set Parent Socket with python

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Hey there,

Is it possible to change the Parent Socket in a Static Mesh Component inside a Blueprint Class using a Python script?

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I’m making a script that parents a bunch of nanite meshes onto bones of a Skeletal Mesh. I want to do it in a Blueprint Class so that I end up with one blueprint actor that I can place around in my scene.

I figured out how to spawn all the objects in the scene and then attach the objects to a bone with the “attach_to_actor” function, but this leaves a messy outliner, especially when many objects are attached. And since the SkeletalMeshComponent contains all the animation and the position of the parented meshes, I only want to deal with that actor.

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Once the Static Mesh Component is created and parented under the Skeletal Mesh Component I can easily change all the other parameters in the unreal.StaticMeshComponent, but I cant find a way to set the “Parent Socket”.

Any help would be highly appreciated!

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Hi, Havard. Did you get this?
I’m totaly frustrated with this…
It seems that there are no ways to get this…

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I have been searching for a couple days for this answer. This is one of the last pieces I need to dynamically build characters in the editor using Python.

I have a NiagaraComponent that I want to attach to a skeletal mesh socket in the blueprint.

Can anyone please explain how to do this with Python. I can’t find a single function that will pair a Niagara component to a skeletal mesh socket with a blueprint. Everything is setup to attach actors to sockets in the world not from within a blueprint.

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Unfortunately I newer found the solution.

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how can you solve it?