CrimsonCombatText · Lesson 7 of 8
Position & Scale
Before you start
- Completed: Replicate & Broadcast
Chapters
1. Place with the target component
Add `CrimsonCombatTextTargetComponent` to actors that receive pops and set either a Socket Name (e.g. head) or a Relative Offset (default 0,0,100). The server resolves the anchor inside BroadcastCombatText, so every client receives a ready-to-use position.
Resolution falls back gracefully: an explicit event World Location → the component's socket → root + offset → root + 100 cm. Actors without the component still work — they just use the last fallback.
2. Scale by camera distance
Author a Curve Float — X is camera-to-pop distance in cm, Y is scale — and assign it at Scaling → Distance Scale Curve Path. A good starting shape: 1.2 at 0, 1.0 at 1500, 0.6 at 5000, 0 at 8000. It's evaluated every frame per pop from the player's camera; the final size is the player's Widget Scale × the curve value, and a Y of 0 or below hides the pop entirely at that range.
MaxDisplayDistance drops an event once, at receive time, measured from the pawn — it never displays. The curve re-evaluates live from the camera, so a hidden pop reappears as the camera moves closer. Use the filter to cut noise; use the curve for visual falloff.