Create a Foliage Data Table
This data table will hold all foliage types that the Foliage Plugin will use and interact with.
Create a new Blueprint of class Foliage Blueprint Actor
This is the Actor that will be created when you interact with a Foliage Instance and converted from a Instance to an Actor.
Foliage Plugin Settings
Set the DT_Foliage data table that you created in the previous step
Foliage Plugin Component
When painting Foliage you must set the Default Foliage component class to “FoliagePluginComponent“
Collision Settings
If we want to interact with our Foliage then we need to customize the Collision settings, in this example we’re going to be using “BlockAll“, this will work fine in this example but you will probably want to use your own custom type
adding new foliage types
In this example we’re going to be creating a “Tree” resource
You must make sure that the Mesh you paint (or spawn) is the same in the Foliage Data Table so that the Foliage Plugin knows what to do with it. You also need to set the “Foliage Actor” that we created in a previous step.
Setting up your game character
Open up your Character (or controller) blueprint and implement the “Foliage Plugin Interface“
This will unlock some events that you can implement on your Character / Controller to handle what should happen when you interact with Foliage
Adding resources to your Inventory
The below example is merely a simple demonstration of how we can utilize the Foliage Plugin Interface that we implemented in the previous step, to handle what happens when we interact with our Foliage,here we’re going to be getting the Rewards and adding them to our inventory. (You will need to hook this up to your own inventory system, this is just an example)
interacting with foliage
This example uses a line trace from the Players point of view to “Apply Point Damage”
Damage is handled by the Foliage Plugin and will convert your Foliage Instance to a useable / interactable foliage actor automatically.
