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Why can't we set the root component in Blueprint?

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Hi, I'm trying to set up another collision component that can be used when my Third Person Character goes to a prone state. To make that work I need to change the root component to be the default collision component when my character is standing/walking and the new one when the character is in a prone state (capsule collision component oriented differently) in runtime. AActor defines the method "setRootComponent" and it's protected and not blueprintable. Why isn't it accessible in blueprints like the getter "getRootComponent"()?

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asked Jun 25 '15 at 08:36 AM in Blueprint Scripting

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Nairam
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Hi Mate

What you will need to do is make a new a Character BP and put a scene component first, then the rest of you stuff.

That was the Scene is your root component and never needs to be changed.

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answered Jun 25 '15 at 09:34 AM

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avatar image Nairam Jun 25 '15 at 11:51 AM

Hi, that doesn't work. If I try to drag a new "dummy" scene component over the capsule component (root component) to replace it, it says: "The root component in this Blueprint is inherited an cannot be replaced". What should I do?

avatar image Narghile Jun 25 '15 at 12:32 PM

got it wrong.

add a second or third caps for you stance, then turn it on or off, depending on what you need

Narg

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this might work

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avatar image Nairam Jun 25 '15 at 03:28 PM

Did that work for you? I tried that but, my character keeps falling as soon as I disable the root component capsule, even when I have other collision capsules attached and set collision enabled. Seems that it's only working when done on the root component thats why I would like to swap the root component in blueprint.

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