How to Move a Character Along a Spline in Unreal Engine 5

[@MBAalrightgames]

The joy this has brought me is priceless, thank you for taking the time to create the tutorial. I've officially hit a milestone in my project - hats off to you and other UE creators!

[@nilcoireion]

Great video, quick little additional tip: The looping behaviour can be made a little more smooth if you change the distance input into "Get Transform at Distance Along Spline", into a "Get Distance Along Spline" %(Modulo) "Get Spline Length". That will always set the distance to be the remainder of the loop and not jump the character back to the start (0 point) of the spline when the loop is completed with an amount that does not equate to the exact length of the full loop.

[@Novarcharesk]

There are a lot of 'Get Distance Along Spline', and none of them have 'Modulo' in their name. Not very helpful.

[@nilcoireion]

@@Novarcharesk You would be correct, modulo is an operation, so it would be a couple nodes working together. Just look up Modulo, and use it with "Get distance along spline" and "get spline length"

[@natxmctavish5639]

Awesome, but how to make this movement without simulation, for render cinematic in level sequencer ? Thanks

[@stanshelby7972]

yeah i'm also looking for that one?

[@3DArtisanal]

have you found anything?

[@stanshelby7972]

​@@3DArtisanal in sequencer i just add the spline actor and attached the walking animation..😅

[@3DArtisanal]

@@stanshelby7972 not working for me😞

[@stanshelby7972]

@@3DArtisanal create a spline actor in your scene..bro Go to the sequencer add the created spline actor... In spline actor click tracks >path> then your fbx animation.. You can control the speed by spline>duration (For spline actor

[@maxschenk2259]

If you want very realistic movement, enable root motion on your animations and add the 'Foot Placement' Node to your locomotion system. Very fine movement where the AI even keeps its feet locked in place once it touches the ground

[@ZarBucanero]

Good! Tried and succesfull!

[@Skyrim973]

It is a very useful video for programming NPCs to move.

[@Pupsik127]

Great job! Please tell me how to set up a trigger box so that the event starts after it is completed and not at the start of the game. If you could do a tutorial like this, I would be very grateful.

[@MrDJsArcade]

Your videos are golden! Thanks so much.

[@markcuevas9866]

Excellent Video thank you!

[@troy7954]

Thank you so much for making these videos. Outstanding

[@sof9387]

How to do that with the player characters? Press forward --> Going forward along the spline, and same for backward?

[@FPChris]

Does it follow the terrain with this method?

[@altefecuatro]

hey gorka, how can i put mixamo animations in a meta? vers 5.0

[@GorkaGames]

wdym with meta?

[@altefecuatro]

@@GorkaGames metahuman creator, I don't know if mixamo's animations are compatible with metahumans

[@studiobaxter1242]

@@altefecuatro They are, I've done it, but don't ask me how I'm a beginner and was following tutorials. But it works.

[@caricreate2208]

thank you so much, this was really helpful!

[@KADstudioArchitect]

Thanks, how can I add pause for few seconds in some positions/point?

[@buennyo]

Very good and helpful! Thanks! ❤

[@hugolammens5134]

Is that possible to create a line to follow, then be able to move on right / left following this direction ?

[@tolgakilic7655]

Hello thanks a lot for your efforts. I have a question; Can I perform this operation with VR PAWN by disabling the teleportation?

[@hayesgeldmacher8592]

Extremely Helpful, thanks!

[@jonathanparlane1]

Thanks man, worked great!

[@BrianHuether]

Hi, could you achieve same thing just attaching the character to a camera rail and having that rail be invisible to camera?

[@VinoVenitas]

And again you helped me out. Simple clean and effective. Thank you.

[@MrKhelkun]

Great demo. I'm looking for information on how I would use different animations depends on the curvature at the current position of the character on the spline or something like that. So the character motion may look more realistic on hard curves.

[@alzahelb6053]

probably use a blendspace to do this

[@MrKhelkun]

@@alzahelb6053 indeed but I guess I'd need the spline curvature angle at the current position of character as an input in the animation graph of the character?

[@innerprojection2163]

Thanks man!!

