That is a very good question. This might work on a spline, though i am not sure how the cable component will behave with that. The reason i did it this way, aside from the simplicity, was that you can control each pole and set various properties, like a light, torn cable, etc. One thing you can do once you have them all linked, if you move some of them around, is select them all, and check the reset wires box, to readjust the wires.
@@AndreiGhenoiu Thanks for answer. I agree, the control per pole is great to crate more natural feeling. Maybe the random attributes you presented in the video can make similar effect on the spline based poles in cases you don't need precise control. Like on long road distances etc
Have you experimented with connecting cables using PCG? I’m trying to work out making a post and wire fence using a spline but I’m in way over my head 😬
I have not yet done that. What I have done is use a tool from the marketplace called ia_scatter that also makes use of a spline, and place these poles as a blueprint actor using the tool, and them linking together automatically based on a trace and dot product. I showed it a few times during my weekly streams if you're interested in what I ended up with.
@@peterallely5417 There should be something here th-cam.com/video/GFchu350FLE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=AndreiGhenoiu, where I am going over some of my process - starting with the beginning of the video. Hope it helps a bit.
OMG, Great tutorial~!!! Btw, does the cable and sphere contact point's hierarchy important or I can I freely attach the cable component to the sphere, for example?
Sorry for the late reply, just noticed your comment. hierarchy is not important, I am using the sphere's location to set the attaching point between poles. Hope that helps.
This might help me as I'm making an interior and wanted to find a way to model in cables from a tv (electric outlet is hidden) and this might help me so thank you
@@AndreiGhenoiu in the end turns out I didn't need to do this but just set a cube as an end component, thank you for the tutorial tho, what i did wasn't advanced tbf but at least it looks like an actual wire without having to make a super complicated spline
For some reason in UE5.0.3 my cables just won't attach to the next one... I can see them 'try-n-grab' the next pole, but fail and go back to their open-end postion.... If this is fixed i'm gonna add some spark niagara to the open ends :)
I will try and migrate that blueprint to a ue5 project and see if I get the same issue and let you know. If you don't hear from me by the end of the week, message me again here.
Hi Arnold, just tried exporting the blueprint to UE5 and it all works on my end. Any luck for you? If you are still having issues we can have a quick chat on discord and maybe you can show my what's going wrong - neverfollow81#1453
@@AndreiGhenoiu So I tried a few solutions. First I merged all the Blueprints, however when i do this the only thing that shows up in the merged actor spheres from the blueprint. The same thing happens when I try to convert all the wires to a static mesh as well.
that is a very good question. Unfortunately I have not tried doing anything like this. I think you would want to somehow 'fake' it using the cable physics.
Mb for deleting the comment It got too cluttered and didnt think you'd respond, what did you mean by making the 2nd one a child of the first one? the result I got to Is that Pole01 connect to Pole01, Pole02 connects to Pole01 but not Pole02 which makes sense sadly
So if you make the second blueprint as a child of the first, then change the mesh in the second blueprint, you should be able to connect child to parent to child, etc. . To do that, you right click on the parent pole blueprint, and select make child blueprint. Hope this helps.
Very nice tutorial. I'm asking as a beginner - can this system be rigged to Unreal spline? So the poles placing will be more like automatic system?
That is a very good question. This might work on a spline, though i am not sure how the cable component will behave with that. The reason i did it this way, aside from the simplicity, was that you can control each pole and set various properties, like a light, torn cable, etc. One thing you can do once you have them all linked, if you move some of them around, is select them all, and check the reset wires box, to readjust the wires.
@@AndreiGhenoiu Thanks for answer. I agree, the control per pole is great to crate more natural feeling. Maybe the random attributes you presented in the video can make similar effect on the spline based poles in cases you don't need precise control. Like on long road distances etc
Just came across this tutorial, this is fantastic, it needs WAY more views.
Thank you so much Happy! Happy you like it.
Brilliant tutorial, much appreciated!
So glad I found this, it was exactly what I needed, thanks so much!
Awesome! I'm happy it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this, I've been trying to figure out how to do something like this with, no results, Thanks!
My pleasure! Happy you found it useful 🙂
Excellent tutorial! Kudos!
Many thanks!
This is insane! Ty
After a bit of struggling I got this working, but every time I pick the next pole, it detaches from the previous one. Very weird.
Hmm, that is an interesting issue. 4.27 works fine for me. If you still have issues, you can find me here - neverfollow81#1453 on discord
Thank you! You best)
Thank you!
