Creating an object we can pick up

We'll begin by making a few objects we can pick up. Let's start with a simple cube:

1. Right-click in your project's Blueprints directory in your content browser and select Create Basic Asset | Blueprint Class.
2. This time, instead of selecting one of the common classes as its parent class, expand the All Classes entry at the bottom of the Pick Parent Class dialog.

3. Select Static Mesh Actor:

4. Name it BP_PickupCube.
5. Open up BP_PickupCube.

You can see that it inherited a Static Mesh Component.

Note

We could just as easily have created an Actor Blueprint and added a Static Mesh component, but it's a good idea to get in the habit of choosing your parent classes appropriately when you're building a new asset. Don't reinvent things if you don't have to.

6. Set the Static Mesh property of Static Mesh Component to Engine Content/Basic Shapes/Cube1.
7. Set its Scale to 0.2, 0.2, 0.2.
8. Set its Materials | Element 0 to Content/SoulCity/Environment/Materials/Props/MI_Glow. (Or anything else...