Video Version: Haven’t seen part 2? Check it out This should be the last part of the series. This focuses on designing your Sights so they have a very clear sight picture. It utilizes translucent material to achieve this. It gives off the illusion of masking the optic. Designing Materials for Transparent Scope Interior (Step… Read More [Unreal] Post Process based Scopes [Part 3/3]
Video version: Haven’t seen part 1? Check it out This is part two on the tutorial on how to implement a Post Process based Scope Zoom. It is mainly an extension of the first part. Clarifying and expanding on concepts and improving your implementation. Refresher this is how the concept works: CustomDepth This diagram is… Read More [Unreal] Post Process based Scopes [Part 2/3]
Previous Version: hereUnreal Marketplace page: here Disclaimer: This is not a step by step process on how to setup a Hand Reference Based Weapon Animation System. This is a general design document meant to show an alternative way of doing Weapon Animations. Implementation is up to you. Traditional First Person System Animation Systems An animation… Read More [UE5] Hand Reference Based Weapon Animation System 2.0
Video version: This is a guide into how to implement a Post Process based Scopes. If you have experience with Unreal you know that usually how scopes are implemented is by Picture-in-Picture. There are many guides that you can find for that method in the internet. