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Modular Pawn

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• 1 Overview
• 2 MyCharacter.h
• 3 MyCharacter.cpp
• 4 Usage

Overview

Contains code to create a basic modular pawn/character with separate head, body & legs.

NOTE: Created with & tested on UE4 beta. May be slight difference between it and public build.

MyCharacter.h

class AMyCharacter : public AMyCharacter {

GENERATED_UCLASS_BODY()

/** * The skeletal mesh used for the body. * Mesh (inherited from ACharacter) will act as characters head. */ UPROPERTY(Category=Character, VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly) TSubobjectPtr Body;

/** * Name of the BodyComponentName. * Use this name if you want to prevent creation of the component (with PCIP.DoNotCreateDefaultSubobject). */ static FName BodyComponentName;

/** * The skeletal mesh used for the legs. * Mesh (inherited from ACharacter) will act as characters head. */ UPROPERTY(Category=Character, VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly) TSubobjectPtr Legs;

/** * Name of the BodyComponentName. * Use this name if you want to prevent creation of the component (with PCIP.DoNotCreateDefaultSubobject). */ static FName LegsComponentName;

}

MyCharacter.cpp

FName AMyCharacter::BodyComponentName(TEXT("CharacterBody0")); FName AMyCharacter::LegsComponentName(TEXT("CharacterLegs0"));

AMyCharacter::AMyCharacter(const class FPostConstructInitializeProperties& PCIP)

: Super(PCIP)

{

static FName CollisionProfileName(TEXT("IgnoreOnlyPawn"));

Body = PCIP.CreateOptionalDefaultSubobject(this, AMyCharacter::BodyComponentName); if (Body) { Body->AlwaysLoadOnClient = true; Body->AlwaysLoadOnServer = true; Body->bOwnerNoSee = false; Body->MeshComponentUpdateFlag = EMeshComponentUpdateFlag::AlwaysTickPose; Body->bCastDynamicShadow = true; Body->PrimaryComponentTick.TickGroup = TG_PrePhysics; Body->bChartDistanceFactor = true; Body->SetCollisionProfileName(CollisionProfileName); Body->bGenerateOverlapEvents = false;

   // Mesh acts as the head, as well as the parent for both animation and attachment.
   Body->AttachParent = Mesh;
   Body->SetMasterPoseComponent(Mesh);

   Components.Add(Body);

}

Legs = PCIP.CreateOptionalDefaultSubobject(this, AMyCharacter::LegsComponentName); if (Legs) { Legs->AlwaysLoadOnClient = true; Legs->AlwaysLoadOnServer = true; Legs->bOwnerNoSee = false; Legs->MeshComponentUpdateFlag = EMeshComponentUpdateFlag::AlwaysTickPose; Legs->bCastDynamicShadow = true; Legs->PrimaryComponentTick.TickGroup = TG_PrePhysics; Legs->bChartDistanceFactor = true; Legs->SetCollisionProfileName(CollisionProfileName); Legs->bGenerateOverlapEvents = false;

   // Mesh acts as the head, as well as the parent for both animation and attachment.
   Legs->AttachParent = Mesh;
   Legs->SetMasterPoseComponent(Mesh);

   Components.Add(Legs);

}

}

Usage

• Create a blueprint based on this character.
• Under the components tab, find the body & legs components
• Set the skeletal meshes the body & legs should use.

Kris

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