Cinemachine and control of a third person character with UMA

[wizard]

I wonder if there is a best practice on how to take control of a character with UMA to properly rotate/move it and also use its abilities in a Cinemachine cut-scene.
So the designing of cut-scenes would be efficient enough. And return control to a user once a cut-scene is over.

 

[Justin]

When the cutscene starts you should first disable input using OnEnableGameplayInput, and from there treat the character as an AI agent.

 

[wizard]

When the cutscene starts you should first disable input using OnEnableGameplayInput, and from there treat the character as an AI agent.

I've found this snippet. As far as I understand it could be used here.

        private void OnEnableGameplayInput(bool enable)
        {
            // Force stop the ability if the character no longer has input.
            if (!enable && IsActive) {
                StopAbility(true);
            }
        }

Also, is this one uselful here as well?

m_Ride.CharacterLocomotion.ManualMove = true;

 

[wizard]

Also, another example from the SwtichCharacters snippet. Is it a proper one?

            var playerInput = prevCharacter.GetComponent<Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Input.PlayerInput>();
            playerInput.enabled = false;
            var handler = prevCharacter.GetComponent<Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Character.UltimateCharacterLocomotionHandler>();
            handler.enabled = false;
            var localLookSource = prevCharacter.GetComponent<Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Character.LocalLookSource>();
            localLookSource.enabled = true;

 

[Justin]

I've found this snippet. As far as I understand it could be used here.

        private void OnEnableGameplayInput(bool enable)
        {
            // Force stop the ability if the character no longer has input.
            if (!enable && IsActive) {
                StopAbility(true);
            }
        }

Also, is this one uselful here as well?

m_Ride.CharacterLocomotion.ManualMove = true;

That is for creating your own ability, which you shouldn't need to do.

Also, another example from the SwtichCharacters snippet. Is it a proper one?

            var playerInput = prevCharacter.GetComponent<Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Input.PlayerInput>();
            playerInput.enabled = false;
            var handler = prevCharacter.GetComponent<Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Character.UltimateCharacterLocomotionHandler>();
            handler.enabled = false;
            var localLookSource = prevCharacter.GetComponent<Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Character.LocalLookSource>();
            localLookSource.enabled = true;

Yes, that will switch the input. Although by sending the OnEnableGameplayInput event you should get similar results.