Using Matinee Actions in Blueprints

Unreal Engine Programming & Scripting Blueprint
#1

Hi there,

I’m trying to dynamically set an Actor on a Matinee Group. I’ve found this in the documentation:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Matinee/UserGuide/index.html#workingwithgroupsandtracks

Does anyone know how to actually use get this Matinee Action node to use in a Blueprint? I can’t work out where to get it from?

Thanks,

  • Rich
#2

Matinee works in Level Blueprint only. You’ll have to wait for Sequencer for more functionality.

#3

Thanks for the quick reply.

Does that mean this functionality they are talking about in the documentation quote isn’t working yet?
Is there a way to pass an actor into a Matinee group using the Level Blueprint instead?

#4

Sure, as long as the actor is already inside the level. Select the actor in your level > Open Matinee > Create New Group > Right click on the group > Actors > Add selected actors.

#5

What if the Actor is already in the level, but you don’t know which one yet?

Here’s the situation…
I have 5 actors that I control. One of the Actors triggers a trigger volume. On triggering, I want to play a matinee cut scene where the Actor that triggered the volume plays animations.

Is there a way to pass the triggering Actor to a group in the Matinee using the Level Blueprint? Or is that what I will need Sequencer for?
Apparently you could do it in UE3 with the Trigger Instigator and an Actor reference.