Possible to add socket to interpactor?

[xtr33me]

I have an interpactor laser mesh that I have that I move around on the screen. Now what I want to do is have a laser particle beam shoot out from it. I saw a reply by Pranav that said to add a socket to a weapon and then attach a particle effect to it.

Now I was hoping that there was a way to attach a socket to this laser object. Is this possible?

class BlockGameLaser extends DynamicSMActor_Spawnable
	implements(ITouchable) 
	placeable;

DefaultProperties
{
	Begin Object Class=StaticMeshComponent Name=BaseLaser
		StaticMesh=BlockPackage.TempLaser
		LightEnvironment=MyLightEnvironment
		WireframeColor=(B=255,G=0,R=255,A=255)
		RBCollideWithChannels=(Default=True)
	End Object
	StaticMeshComponent=BaseLaser

	Physics=PHYS_Interpolating
	RemoteRole=ROLE_None
	bAlwaysRelevant=True
	bOnlyDirtyReplication=True
	bBlocksTeleport=True
	bMoveIgnoresDestruction=False
	NetUpdateFrequency=1.000000
	NetPriority=2.700000
	CollisionComponent=BaseLaser

	Components.Add(MyLightEnvironment)
	Components.Add(BaseLaser)

	ObjectArchetype=DynamicSMActor'Engine.Default__DynamicSMActor'

	bCollideWorld=True
	DrawScale = 1.0
	bStatic=False
	bMovable=True
	SupportedEvents.Add(class'SeqEvent_LaserPause')
}

[UnrealEverything]

Sockets are for SkeletalMeshes only, not for Statics!

You could probably new() a SkeletalMeshSocket (or a custom subclass of it) on a StaticMesh though...
Problem would be that native final function bool GetSocketWorldLocationAndRotation(name InSocketName, out vector OutLocation, optional out rotator OutRotation, optional int Space ); is in SkeletalMeshComponent (Weapons are usually animated and have a bone setup, therefore you can add sockets to those)

Possible solution to think about: Directly attach the particle effect to the static mesh, without the unnecessary way "staticmeshcomponent --> socket; socket --> particle effect"

UDN - SkeletalMeshSockets

[xtr33me]

Thanks for the reply! It was helpful and I'll take a look into doing something along the lines of what you had recommended, with regards to attaching directly