Blueprint for switching a lamp with his light

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Help please ;).

I’m trying to set up a blueprint for switching a mesh (in this case Lamps!).
The mesh switching works.

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But now I want to attached some light to it.
So when I wheel up or down the first mesh will be replaced for the second mesh and so on, when they do (because they are lamps) I want them to switch spotlights as well…
And if thats not all, it also would be nice to turn the light on and off for the active mesh.

I would be very grateful if you some one give me some advice.

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Here is how I would do it (and did for fun)

  1. Add sockets to you lamps. (mine are cubes). And position them

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  1. Attach your spotlight in your blueprint to the socket in the constructor. Snapping to location rotation and scale

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  1. Detach and reattach to the new socket when you switch out the mesh

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As long as the sockets all have the same name, you are golden.

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Wow!! Thanks for the help!!!
Getting there I think.

The mesh and light are switching.
1st Lamp / 1st Light

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Second Lamp and light (Softer light, so this is going good!!)

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Switching back to the first one it is stuck on the last light (the softer light).
It must go back to the first light as on the first picture.

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I wouldn’t swap out the light at all just adjust it’s settings before detaching and reattaching it.

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Thanks again!!! It’s working fine now.

But let me explain it further ;), this is a tryout for a demo.
Every lamp has is own unique “IES” format. And the “client” does not have to adjust this settings.