How To Make An Object Follow A Spline Path - Unreal Engine Tutorial

Hey guys, in today's video, I'm going to be showing you how to make an object or blueprint actor follow a spline path that you have defined. This is great for cars driving along a road for example.
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00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Overview
01:06 - Creating The Spline
02:16 - Making The Object Follow The Spline
12:53 - Drawing Out Our Spline Path
15:17 - Final Overview
15:51 - Outro
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[@IndigoAK]

I just wanted to pop in and thank you for this tutorial. It was really simple and easy to follow, and you kept things concise. I was able to easily adapt it to my needs (having the path in the blueprint for the object instead of in a separate Blueprint).

[@sdrawkcab_emanresu]

I love that you are making great tutorials without wasting much time by getting directly to the point has point. Keep it up

[@tcrproductions7508]

Thank You, Thank You!!! This is the fifth tutorial I've watched on animating objects along a spline path, and the first one that has actually worked.

[@BeamFreqGames]

I wasn't looking for this tutorial, but I'm thrilled that I found it. The logic has great capabilities. Thank you.

[@robertprescott9577]

Great tutorial. A road system would be great to see. I also want to thank you because it so detailed. Some in the unreal community show great stuff but don't show you how to do anything so they keep the secrets to themselves. So thanks for what you do!!!!

[@PatrickTheDM]

I finally was able to put this in one of my levels and IT IS GLORIOUS! 😃

[@stringyco]

Matt, your channel is incredibly helpful. Thank you very much for doing these videos.

[@wolfiedgr8t]

Yes please, more spline tutorials. Thanks Matt. 👍

[@Vexod14]

Thank you so MUCH for this clear tutorial Matt, much appreciated !

[@TheGrrson]

Added this to my watchlist. Thanks for sharing!

[@misterburger9272]

Made a coaster and it works so well! Thank you !

[@silent_j6198]

Thanks for the video! While it isn't exactly what I need since I am looking for having an AI actor grab a spot along a spline, this certainly helps to narrow down how I can do this.

[@alitalhakarabas3273]

Thank you abs what i needed.Clear explanation

[@raman5329]

Exremely useful video, the BP works like a charm. Many thanks!

[@craigstaley352]

What a great tutorial. It was easy to follow and give good instructions.

[@theguywhoasked1298]

You’ve saved my ass on an assignment. Even though this is slightly outdated, it still works completely fine!

[@cassette5229]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks a ton.

[@PartyBlimpLLC]

Another great video! thanks Matt!

[@geoffrey3668]

Thank you for the tutorial!

[@AL3DStudio]

Hi Matt, fantastic tutorial, as always.. Thanks

[@jurvanoerle2845]

Thank you! This was great! :)

[@WilliamVideoUT]

Great job, thank you

[@sonofbryce]

A1 tutorial!! Thanks for the help, mate!

[@MattAspland]

Happy to help!

[@monster6236]

Legend! Love your content! Liked and subbed

[@nolnsypie]

Great tutorial, but I have a question: what if you have multiple spline paths? could you make the cube move along the nearest spline path?

[@Shinjitsu_84]

very helpful info!

[@g-dojjo]

Thanks bro! Really nice tutorial.Im really bad with this things :D

[@ericdrob]

Matt saves the day once more!

[@azaelue5]

Now we need the same thing but with physics, so we can make coasters 👍👍👍Btw, if you could do an actual coaster tutorial, that would be amazing and a world first

[@MattAspland]

Great idea!

[@DougieBoy]

That would be an amazing IDEA!

[@scorn_77]

I need this right now lol

[@BEATSBYPOWER-RNB]

Thank you!

[@hamo123gutten]

Great video! Could you make a tutorial on projectiles slowing down when your character is in speed? For example on a train, when you shoot, the bullet slows down? Thanks :)

[@CyclePI]

Hi! Thanks for sharing this! Exactly what I needed to perform some actors' predefined moves without the violent direction changes of InterpToMovement :) And moreover, with your way to do it, one can actually see the path in the level. How cool is that? :)

[@shapeshifterstudios884]

Yes. Expand upon it. Crazy Idea for a Game Jam: "A game using 3 or 4 things one learns from this channel. " 💭

[@caizhiwang5993]

Thank you Matt. and Do you know why the node Float/Float is missing in UE5? Is there some replacement?

