How to set projectile direction?

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Hello,

I want to make a projectile that is fired from a ship. This direction must depend on the rotation of the ship, because it must fly from the side of the ship, just like a pirateshipcannons. I created this blueprint of the projectile (called ‘Cannonball’).

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The object is spawned by pressing ‘left mouse button’. The ‘Ship’ is ofcourse the ship and spawn location.This works, but the projectile doesn’t move.
Is the blueprint I made wrong or are the settings wrong?

I like to hear anything soon and I’m sorry if this is a stupid or frequently asked question.

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I fixed it. For the ones, who have this problem too:
Create a component on the side of the ship.
Give the projectile the direction and location of it.

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i know this is old but a screenshot would be sweet. I’m messing w/ projectiles and what not myself. :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your answer but, how can I give the projectile the direction and location of it?

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A suggestion would be to simply use a socket attached to the mesh in question, you can then retrieve the world transform of the socket and use that to spawn your projectile as one option.

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ITS a component under the blueprints you made for the bulllet, “PROJECTILE MOVEMENT” …after you add that…
Under its options there is a VELOCITY… Starting/Max and lower down the list is the Direction… Generally choose X and add the similar velocity.

if you dont add velocity it will just spawn and stand still