Hello, im working on a project where I need to apply a new material to 200 actors during a showreel to show the Rebar inside the structure. But there I have well over 200 actors that needs to fade, and this is quite a dilemma for me. On other projects i’ve had 5 or 6 actors at most and have simply …

Give actors tags and get them by Tag or use inheritance and get them by class. Do tell if you need an example.

Hello, thankyou for the reply. An example would be most welcome :slight_smile:

I mean, the system is pretty straightforward: You can give actors one or more tags: [292773-annotation-2019-11-21-123848.png] And find them like so: [292774-annotation-2019-11-21-124226.png]

Thankyou, I’ve given them all a tag now. What is the cast node ? do I need to implement that into the formula I had before ?

What is the cast node ? https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Blueprints/UserGuide/CastNodes/index.html If you need access to the actors’ specific components, then yes, you’d have to use it.

hmm, so which actor do I cast to ? can I cast to any of the 200-300 actors ?

Yes, if they’re of the same class.

[292776-bp-test.png] well, this didnt work

Well, you’re casting to a Static Mesh Actor - are your objects called Static Mesh Actor, I doubt that. Your casts fail. How is your actor called in the Content Browser? Besides that, I believe the whole approach is very incorrect. I’d do it differently altogether, at the very least I’d implement s…

Thankyou sp much for the reply. I will try and implement this as best as I can :slight_smile:

Selecting a specific group of actors to create dynamic matierials for

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anonymous_user_e3a96625 (anonymous_user_e3a96625) November 21, 2019, 2:24pm 9

well, this didnt work