Motion Warping

Introduction

In certain types of combat games, dynamically adjusting a character's direction and position during an attack is a common requirement. We can understand this as motion warping.

In GCS，Motion Warping was implemented by passive Gameplay Abilities, along with MotionWarping anim notify state.

Motion Warping Abilities

In certain types of combat games, dynamically adjusting a character's direction and position during an attack is a common requirement. We can understand this as motion warping.

This type of motion warping generally includes the following variations, all of which are supported by the Generic Combat System (GCS):

1. When there is a locked target, the character automatically faces the locked target.
2. When there is no locked target, the character automatically faces the nearest hostile target based on game settings.
3. When there is no locked target, the character automatically faces the direction of the player's input.

In GCS, you can add the ability GA_GCS_Feature_MotionWarping to your character and include the ANS_GCS_MotionWarping animnotify state in the required attack montage.

Feature_MotionWarping will execute the logic for adjusting the character's direction based on whether the Motion Warping notification state is enabled (selecting the appropriate target or adjusting direction based on character input, etc.).

Enabling Motion Warping in Animations

You need to find the appropriate place in your ability's montage to add the ANS_GCS_MotionWarping animation notification state.

By default, the warped target will be returned through the GCS_CombatEnityInterface's GetCombatTargetActor. You can also specify a TargetingPreset on the anim notify to select the optimal warping target in a data-driven manner.