

Right-click in the Content Browser and create a new Blueprint Class of the Game Mode class and name it MyGame. Here we will set up the Input (game controls) to control the character and create a Game Mode that will use our character. In the My Blueprint window, click the Create Variable button and create a Bool called JogPressed.Ĭreate four more Bool variables: CrouchPressed, PronePressed, JumpPressed, and DisableMovement.Ĭompile and Save, then close the Blueprint. You can change these values to whatever you would like, but this should serve as a good starting point. Next search for Walk Speed, then set the Max Walk Speed to 200 and Max Walk Speed Crouched to 160. In the Details panel, search for Rotation and under Character Movement, check the boxes shown below. In the Component Window, click on the Character Movement Component. In the Details panel for the Camera under Transform, set the Location and Rotation values to zero. In the Components Window, click on and drag the Camera onto the Spring Arm to make it a child of the Spring Arm Component. The Spring Arm Component will be used with a Camera to create a Third Person Perspective.Ĭlick the Add Component button, then add a Camera Component. In the Details panel, set the Location of Z to 50, the Socket Offset for Z to 30, and check Use Pawn Control Rotation.

Set the Location and Rotation under Transform for Z to -90 and assign the Animation Blueprint created in step 1.Ĭlick the Add Component button, then add a Spring Arm Component. In the Details panel, click the None box next to Skeletal Mesh and assign the SK_Mannequin_Skeleton Skeletal Mesh. In the Components window, click the Mesh Component. Give it a name, such as M圜haracter, then open it up. Right-click in the Content Browser, create a Blueprint Class then select Character as the class. Give your Animation Blueprint a name, such as MyAnimationBlueprint. In the Target Skeleton window, select the UE4_Mannequin_Skeleton asset. With your project open, Right-click in the Content Browser and select New Asset then Animation then Animation Blueprint. Once you have downloaded the Animation Starter Pack, you can add it to an existing project via the Add to project button in the Launcher then specifying the project you want to add the assets to.įor this project, we are using the Blank Project Template in order to start with a fresh project.
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For this project, we are using the Animation Starter Pack which is available for free in the Marketplace.
