What I want to make is a path (as shown n the image) made up of small segments (image - C) picked at random out of a group of objects (say 10 objects in this group) (image - D).
As the player moves, this path is generated below its feet, so say for every 1 meter the character moves, a new piece is spawned out of the array.
The pieces themselves stay where they were placed, so in other words the path itself doesn’t follow the player.
So what you would see (from another person’s perspective) is this path or trail that is made behind a player (image - B), that follows the path the player took.
Movement : left/right and up/down
extra: if this would be possible to implement, i would like to make it so that the mesh warps a little to accommodate for the curve, if possible.
it needs to be runtime, so add spline mesh procedurally BP’s in the construction is not what i’m looking for.
I would like to add that have a basic understanding of UE4, and I am looking for some advice and would like to be shown into the right direction, say a page out of the ue4 docs so I have a start.
I would really appreciate any help I can get!
Hi, thanks for the fast response. However, it would be a great help if you could show/share a bit more information as to how you got it to work. It seems like a good base for what I need indeed.
I copied your nodes into my character controller, and in the standard first person controller and both game me the same error whilst playing.
’ level:persistentlevel.playercontroller_C.CollisionCylinder is not static (in blueprint ’ player contoller’) cannot attach SplineMesh, which is static to it. Aborting.
You put the nodes in the player contoller, right?
And besides the Vector variable and the spline mesh component, did you add anything else?
It’s all in the character blueprint but it can be placed anywhere, really. The spline is set to Movable, its Rotation and Location are set to World Type - while it’s a part of the character, it inherits neither rotation or location.
And, of course, you need to choose a mesh when you add SMCs. Do note the Manual Attachment tickbox.