[@M.W-H]

Hi Matt. That is a smart solution for a problem I try to solve for quite while now. I have a follow up question: I the movement on splines should be my game, how does the project need to be setup if I want a static camera on a scene where I click and hold down a mousebutton and then move the mouse to make the object move on the spline?

[@lucasfellner8860]

Awesome tutorial. If I want the mesh to bend (for example: the mesh is a worm), would I need to add a skeletal mesh to it? Will it do it automatically then?

[@guilhermenaco]

Thank you for the amazing tutorial! Do you know if this system would work in Sequencer? ( e.g a camera to follow the spline ? )

[@darrylmorin7112]

Great tutorial...Thank you, I was going in the other direction where i want my cube to stop at the end of every spline break. I would like to set a speed instead of using time and give a count to how many spline steps to take. Is this something you could or would be interested in doing?

[@Krac_kills]

this is awesome. Im hoping to find out how or if its possible to replicate or instance a BP along a spline as opposed to having it moving

[@LordDrw]

Thank you Matt

[@BRAVEPROGRAMMER]

Awesome

[@redroverthefngamecat]

This tutorial works GREAT! What I need now is to have many objects (50) in a line on the same spline with equal distance between each. Like ants following each other. Is this doable?

[@G4AGamingForAll]

Top work mate 😍

[@MattAspland]

Thank you!

[@professorfroopynoopers1171]

Thank you for posting this man, really helped out with some lighting tricks I'm trying out, do you know if it's possible to combine the two BP's into one so that multiple can be placed?

[@tron_evan]

Thx for this amazing tutorial! I have one question: At the final step, how to draw a specified trajectory for expamle a circle or an "8" ?

[@marcinlapczyk5340]

hello, what alterations to the code would need to be done to make the objects move at a fixed speed no matter the length of the spline? using this tutorial for a tower defence project :D

[@Achillez098]

Another great tutorial Matt! A request for future video: Combat Music I.E. ,how to make a song play when an enemy AI character(s) sees the player, and how to make the song stop/fade out when all nearby enemies are dead. If you could make this tutorial, it will be of great help to my current project! Thank you!

[@hamo123gutten]

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[@MattAspland]

Great idea, I have this video for chase, but I could add yours onto my list too :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWmbgaqCdr50pcU

[@iceman11a]

Yes, Matt, can you add a road to the spline and a mesh to the cube. I just want to see how this all works.

[@borrowedtruths6955]

I created a road system with splines that goes over hilly terrain. Is it possible to attach my vehicleBP to that spline system in the blueprints or is there a way to use the splines that I made in your tutorial here to automatically "rest upon" the road system I created? Or do I need to modify the placement of each individual spline to match the surface of the road? I hope I phrased all that so it's understandable. Thank You.

[@davidwillno]

getting into UE5 for film work. I want to be able to use it for a stunt previz for a car chase. I know this means animations, cinematics, possibly metahumans (in cars) for reaction shots, crashing cars (have no idea the best way). UE5 a huge unwieldly beast, so if you can do a simple version of a car chase cinematic - or some pointers... I would hugely appreciate it.

[@thememetheorist]

you are the best!

[@natishmaac]

Thank you very much...

[@user-vv3lu3do2s]

Thank you for the tutorial. Is there a way to make the object go off the original spline in an angle and then come back to the original spline?

[@monster6236]

Hi everyone, just quickly. I was having troubles increasing the spline targets size without breaking it. You can add a new vector variable, make it editable and plug it in to the "New Transform Scale" which is on the SetActorTransform Node. Then you can change the size in the details panel.

[@thomasdaviddrawbridge-davi6481]

Hi matt, I've got a problem with the spine, My object does not rotate when active and its quite annoying as it looks out of place, any idea on what it could be

[@BlackPara11]

Thanks!!!

