Getting Started

Enable Objective Waypoint System in Edit → Plugins, ensure your level has a built nav mesh, then add Waypoint Component to your player.

Blueprint-only project

1. Open your Character or Pawn Blueprint.
2. Add Component → Waypoint Component.
3. Configure Navigation Mode, Mesh Distance, and Tick Method in Details.
4. Call Find Path to Actor or Find Path to Location from quest / input logic.

flowchart LR
  Enable[Enable plugin] --> Add[Add Waypoint Component]
  Add --> Nav[Build nav mesh]
  Nav --> Call[Find Path to Actor]

C++ project

Build.cs:

PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "ObjectiveWaypointSystem" });

Header:

#include "WaypointComponent.h"

UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly)
TObjectPtr<UWaypointComponent> WaypointComponent;

Constructor:

WaypointComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UWaypointComponent>(TEXT("WaypointComponent"));

Example call:

WaypointComponent->FindPathToActor(QuestTarget);
// or
WaypointComponent->FindPathToLocation(MinimapWorldPoint);

First path call (Blueprint)

Input Action "FindObjective"
  → Get Waypoint Component
  → Find Path to Actor (ObjectiveActor)

Property	Starting value	Notes
Navigation Mode	Spawn	Or Spline for ground trail
Spawn Type Method	Instanced	Best performance; use Actor for per-marker Blueprints
Mesh Distance	250	Spacing between markers
Tick Method	Time	Set Tick Time 0.5 to refresh moving targets

Next

• Tutorials — find path to actor
• C++ reference
• Blueprint package docs if you prefer migrate-in assets