Trigger in place Explosion with line trace

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Hey there @DschimSane! Welcome to the community! I’ve got a handful of resources that can help you accomplish your goals!

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First a thread to show off how to setup a line trace for pure damage, not quite the explosion but you can use the resources after this to set up an explosion that causes fracture damage:

How to add damage to destructible mesh using linetrace?

I’m trying to trigger destructible mesh from a line trace, but having no luck. First off, I used this “tutorial” in the docs: https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Gameplay/HowTo/UseOnHit/Blueprints/index.html Destructible mesh works like a charm when using the original first person shooter example weapon, but I can’t seem to get it to work with weapons that uses line trace. The line trace hit doesn’t seem to trigger the OnComponentHit-node I’ve set up in the destructible BP (as per step 12…

Next, a tutorial series on chaos that goes into creating an explosive that causes fracture damage and impulses:

Chaos Destruction In Unreal Engine 5 - Part 1: Explosions Using Physics Fields

Another:

How to Make a Simple Explosion in Unreal Engine 5 - Chaos Destruction

All you’d have to do is take the trace hit location from the first thread, and call an explosion how either of those videos do and voila! Please let me know if you have any questions!