[@emylievyrling534]

Thank YOU!!

[@tarandeepsingh2611]

hey thanks for the great tutorial, is there any way to add everthing in level sequencer and render out that instead hiting play and simulate buttons

[@alejandrogarcia4394]

Gorka buenísimo tutorial como siempre claramente 🙌🙌🙌, lo que no he logrado aún, es que el carácter se pare cada "x" tiempo, y luego continúe por el spline, y luego se pare, y luego continúe, y así...

[@deltaark1637]

Do you have a tutorial for 3D motion? I've got a guy swimming in the air and when he is pointed up or down it's a little off he needs to rotate somewhat...

[@deltaark1637]

like he needs one 45 deg rotation going up and another 45 deg going down in the other direction

[@DevilsRockContract]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Everything is perfect it helped me so much in my music video :) I'm happy

[@frameanimator]

Can you Animate speed along spine path, like if you want to slow it down at certain zones?

[@braveshooter]

Video is very good by the way what is the use if this for making game it helps in animation

[@TheReaper-xl7qp]

I wanted to ask if it's possible to change the speed on each spline point? and also if it is, how to do it?

[@olivangreiner3381]

Thanks, I managed to make the player pawn move through your code!

[@TGMaiam]

How did you do that? can you please explain, that would be really helpful.

[@olivangreiner3381]

@@TGMaiam make a new bp manager moviment using get moviment along spline (bp spline) + transfor moviment ( this video) and get player pawn. The get player pawn to move along spline.

[@aka_ryu5541]

can you tell me how to detach player pawn after 1 round ?

[@magegames6202]

I like this can you elaborate on if you have the char on the spline and he spots the player can he chase off the spline and if he loses sight can he go back to the spline?

[@nightwalkerj]

Now how would you get this to generate a spline on the fly? Like a school of fish swimming around on random curves?

[@TüylüBAMYA-v3e]

ı very love your tutariols❤

[@GorkaGames]

thank you!!

[@unsupporteddevice]

thank you so much for the video, do you know how i make it so the player moves the character along the spline (a = clockwise, d = anti-clockwise)

[@blackbox4595]

how do i use this in sequencer

[@Vino.S.C]

Nice and as always easy to follow! BTW a suggestion for the RPG Series: Sliding!

[@beatboxingchicken1126]

Hey I was wondering if you knew how to make a character follow terrain or shift when too close too surfaces for example: idle animation has the right foot lifted becuase the right foot is standing on a rock while the left is on the ground

[@artadecram_9624]

Thanks for solution! As we know -in common 3d-editor - like maya or 3ds max - we can smooth spline or rebuild it that means that instead 5 point inside we will get 10 ones - can we do it in Unreal engine? What operations can i do with spline in UE?

[@Skeltcher]

Its possible to add a "Patrol" system with this to a NPC? The NPC will be able to stop following the spline to chase the player and then coming back to the Spline and continue the patroling normally?

[@Studio242mx]

Hi , i want to put a camara following the character, but when i put it on it , the camara still on the same position, is there a way to fix this ?

[@tonystep3d]

Thank for tutorial, very simple and very usefull! Liked! Subscribed!

[@WolfgangWimmer]

Simple are you kidding? To move a object or actor around a path you need a university degree and debugging is not helpfull at all.

[@jorgeluissuariqueagudelo867]

Can you make the Caharcter move with the spline but by pressing a key?

[@bonyfist]

Can you please make a tutorial on the harry potter flying broom mechanism? I've been requesting in DM and group...

[@GorkaGames]

yeah I will note it down

[@bonyfist]

@@GorkaGames thanks!

[@Utopia2023Game2]

thanks

[@xaxaneitor5032]

hermano una pregunta, si sigo tus tutoriales de animaciones para el rpg tipo assasins creed, podre cambiar el modelo de eskeleto despues? o voy a tener que hacer todo de nuevo. tambien pregunto si vas a hacer ese tutorial pronto. gracias y sigue con los tutos bro!

[@zachwise476]

6:45 Ah yes, Becourse, the word my vocabulary has been missing.

