Create Melee Attacks

1. Open the Static Mesh for the sword and add three sockets along the blade.

   Make sure to prefix your sockets with sScan, this prefix will be used soon.

   

2. Open the Static Mesh for the shield and add one socket at the center.

   Again, make sure to prefix your sockets with sScan.

   

1. Create an Animation Montage from an appropriate Animation Sequence that represents the primary attack.

2. In the Animation Montage, add the Melee Scan Notify State along the frames where the scan should happen.

3. In the Melee Scan Notify State Details:

   • Set the Source to Weapon and your Scan Channel to Weapon.

   • Leave the Scan Socket Prefix value unchanged, since it matches the names used in the sword mesh sockets.

   • Leave the Scan Mode set to Line Trace.

   

4. Configure the Weapon query, so it will obtain the sword from the Weapon Manager.

   

   tip

   This is the same Gameplay Tag that was added to the Weapon Actor created for the sword!

1. Create an Animation Montage from an appropriate Animation Sequence that represents the secondary attack.

2. In the Animation Montage, add the Melee Scan Notify State along the frames where the scan should happen.

3. In the Melee Scan Notify State Details:

   • Set the Source to Weapon and your Scan Channel to Weapon.

   • Leave the Scan Socket Prefix value unchanged, since it matches the name used in the shield mesh socket.

   • Set the Scan Mode set to Box Sweep and set dimensions that roughly match the shield's dimensions.

   

4. Configure the Weapon query, so it will obtain the shield from the Weapon Manager.

   

   tip

   This is the same Gameplay Tag that was added to the Weapon Actor created for the shield!

1. Create a new Gameplay Ability for your primary attack, using CombatAbility_Attack as the base class.

2. Set the Animation Montage for the primary attack in the Default Animation Montage.

3. Disable Motion Warping.

4. Enable debugging.

5. Add Ability.Attack.Primary to the Ability Tags, so it can be used for the activation.

6. Add Ability.Attack.Secondary to the list of Block Abilities with Tag, to ensure your attacks won't interrupt each other.

1. Create a new Gameplay Effect using CombatEffect_MeleeHit as the base class. It will be used by the secondary attack.

2. Add Combat.Effect.Damage.Knockback to the list of Gameplay Tags Added to the Effect.

3. In the Execution list, add a Calculation Modifier using Combat.Data.Damage.Multiplier and set a Scalable Float with a Magnitude of 1.5.

tip

Make sure to read about the Damage Modifier, if you need a recap on why we are setting this value in this Gameplay Effect.

1. Create a new Gameplay Effect using GameplayEffect as the base class. It will be used for by secondary attack.

2. Add the Additional Effects Gameplay Effect Component and include Cancel Stamina Regeneration in the On Application Gameplay Effects list.

3. Add a Modifier to reduce stamina by 5.

tip

Make sure to read about the Regeneration Cancellation, if you need a recap on why we are adding the additional Gameplay Effect.

1. Create a new Gameplay Ability for your secondary attack, using CombatAbility_Attack as the base class.

2. Set the new Damage Gameplay Effect, configured on the previous step, as the Melee Damage Effect Class.

3. Set the Animation Montage for the secondary attack in the Default Animation Montage.

4. Disable Motion Warping.

5. Enable debugging.

6. Set the new Cost Gameplay Effect, configured on the previous step, as the Cost Effect Class.

7. Add Ability.Attack.Secondary to the Ability Tags, so it can be used for the activation.

8. Add Ability.Attack.Primary to the list of Block Abilities with Tag, to ensure your attacks won't interrupt each other.

• Open the Ability Data Asset created for the Player, and add the new abilities.

  

1. Create an Input Action for the Primary Attack. Add a Pressed trigger. Map this Input Action to your Input Mapping Context, assigning the Left Mouse Button as the key. If you have a Gamepad, also map it to the Face Button Left.

2. Create an Input Action for the Secondary Attack. Add a Pressed trigger. Map this Input Action to your Input Mapping Context, assigning the Right Mouse Button as the key. If you have a Gamepad, also map it to the Face Button Top.

3. Add two Input Handlers to your Input Setup Data Asset, using the Activate Ability by Tags (InputHandler_AbilityTag) as the base.

4. Set the correct Input Actions for each attack, and the correct Ability Tags defined earlier: Ability.Attack.Primary and Ability.Attack.Secondary.

5. When you are done, your Input Setup Data Asset should be similar to the following image.

   

1. Click the Play button and execute your primary and secondary attacks, pressing the appropriate buttons.

2. Both your attacks should execute correctly, and you should see scan lines for the debug.

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tip

Since the melee scans are confirmed to be working correctly, you can disable debug in the attack abilities.