is:

  1. Create a SM with the modeling tools, sphere, cube for example.
  2. On the editor open it and modify it’s collision to OverlapAll
  3. Compile Verse so the SM appears as a valid component.
  4. Add to the entity and disable collision and visible, keep Query On.

That should let you go through it, but still detect it to prompt the interactable.

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It works, thank you! Setting the mesh collision preset to OverlapAll was the missing piece — I had tried NoCollision and FortTriggerOnlyPawn before, and both made the prompt disappear. Now with OverlapAll + Collidable off + Visible off + Queryable on, players walk right through the sphere and the interact prompt still shows up. :raising_hands: i appreciate it, tysm.