Have you experimented with connecting cables using PCG? I’m trying to work out making a post and wire fence using a spline but I’m in way over my head 😬
I have not yet done that. What I have done is use a tool from the marketplace called ia_scatter that also makes use of a spline, and place these poles as a blueprint actor using the tool, and them linking together automatically based on a trace and dot product. I showed it a few times during my weekly streams if you're interested in what I ended up with.
@@AndreiGhenoiu cool which stream episode was it? I’ll check it out
@@peterallely5417 There should be something here th-cam.com/video/GFchu350FLE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=AndreiGhenoiu, where I am going over some of my process - starting with the beginning of the video. Hope it helps a bit.
OMG, Great tutorial~!!!
Btw, does the cable and sphere contact point's hierarchy important or I can I freely attach the cable component to the sphere, for example?
Sorry for the late reply, just noticed your comment. hierarchy is not important, I am using the sphere's location to set the attaching point between poles. Hope that helps.
This might help me as I'm making an interior and wanted to find a way to model in cables from a tv (electric outlet is hidden) and this might help me so thank you
That is a great idea! Might try it out myself for some interior cables.
@@AndreiGhenoiu in the end turns out I didn't need to do this but just set a cube as an end component, thank you for the tutorial tho, what i did wasn't advanced tbf but at least it looks like an actual wire without having to make a super complicated spline
@@adils4604 awesome!
good work
Good tutorial. Where did you get pole asset?
It's something old that I had around. You can find a lot of electric poles on sketchfab
For some reason in UE5.0.3 my cables just won't attach to the next one... I can see them 'try-n-grab' the next pole, but fail and go back to their open-end postion.... If this is fixed i'm gonna add some spark niagara to the open ends :)
I will try and migrate that blueprint to a ue5 project and see if I get the same issue and let you know. If you don't hear from me by the end of the week, message me again here.
Hi Arnold, just tried exporting the blueprint to UE5 and it all works on my end. Any luck for you? If you are still having issues we can have a quick chat on discord and maybe you can show my what's going wrong - neverfollow81#1453
Nice...
Tank you! Quick question though, when I try to package my game all the endpoints reset to a random point on the map? any solutions?
Oh that's an interesting one. I'll try to package my project as well to test it out. Have you tried merging the blueprints down to meshes?
@@AndreiGhenoiu not yet, let me try that and see how it goes! Thank you!
@@SaatvikDube Sure thing! I'll see how it goes on my end as well, but would love to hear from you!
@@AndreiGhenoiu sounds good! I’ll let you know 👍🏾
@@AndreiGhenoiu So I tried a few solutions. First I merged all the Blueprints, however when i do this the only thing that shows up in the merged actor spheres from the blueprint. The same thing happens when I try to convert all the wires to a static mesh as well.
hi,do you know how to make Cables & Wires & Ropes affect by Wind directional source in UE4
that is a very good question. Unfortunately I have not tried doing anything like this. I think you would want to somehow 'fake' it using the cable physics.
can you do astroneer tether system
that is actually a great idea. Let me see if I can find some time to try and come up with something.
@@AndreiGhenoiu looking forward to it. thanks
Mb for deleting the comment It got too cluttered and didnt think you'd respond, what did you mean by making the 2nd one a child of the first one?
the result I got to Is that Pole01 connect to Pole01, Pole02 connects to Pole01 but not Pole02 which makes sense sadly
So if you make the second blueprint as a child of the first, then change the mesh in the second blueprint, you should be able to connect child to parent to child, etc. . To do that, you right click on the parent pole blueprint, and select make child blueprint. Hope this helps.
@@AndreiGhenoiu Ill try that ty but the thing is presumably that only works for 2 poles not more correct?
@@AndreiGhenoiu Sir you are a saint, It worked (for the 5 poles I have) idk what to say Its perfect.
Hope someone gets you a nice birthday present.
@@koukaiisanhood8148 awesome ! Really happy you got it working!
Bro can you make touch Steering Wheel Widget
I'm not sure what you mean by that. share an example please
@@AndreiGhenoiu th-cam.com/video/gKwCjPWCKyM/w-d-xo.html sample Video Can You Do It In unreal
@@AndreiGhenoiu bro I need your Help
@@yadhuvtk do you already have a controllable car? And is that control for a mobile game?
@@AndreiGhenoiu ya I have car but the controll is default unreal control I need to change steering control for mobile PLZZ help bro