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1. UE4- Trace Line to Displaced Mesh- Help!

   

   

   Topic by Lexinator117 · Jul 2016 · Home› Technical Talk

   So I've got this boat here, sitting in a water mesh that has a perlin noise driven World Position Offset to create undulating waves, a seen in the uneven surface at the base of the boat there. Now what i am looking to do is to make the boat rock appropriately on the waves. Right now the idea goes like so; 1. the four…

2. Re: UE4- Trace Line to Displaced Mesh- Help!

   

   Reply by Lexinator117 · Jul 2016 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks obscura, i wasn't considering the fact that the offset is working on different terms than the meshes themselves.

3. Re: UE4- Trace Line to Displaced Mesh- Help!

   

   Reply by Obscura · Jul 2016 · Home› Technical Talk

   But maybe a landscape actor would work with a dynamic heightmap somehow. I don't know if that's possible though.

4. Re: UE4- Trace Line to Displaced Mesh- Help!

   

   Reply by Obscura · Jul 2016 · Home› Technical Talk

   Unfortunately world position offset and even world displacement will only modify pixels and won't do anything with your polygons or collision. So even complex trace wouldn't result any different. :( You'll need to find an another way.