UE4 - Creating an ARPG #5 - Light and Heavy Melee Attacks

Today's Lesson: Light and Heavy Melee Attacks

Summary

Adding light and heavy attacks based on two different inputs. similar to Dark Souls, God of War and other action RPG and melee games.

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✅ Settings

◼️ Inputs for Attacking
In Project Settings - Inputs

• Light Attack
  - Key: Left Mouse Button
• Heavy Attack
  - Key: Right Mouse Button
  

✅ Animation Assets

◼️ Attack Animation Import From Mixamo

• Light Attack
  검색어: Sword and Shield Slash
• Heavy Attack
  검색어: Great Sword Slash
• Create Anim Montage
  Anim Notify 사용하기 위함
• Rename 원본 Animation, Montage
  Light_Attack_1(Montage), Heavy_Attack_1(Montage)
  

✅ Draw Weapon Logic

◼️ BP Interface
In BP Interface <BPInterface_CharacterActions>

• Add New Function: WeaponOn
• New Input: Drawn
  Boolean, False
  

◼️ Combat Graph
In Character BP <BP_Base> - Combat Graph

• 기존 Draw Weapon Logic 매크로로 접기: Draw Weapon M
• Event Weapon On → Draw Weapon M
  

✅ Light Attack Logic

◼️ Combat Graph
In Character BP <BP_Base> - Combat Graph

• 약공격 애니메이션 실행
  Input Action Light Attack
  Branch(WeaponDrawn)
  True → Light Attack Anim Play
  False → Draw Macro → Light Attack Anim Play
  - Play Rate: 1.6
  코멘트 생성: Light Attack
  

✅ Heavy Attack Logic

◼️ Combat Graph
In Character BP <BP_Base> - Combat Graph

• 강공격 애니메이션 실행
  Input Action Heavy Attack
  Branch(WeaponDrawn)
  True → Heavy Attack Anim Play
  False → Draw Macro → Heavy Attack Anim Play
  - Play Rate: 1.0
  코멘트 생성: Heavy Attack
  

✅ Enable/Disable Movement

◼️ BP Interface
In BP Interface <BPInterface_CharacterActions>

• Add New Function: Movement
• New Input: On/Off
  Boolean, True

◼️ Movement Graph

• New Variable: MovementOn
  Boolean, True
  움직임 제어 변수
• MovementOn == True → 움직임 가능
  
• Event Movement → Set MovementOn

◼️ Animation Notify 생성
In Anim Montage(Light Attack)

• New Notify: DisableMovement
• New Notify: EnableMovement
  

In Anim Montage(Light Attack)

• New Notify -Skeleton Notify: DisableMovement
• New Notify -Skeleton Notify: EnableMovement
  

◼️ Animation Notify, BP Interface 이용하여 Movement 제어
In Anim BP <AnimBP_Paladin>

• New Graph: NotifiersGraph
• AnimNotify_EnableMovement → Movement(Message)
  - On/Off: True
• AnimNotify_DisableMovement → Movement(Message)
  - On/Off: False
  

✅ Result

• Light Attack + Disable/Enable Movement
  
• Heavy Attack + Disable/Enable Movement