Character size problems

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Hi!

My main character is shorter and wider than the default Unreal pawn. I successfully adjusted the size of capsule compoment, so the collision works fine. But I still have some problems:

  1. The player start actor still has the default size, so I can’t position it properly without either having a “Bad size” warning or character falling a bit on game start.
  2. The navigation mesh also uses the default capsule size to compute passability. As a result, the character does not navigate to the places he could potentially reach.

There is a similar unanswered question tackling the problem of different character sizes in a broader way:

I am sure supporting characters of different sizes should be a mandatory feature of the game engine. I am surprised there is so little info on the matter.

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Regarding navigation agent sizes I’ve responded to the question you put the link to (thanks!). Regarding PlayerStart I’ve just looked at the code and it’s terribly unconfigurable now :confused: I’ve started a thread with Framework team regarding this.

You can however fix it if you’re making a C++ project. Just derive a class from APlayerStart, modify CapsuleComponent's size, and start using this as your player start.

Hope it helps.

–mieszko