UE4 Stairs

[Jpenalve]

Im having a problem in UnReal the stairs I have I cant go up. Iv messed with the is walkable tab no luck mabey somewhere in collisions im missing? player allowed to step on in is active. CANT GO UP. I even messed with the player start size nothing....

[Professor Watkins]

So remember that this time we have been bringing in modules and that UE4's assumption is that the module is a big solid shape. This means that you can think of a big box collider around the entire stair unit.

The way we fixed this in the hallway project was to change the Collision Complexity. We did this via the Property Matrix.

In this case, you can do it on a per case basis.

1. Find your stairs in the Static Mesh folder.
2. Double-click on it.
3. In the window that opens from there, scroll down to the Collision area and change:
   1. Collision Complexity : Use Complex Collision as Simple

This will still require you to hop up the stairs. But they won't block you.

If you want to get really fancy, remember you can build a blocking volume and lay it down to create a ramp up the stairs.....