LethDavidson
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Howdy,
Okay so the issue with the melee system as-is is that there's no forced forward movement on a swing, that's really not gonna fly so i need to make it so that each attack (ideally controllable on a per-animation/move basis) will fling the character forward a bit on the forward z. (so say, when you are in the demo and unarmed and you do a punch, your character moves 2 units forward on their local z axis while playing the animation, no rootmotion stuff) So that each attack can get you momentum and not force you to rely 100% on rootanims. This is pretty common for melee systems.
How would i go about implementing this? I COULD make a custom version/rewrite the Melee Weapon script I suppose, and add in some sections dedicated to forward momentum. I guess i could write an addon script that reads inputs or something? would this be a new item ability or character ability? Or perhaps there's somehting built-in that'd do this for me and i missed it.
i mean i guess the answer is "yeah all that would work" and ineed to just pick one but given that this would be a Pretty Fundamental change to how the whole melee system kinda works, i figure i'd ask for best practices here. Thank you!
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i guess on a similar note, a Halo styled sword lunge is also something i wana build. (If you've got a valid target and using a melee weapon, when you attack launch youself forward with a force of like 5 or something then slowdown). which i mean feels super clear as an ability or something, but would that double-up the input on the melee attack component, or would that need to be written in if i want it to be fundemtnal?
again this is all stuff i think i know how i'd do in isolation but am doubting when it comes to how UCC ties itself togehter.
Okay so the issue with the melee system as-is is that there's no forced forward movement on a swing, that's really not gonna fly so i need to make it so that each attack (ideally controllable on a per-animation/move basis) will fling the character forward a bit on the forward z. (so say, when you are in the demo and unarmed and you do a punch, your character moves 2 units forward on their local z axis while playing the animation, no rootmotion stuff) So that each attack can get you momentum and not force you to rely 100% on rootanims. This is pretty common for melee systems.
How would i go about implementing this? I COULD make a custom version/rewrite the Melee Weapon script I suppose, and add in some sections dedicated to forward momentum. I guess i could write an addon script that reads inputs or something? would this be a new item ability or character ability? Or perhaps there's somehting built-in that'd do this for me and i missed it.
i mean i guess the answer is "yeah all that would work" and ineed to just pick one but given that this would be a Pretty Fundamental change to how the whole melee system kinda works, i figure i'd ask for best practices here. Thank you!
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i guess on a similar note, a Halo styled sword lunge is also something i wana build. (If you've got a valid target and using a melee weapon, when you attack launch youself forward with a force of like 5 or something then slowdown). which i mean feels super clear as an ability or something, but would that double-up the input on the melee attack component, or would that need to be written in if i want it to be fundemtnal?
again this is all stuff i think i know how i'd do in isolation but am doubting when it comes to how UCC ties itself togehter.
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