【Magical Girl Proto】v2024.05.31

Retargeted animations from various sources into a collection of UE5 mannequin animations.
Created a Dummy AI controlled enemy to utilize UE5 mannequin animations.
- Created `Dummy` Entity
- UE5 Mannequin controlled by AI Controller
- Attacks, blocks, dodges, moves (not focused), strafes (focused)
- Used the new UE 5.4 animation retargeter to bring over UE4 mannequin animations to the UE5 mannequin
- Created a collection of UE5 Mannequin animations retargeted from animation packs from the UE Marketplace or other sources
- Bossy Enemy Animation Pack
- Close Combat Animset
- MCO Mocap Basics
- Rolls and Dodges Animation Set
- Beardgames
- Matt Aspland
- Korean Traditional Martial Arts
- Deoungpae
- Fist
- Hwando
- Ssanggeom
- Ssangsudo
- Flexible Combat System - Basic
- Modified UE5 Mannequin `SK_Mannequin`
- Added test sockets in `SK_Mannequin`:
- TEST_weapon_r_attach
- TEST_weapon_r_blade_bottom
- TEST_weapon_r_blade_tip
- Added `Hwando` weapon to Dummy (migrated from `Korean Traditional Martial Arts`) using `TEST_weapon_r_attach` as parent socket
- Added attack trail and deal damage to Dummy attacking animations
- Note: Future planned character skeletal meshes will have weapons in the skeleton (for example: UNF Anime Girl Cleric or Paragon characters). Compared with UE5 Mannequin SK_Mannequin that has no weapon but instead the weapon is added in the character BP (for example: BP_Dummy_01). Meaning, the weapons will be a part of the skeleton and will not be separable
- Weapon trail using Niagara
- TimedNiagaraEffect `AN_Trail` using `NS_Trail`
- Socket_End
- Material
- Lifetime
- Reference: • Weapon Trails using 2 ...
- TODOs
- No recoil animation when attacked/blocked/deflected
- ChargedCombo continues straight forward even if target moves to the side, needs to know to rotate to face target in the middle of ongoing animation
0:00 Retargeting
2:44 Demo
Script notes:
- Show retargeting
- Briefly show SK_Mannequin
- Move far from Dummy
- Block and attack until ChargedCombo
- Move around while ChargedCombo