#i set it in event graph and and it won't
white willow
Ah I thought you meant at runtime 😄
Are you talking about the arrow component that comes automatically with a character blueprint?
real marsh
yes
white willow
Yeah unfortunately that one is added natively and doesn't have a transform exposed, as you probably noticed already
Can you try moving this 'Set Relative Rotation' in the Construction script instead?
real marsh
like this?
white willow
yes! - If you place that in the construction script, you might see it in the blueprint's viewport. If you don't, at least you'll see it in the level before pressing play.
If not, what I usually do is place a second arrow component manually that I can position just like I want - and completely ignore the native arrow
white willow
yea it's a hardcoded one. If you really need to, you can destroy it at runtime.
Did the construction script work?
real marsh
no
well at least i haven't tested it yet but the viewport still shows the wrong way
i'm following a JRPG combat tutorial and I am using paperZD characters rather than regular ones
white willow
Oh ok - Lemme open Unreal real quick and test it out
sry for previous deleted message haha - wrong thread.
real marsh
oh ok
i could rotate the character to match the arrow but that might not work right idk
he'll be backward in the viewport
white willow
Usually, that arrow is meant to indicate the character's forward axis, so that's probably a good idea to align them
Maybe the tutorial handles input vs movement direction in a reversed manner compare to more traditional ways
real marsh
it's not for movement
i did that earlier but have a similar issue with the arrow and i want to fix it
white willow
ok I think I found a way 😅
real marsh
what is it?
white willow
Interestingly - if you try to reference the arrow component in the construction script, it tells you it's not exposed in BP
BUT there's a way around it:
basically get all the child components of the parent component, cast to check if it's an arrow component and rotate it
You can also use IsA (soft) branching instead of cast if you don't want the hard class reference
white willow
But the cast can be useful if you need to change other arrow settings, like size, length or color
real marsh
now it works
white willow
awesome ^-^
real marsh
thanks for the help, i'll message if i need anything else
white willow
you can even override its position too if you prefer having the arrow at the root