Trying to get static mesh component from an actor class?

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Hi, I’m back! I’m trying to get a missile to home on an enemy, and as I understand it the “Set Homing Target” in Unreal can only take a static mesh reference. So I added a static mesh component to my Enemy class:

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If I try to cast to the Enemy class and get the static mesh, this happens:

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If I try to cast to the StaticMeshComponent, it gives me this warning:

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(I know the execution pins aren’t hooked up to anything yet :wink: )

Not sure what to do here! I’ve Googled a bunch and not found anything that helps. Am I doing something wrong?

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Instead of searching “Get Static” when dragging off your cast, try searching for “get HomingTarget” as that’s what you named the static mesh inside your actor

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That did it! Thanks!

Unfortunately this has led to a new issue:

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The homing target seems to REALLY want a static mesh actor. Is there a workaround or something for this?

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Update: this thread solved my Homing Target Component issue. Thanks Mbublitz!