[@McHornet7]

awesome

[@DannyvanGeel]

Nice vid! I guess you can just multiply the timeline value with the spline length instead of using a lerp

[@ChaosStep]

I've got my player character as a child to the object following the spline, so it'll always follow a track while maintaining movement, however, although they rotate fine together, my movement axis does not, so eventually left and right become up and down etc. Any ideas how to correct?

[@bartoszkarasinski6607]

Hi, if I want to do a car instead of a cube, i should go for SkeletalMesh i BluePrint Actor right? And then attach in Anim Class for instance Animantion_BluePrint_Car?

[@fooloo993]

Could one adapt this for an audio cue? I want to spatialize an ocean sound to go around an island, so that farther inland the quieter the sound is. I thought a ring or torus would be the most efficient shape for that (vs. the default sphere, cube, cone) but had no idea how to implement that. I vaguely recall someone in a forum suggesting a spline to achieve that.

[@mohamedabelaziz6239]

NICE ! , do you know how to start from a spasfic point in the spline ? if I want to make more than one object on the spline and they are on a different distance ?

[@rubenminasyan9801]

Thanks so much

[@driftprodzoni]

Very good tutorial

[@MattAspland]

Glad you liked it

[@UmopESO]

How do you add collision to the mesh moving on the spline? Do i need to check the sweep box?

[@maizabdelhakabdelhak4468]

bro! i love ur videos

[@baza6127]

Hello, thank you for the tuturial, worked great, bar some nodes seem to be different using 5.1. But got it anyways. I also followed a video on buoyancy and got a boat working, but cant seem to get it to follow the spline at the same time. Is this not possible?

[@cymarin3d511]

Can i use this as a MASTER BLUEPRINT and add new spline paths? Or do I have to create a new blueprint from scratch for each new spline path? I already managed to create multiple blueprints with different characters and animations but they all follow the same path.. I created a new spline and path but it seems tricky to slot it into an existing blueprint..

[@athanjohn9458]

Awesome work Matt! I was thinking of this approach to control the path of a boulder rolling down a hill.... but... the boulder doesn't "Roll" along the splin using this method. Is there another way you can think of that would work with keeping a boulder on a track while it is rolling?

[@IllGib]

You can try with setting a rotation to the mesh, or add physic, should work with circular objects.

[@ng_art8552]

It works, thanks a lot for the works you do here? love your channel. But I have a little problem. It works great with kinda short splines, but with long my mesh (boat) disappears in a half way and I have no idea about the reason.

[@yeager6221]

Hey guys I can't seem to connect the Spline REF and the -> get spline node at 8:45. Any Ideas why?

[@NoxnYT]

same

[@sheilagea]

same!

[@CaptainoBob]

I'm late but might help someone in the future. I had the same issue. When promoting the Variable of the ''Get Actor of Class'' its ''Variable Type'' didnt set properly by itself (like it did in the video), so I had to manually change it to ''Object Reference''.

[@konstantinpyshnoy1502]

Thx, bro

[@user-lm1sc8nw6j]

obsessed with soft design now and more obsessed with cool scales Nd stuff.

[@ohtontheknight3879]

If the player on top of it they teleport back to the start of a spline is there a way to stop the player from teleporting and the spline also go through the player when they stand still in front of the path for the player i am trying to use this for a level with a lot of moving platformers

[@fernandolopez-wz4kr]

You have a new subscriber

[@cezanneali]

how does anyone figure out which Nodes to use in the blueprint editor? other than following up with the video and doing the same thing in my project, is there a way to get a better understanding of all the nodes to be able to figure out these things on my own?

[@aaronharwin2904]

Im doing the same thing in unreal engine 5 with the spline path, When selecting the object in the outliner its location does not update when moving along the spline. This makes the look at tracking feature on the cine camera not work. Is there a version of this which actually updates the location?

[@zest2heed]

Thanks a lot I don't want to add spline to the world outliner. I want to add spline within a blueprint class which is having many parts, and spline should be applicable only to few parts or assembly. Can you help me to get that done.

[@eligijuspranskunas3509]

nice! how to make object follow you(character) ? like its been connected to the rope with you?

