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🧪 Interactive Demo – See Smart Cone Trace in Action

See Smart Cone Trace in a real-world Blueprint setup — using actor components, trace functions, filtering, and debug visualization — all in one quick, hands-on demo.

▶️ Watch the Demo

🎥 Watch on YouTube

In this demo, you'll see:

  • A tank actor with a SmartConeTrace component that detects the player
  • A static sensor actor using the ConeTraceByChannel() function manually
  • The player actor also using SmartConeTrace to detect other actors
  • Live tag, class, and interface filtering in action
  • Full debug visualization of cone shape and hit results
  • All logic implemented in Blueprints — no C++ needed

🎮 Play the Demo (Windows)

Try the exact project shown in the video:

🔗 Download Demo Build (.zip)

Includes:

  • Third-person level with three working cone trace actors:
  • A tank with automatic forward detection
  • A scanning sensor that reacts to the player
  • The player showing trace results with different filters
  • Real-time debug drawing and UI feedback

📌 Just unzip and run SmartConeTraceEx.exe.

🧱 Blueprint Examples – Learn by Inspecting

Download the project files and explore how each actor works:

🔗 Download Sample Project

You’ll get:

  • Tank, Sensor, and Player Blueprints using cone trace
  • Both component-based and function-based setups
  • Example filters: RequiredTags, RequiredClass, RequiredInterface
  • On-screen UI: WBP_TraceInfo widget
  • Ready to copy and adapt

🎮 Real-World Usage Examples

Smart Cone Trace is flexible and can be used in many gameplay scenarios:

🧠 AI Vision

Give enemies, drones, or creatures a cone-based field of view.
Trigger alerts or behaviors when the player enters their line of sight.

  • Attach the component to AI characters
  • Detect only specific actors (e.g. Characters with tag "Player")
  • React through OnConeTraceResult in Blueprint

✨ Area Scan Ability

Let the player scan an area in front of them on command (like a pulse).

  • Call ConeTraceByChannel() on key press
  • Highlight found objects
  • Filter results by tag or interface

🔥 Ability Zones

Use cone-shaped traces for flame breath, ice blasts, or shout attacks.

  • Hit multiple enemies with bMultiHit
  • Sync VFX and SFX with the actual trace volume
  • Trigger effects only for valid targets

🧩 Traps & Sensors

Use cone tracing in level geometry to detect intruders or activate traps.

  • Automatically trace at intervals
  • Combine with trigger boxes, cameras, or events

✅ Key Features Demonstrated

Feature Covered
Component-based cone tracing ✅
Manual function-based tracing ✅
Tag/class/interface filtering ✅
Closest hit and multi-hit logic ✅
Real-time debug visualization ✅
On-screen hit display (UI) ✅
Pure Blueprint implementation ✅

🧩 Whether you're building AI vision, scanning tools, trap systems, or gameplay abilities — Smart Cone Trace gives you precision control with simple Blueprint logic.