Unreal Engine

UE4 – Rotate Character To Look At Mouse Location (Top Down)

UE4 – Rotate Character To Look At Mouse Location (Top Down)

Purpose: The Purpose of this procedure is to create a system which allows you to rotate your character/hero to look at the mouse location on the screen. Great for top down shooters and twin stick shooters. What It Looks Like When Completed: 1 – Create a Function “Aim To Cross Hair” 2 – Get Player Controller and Set Control Rotation 3 – Get the New Rotation By Getting Player Controller, Get Hit Result, Break It, Then Do Calculations (View Image Below). Note: I have branch before exiting the function, but this is for mechanic in the game I am...

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UE4 – Make AI Rotate Smoothly (Avoid Snapping)

UE4 – Make AI Rotate Smoothly (Avoid Snapping)

Purpose: The Purpose of this procedure is to understand how to make an AI character in Unreal Engine 4, rotate smoothly to avoid snapping when the AI character changes direction. In The Character Component – Uncheck Orient to Rotation Movement In The Characters Movement Component – Check Orient Rotation To Movement Below are the steps on how to do the process in a AI Enemy Character....

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