[@friedchicken3375]

hey, quick question. how do i make a trigger so that the spline does not start right away? i am using a spline to make a chase scene in my horror game

[@darthtiberiu5]

Is there an easy way to create a precise spline path for example a loop/oval path with certain dimensions?

[@ZarrosUE5]

Is it possible to make it the other way around? That the spline follow the object in a way the spline itself is formed?

[@DirectionGaming]

World Partition/Map Tile Loading Causing Issue. It's Breaking the Movement when tile loading. How to Fix this?

[@borrowedtruths6955]

Just like all your tutorials, worth the money, (if you charged for them!) I can't seem to make it work in the sequencer though, any help?

[@robertoferreira4896]

Great video! Would you recommend this approach for a physics based skateboarding grinding mechanic?

[@MattAspland]

It would definitely work yep, you could maybe even randomise the rotation on the Z too to make it look more dynamic

[@robertoferreira4896]

@@MattAspland appreciate your reply!

[@LyubomirIko]

But can you make tutorial - How to move OBJECTS along spline??? Like a train, or convener belt or simplified traffic, or the futuristic flying cars in the sky traffic. Yes, some delay and separation between objects could be good, like in a real traffic, but there is many cases where just simple spline + many moving objects on it is enough, especially in wider environment. There is literally no such tutorial.

[@andromenosan5622]

Nice tutorial, but can You make a video or write in comments, HOW can i DEFORM the object when his moving around spline? Cause i use TUBE. Thanks in advance!

[@aufgespielt3768]

i must anything wrong. First ive tried youre tutorial, but there was no animation. Then i watched another video but its also not working... are there any settings outside of these tutorial, that blocked these animations?

[@DGFA-]

What a event should I take when it is just for animatics?

[@DamienRamirez]

Works with Camera as long as you make a BP pawn not actor with the camera. Same code Except UE5.2+ rather than drag from spline ref you don't bother with that at all & drag directly from "Get Actor of Class" for spline (A reference from spline BP - not spline ref which i told you to ignore already).

[@rustyrockers]

Love your work buddy! Could you please do a video about movement relative to the camera so that I can change the camera in my scene and my player will move accordingly. At the minute if I change one camera and press A to move left my character will move forward as if I am pressing W. CodeLikeMe did a video about it but he included elements from other videos so its not easy to replicate. I would be eternally grateful if so buddy! :3

[@orccomputers2145]

Hello matt! loving your videos Can i ask were u the developer of wrench? also if u were can u do a tutorial on adding and removing parts to a vehicle. I would be eternally grateful!@@!@@!@!!@!@!!!@

[@Emblanefilms]

Hi. Is there an easy way to allow for the onject to stop for say, collision and start again? I am trying to figure out how to do this because when I put a delay at begin, object jumps to where it should be on spline had delay not stopped it

[@rayne9323]

Did you ever figure out object jumping ? I have 10 duplicate objects . 2 jump, 8 move smoothly but they're all same bp.

[@mjcaboose8036]

Trying to Get Actor of Class singular but only option is the Get All Actor of Class with the array. Is this a matter of the version of Unreal Engine?

[@clebo99]

Can't you close the spline loop by pressing CNTL or something? I'm trying that in another project and that doesn't seem to be working.

[@bene8831]

9:00 How do I change the "Straighten connection to get spline" value?

[@ilarinikkarikoski4765]

So is the code somehow different, when the target blueprint is Character instead of Actor?

[@GiovanelliStudio]

Hello colleague, how are you? In your video, the object will always start from the initial tip of the spline, is it possible to make it start from any other position? Example: I play Mario Kart, I'm there in the middle of the race and I throw the turtle shell, it will start from the position the player is in, and not from the beginning of the spline.

[@kudjo24]

11:40 when I added the get location it broke the compiler saying "the property associated with Spline could not be found in Game/Blueprints/SphereFollow.SphereFollow_C. In this case I named my blueprint actor SphereFollow. And now my blueprint in the UE viewport says Blueprint BAD. The red error box also is only on the Get Spline / Target>Spline nodes for some reason.

[@maxsworldofgames8729]

ok now can you do one that is like a character that moves on the spline path when the player is following it kinda like npcs from the last of us they walk to a door when you are following it