Point and Click Node map System

This is a node-based overworld map where the player clicks on nodes to travel between locations. Paths between nodes are defined by viewport-editable spline components, conforming to terrain and deforming to designer-drawn curves.

Key features include:

Viewport Spline Editing - Paths are pre-added Spline Components that designers can select, add points to, and curve directly in the level editor.

BFS Pathfinding - Players can click any reachable node, and the system automatically computes the shortest path through intermediate nodes.

Time-Based Movement - Travel between any two nodes always takes the same amount of real time, regardless of path length.

Timestamp Cooldowns - Encounter triggers use a virtual WorldTime counter instead of real-time timers, making them fully serializable and future-proof for day/night cycles.

Level Transition Persistence - The overworld state is saved to a Game Instance before loading encounter levels, and perfectly restored on return.

Orbit Camera - A Spring Arm camera with smooth follow, scroll zoom, right-click pan, and middle mouse button orbit rotation.

Hover Tooltips - Screen-space Widget Components on each node display type and description on mouse-over.

Node Types

Start - Player spawn point. Only one per level.

Battle - Normal combat encounter.

Elite - Difficult fight with high rewards.

Shop

Merchant - buy, sell, remove items.

Treasure - Loot a chest for rare items.

Boss - Major boss fight. Typically one-time only.