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UCableComponent

Component that allows you to specify custom triangle mesh geometry

API > API/Plugins > API/Plugins/CableComponent

Inheritance Hierarchy

References

   
Module CableComponent
Header /Engine/Plugins/Runtime/CableComponent/Source/CableComponent/Classes/CableComponent.h
Include #include "CableComponent.h"

Syntax

UCLASS&40;HideCategories&61;&40;Object, Physics, Activation, "Components&124;Activation"&41;, EditInlineNew,  
       Meta&61;&40;BlueprintSpawnableComponent&41;, ClassGroup&61;Rendering&41;  
class UCableComponent : public UMeshComponent

Remarks

Component that allows you to specify custom triangle mesh geometry

Variables

  Type Name Description
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere FComponentReference AttachEndTo Actor or Component that the defines the end position of the cable
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere FName AttachEndToSocketName Socket name on the AttachEndTo component to attach to
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere BlueprintReadWrite bool bAttachEnd Should we fix the end to something (using AttachEndTo and EndLocation), or leave it free.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere BlueprintReadWrite bool bAttachStart Should we fix the start to something, or leave it free.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay BlueprintReadWrite bool bEnableCollision EXPERIMENTAL.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay BlueprintReadWrite bool bEnableStiffness Add stiffness constraints to cable.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay BlueprintReadWrite bool bSkipCableUpdateWhenNotOwnerRecentlyRendered  
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay BlueprintReadWrite bool bSkipCableUpdateWhenNotVisible  
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay BlueprintReadWrite bool bUseSubstepping When false, will still wait for SubstepTime to elapse before updating, but will only run the cable simulation once using all of accumulated simulation time
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere BlueprintReadWrite FVector CableForce Force vector (world space) applied to all particles in cable.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere BlueprintReadWrite float CableGravityScale Scaling applied to world gravity affecting this cable.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadWrite float CableLength Rest length of the cable
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadWrite float CableWidth How wide the cable geometry is
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay, Meta BlueprintReadWrite float CollisionFriction If collision is enabled, control how much sliding friction is applied when cable is in contact.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadWrite FVector EndLocation End location of cable, relative to AttachEndTo (or AttachEndToSocketName) if specified, otherwise relative to cable component.
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadOnly int32 NumSegments How many segments the cable has
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadOnly int32 NumSides Number of sides of the cable geometry
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadWrite int32 SolverIterations The number of solver iterations controls how 'stiff' the cable is
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, AdvancedDisplay, Meta BlueprintReadOnly float SubstepTime Controls the simulation substep time for the cable
Public variable UProperty Category, EditAnywhere, Meta BlueprintReadWrite float TileMaterial How many times to repeat the material along the length of the cable

Constructors

  Type Name Description
Public function  

UCableComponent ( const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer
)

  

Functions

  Type Name Description
Public function Const UFunction BlueprintCallable, Category AActor * Gets the Actor that the cable is attached to
Public function Const UFunction BlueprintCallable, Category USceneComponent * Gets the specific USceneComponent that the cable is attached to
Public function Const UFunction BlueprintCallable, Category void

GetCableParticleLocations ( TArray< FVector >& Locations
)

 Get array of locations of particles (in world space) making up the cable simulation.
Public function UFunction BlueprintCallable, Category void

SetAttachEndTo ( AActor* Actor,
FName ComponentProperty,
FName SocketName
)

 Attaches the end of the cable to a specific Component within an Actor
Public function UFunction BlueprintCallable, Category void

SetAttachEndToComponent ( USceneComponent* Component,
FName SocketName
)

 Attaches the end of the cable to a specific Component

Overridden from UPrimitiveComponent

  Type Name Description
Public function Virtual FPrimitiveSceneProxy * Creates a proxy to represent the primitive to the scene manager in the rendering thread.
Public function Virtual Const int32 Return number of material elements in this primitive

Overridden from USceneComponent

  Type Name Description
Public function Virtual Const FBoxSphereBounds

CalcBounds ( const FTransform& LocalToWorld
)

 Calculate the bounds of the component. Default behavior is a bounding box/sphere of zero size.
Public function Virtual Const bool

DoesSocketExist ( FName InSocketName
)

 Return true if socket with the given name exists
Public function Virtual Const FTransform

GetSocketTransform ( FName InSocketName,
ERelativeTransformSpace TransformSpace
)

 Get world-space socket transform.
Public function Virtual Const bool Returns true if this component has any sockets
Public function Virtual void

OnUpdateTransform ( EUpdateTransformFlags UpdateTransformFlags,
ETeleportType Teleport
)

 Native callback when this component is moved
Public function Virtual void Overridable internal function to respond to changes in the visibility of the component.
Public function Virtual Const void Get a list of sockets this component contains

Overridden from UActorComponent

  Type Name Description
Public function Virtual void

ApplyWorldOffset ( const FVector& InOffset,
bool bWorldShift
)

 Called by owner actor on position shifting Component should update all relevant data structures to reflect new actor location
Public function Virtual void Used to create any rendering thread information for this component
Public function Virtual void Called when a component is registered, after Scene is set, but before CreateRenderState_Concurrent or OnCreatePhysicsState are called.
Public function Virtual void Called to send dynamic data for this component to the rendering thread
Public function Virtual void

TickComponent ( float DeltaTime,
enum ELevelTick TickType,
FActorComponentTickFunction* ThisTickFunction
)

 Function called every frame on this ActorComponent.

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