How to trace for targets in GAS #1

[orchid spoke]

Can you explain your use case ?

[ashen furnace]

im doing the GA subclass to apply GEs on source and target while the GA is active

[orchid spoke]

https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation?tab=readme-ov-file#concepts-targeting

[ashen furnace]

yeah ive read tranek sections on targeting

[orchid spoke]

How do you define a target in your case ?

[ashen furnace]

but my use case is so simple i dont understand why i cant simply get the actor

[orchid spoke]

Different games can have different definitions / workflow

[ashen furnace]

idk, "Attack Ability" Source: Player, Target: Some AI

i dont have any fancy targetting data, i just need a reference to the targeted actor/ASC

[ashen furnace]

yeah im using those, but i dont have a ref to the target

[orchid spoke]

well, do a trace?

whatever you think it should be.

[ashen furnace]

the GA doesnt have the attack logic

it serves as a tag and GE container

My Component -> Try Activate GA -> if suceeded run attack logic

[orchid spoke]

So your question is more: How to trace for targets in GAS ?

[ashen furnace]

no, i assumed i could use a default "target" thing to get a target actor

[orchid spoke]

Well, yeah ... but that's up to you to specify the target actor

you have to tell GAS which is it, because it can't know by default until you program it.

It could be ANYTHING

one actor, 10, all on the server, from a line trace, an overlap ... it could be an actor or a hit result

All is valid, and will bear +/-

[ashen furnace]

the default engine FGameplayAbilityTargetData has what i want

ill check how i give it to my GA

[orchid spoke]

what I want as in ?

An actor OR THE Actor, the right one, already named etc ?

[ashen furnace]

yes, it has an array of actors

[orchid spoke]

Yeah it has

but you have to fill it ... again

[orchid spoke]

this

YOU are responsible for that

You can use the target actors that GAS has to "trace"

How to trace for targets in GAS #1

[ashen furnace]

how do i pass my target struct to an GA ?

the activate func doesnt seem to have an param for that

[orchid spoke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YImcEehcsoc&t=553s

Seems you're trying to grok your way in.

I would recommend to watch / read a bit.

I can always make an example on Narxim later. I should.

I do have one very simple example with a line/capsule trace

that's pretty simple, not even using target data, and it works fine.

[ashen furnace]

i guess ill move the logic to the GA

instead of trying to pass the resulting data to the GA