[@studiobaxter1242]

Is this how fortnite does the rail thing? If so, how do you get on and off the spline with a key press?

[@MuhammadBilal-j7t]

can you give this Blueprint ? and how to add multiple Characters on it?

[@unrealenginehindi]

Can player hit the AI who moving along spline? Collison is not working in it, how to solve this issue?

[@NorwinLabs]

I swear, you have access to indie Devs Google search history 😏

[@florianschnepf7897]

why can't I use an animation blueprint for animation?

[@hotsauce7124]

May I ask, how can we make our character walk along the spline, then pause for a bit, then continue to walk along the spline again?

[@TaygunGencosmanoglu]

How to use it in a cinematic sequence?

[@djtc2093]

Could you do a tutorial on how to get AI to shoot at you and move to cover?

[@NonameOne2]

Hello. How to make AI run away from the character? backed up

[@rankot399]

I'm still looking for it too, have you found a solution?

[@WolfgangWimmer]

Wow, not sure anyone metioned this, but to make a object moving along a path you need a Blueprint University degree. It is complicated, not at all intuitive and almost impossible to debug.

[@luckyjulian]

Do somebudy know, how to replicate this in Multiplayer?

[@miksaaja3543]

Could you make a tutorial series where you make a game like fortnite

[@kenalpha3]

Can you please make a real tutorial on HOW to move a PLAYER/AI Character along a spline? Because this has been asked about in the forums since UE4 (bad methods/links outdated). And your vid is misleading, it is only how to Move a Character PROP along a spline - only good for something to look at in the background or people doing NON game cinematic - because if an AI is on the Spline and sees Player - the AI will keep looping. (New people may get false hope, thinking of Player/controllable Character when you say "Character." But your code doesnt handle the Player/AI Controller or transition on/off the Spline.) People are getting very frustrated at KZbinrs who make incomplete tutorials that dont teach how to implement the feature or it's bugged. E.g. you could perhaps make a Correction video on how he did Move Player Character along a spline: /lDvBGYn-u-E?t=1378 I did this tut. I added Enter/Exit volumes that lock/unlock the player to the Spline > BPI call from Spline Actor to CharBP (movement code handled in CharBP). But the problem is with his code - it fights against the Player's Z movement. At the end of this vid, he said 'this vid is getting too long' - thus he never showed us how to fix the Z fighting. (Meaning if the Spline point is at Z = 100, but the terrain goes up like a ramp or if Player jumps, then as the Player is forced to go Z up, the Spline code fights against the Z. I split the location pin, but Z is still messed up.) So it would be helpful if you make a correction vid for 2023. Ty.

[@HadesRage93]

Hello, If you have not Solved this I can make one I solved this Issue. Character for Example is falling on a spline to a desired location of your choosing and then in turn at the end of the spline you can control your character. Keep in mind the Thing I solved is for the Player Character not AI/NPC.

[@kenalpha3]

@@HadesRage93 Thanks. Do you mean you can post a vid? I subbed. I almost fixed it weeks ago, found a better method to disconnect the Z pin and calculate better. But the intro/out box isnt working - making me face the wrong way. (Im going from 3D movement - to Sidescroller left-right movement - which the spline forces.)

[@HadesRage93]

@@kenalpha3 Yes, I'll Post a Video for you give me a bit I will be AFK a Few Hours then I will make one for you & anyone else that is stuck here. But still may need some work for your own Personal Touch after the video.

[@HadesRage93]

I just Made the Video Waiting for it to Upload.

[@kenalpha3]

@@HadesRage93 ty. I'll look

[@mateoandrescano3685]

Podrías hacer un tutorial sobre como subirse a otro personaje tipo, animal o vehículo. Gracias me parecen geniales tus tutoriales.

[@dimaferox5133]

Yea but that is hardcoded animation and not Character class

[@RiverWillow666]

it always goes backwards

[@rembrandtproject]

not working

[@Anime-oj6hm]

First❤❤

[@GorkaGames]

😀😀

[@AstroNinjaKids]

Thanks

[@nerdherbs]

how do i add this to Sequencer ?