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Smart Cone Trace

Smart Cone Trace is a powerful yet simple plugin for Unreal Engine 5 that lets you trace a 3D cone using Blueprint β€” no coding required.

It’s perfect for things like vision cones, ability areas, and AI detection zones.

  • 🎯 Works entirely in Blueprints
  • 🧩 Drop-in scene component
  • πŸ” Runs automatically on a timer
  • 🧠 Filters by tag, class, or interface
  • πŸ”¬ Optional debug visualization

Available on Unreal Engine Marketplace – get the plugin, leave a review, and support future development!

Cone debug view with hit points
A cone-shaped trace with debug mode enabled and visible hit points in-game.


πŸš€ Get Started Fast

Want to use Smart Cone Trace in your game?
Start here: Quick Start Β»

You’ll be tracing in under 2 minutes.


🧠 What’s Inside

  • A ready-to-use SmartConeTrace scene component
  • A flexible ConeTraceByChannel Blueprint function
  • Built-in filtering by tags, class, and interface
  • Accurate geometry with step-based tracing
  • Full source code and visual debug support

Component in Blueprint and event node
The SmartConeTrace component shown in the Details panel, along with its event node.

Blueprint node ConeTraceByChannel
The ConeTraceByChannel function being used in a Blueprint with sample parameters.


πŸ“˜ Documentation

  • Quick Start β€” Add the plugin and test it right away
  • Usage β€” How to use the component and functions
  • Reference β€” Parameters and result structure
  • Examples β€” Use cases like AI vision and scanning