Let us be honest, this tutorial is generally great, but its a total frustration for newcomers to follow along. So many checkboxes left unexplained, like unchecking the yaw rotation or replacing vertex color on import (When importing, in the import setting you have to look for Advanced → Vertex Color Import Option and set it to Replace.), the loop checkbox for the walking/running animation, or let alone the enhanced input system with the relatively complicated process of adding the Mapping Context in the Character BP Event Graph…
This one and a half hour tutorial have become 8 hours plus for me, and so far I was only able to get to the point where I desperately try to get my ■■■■■■■ bot step on the pressure plate. EDIT: LOL another 2 hours to finally figure out that it was the collision.
Steps to ensure smooth stepping onto the platform:
Simplify Collision Geometry: Open the static mesh for the platform in the Static Mesh Editor. In the Collision dropdown in the top left of the static mesh editor, click Remove Collision to get rid of any complicated, auto-generated collision shapes that might be causing the issue. Now, create a simple collision shape manually using the Collision dropdown and choosing a simple box (Box Simplified Collision). This ensures that the collision is consistent across the entire surface of the platform.
OK so I am finally at the 1 hours 11 mins mark, and yet another completely frustrating issue: The Get Component by Class node does not let me select the BP_InteractionComponent. EDIT: OK this ones on my part I guess… for whatever reason I completely missed the part where the BP_InteractionComponent gets created! (timestamp 01:08:47)
As far as I read the posts here, most people reach the 40-ish minute mark, and then either throw the towel or have to stop almost every 2 minutes to search hours for solutions… The simple idea would be the tutorial-creator trying to do the tutorial himself and see how far he gets by simply following his own instructions.
What a pity actually. The best help btw is chatgpt4.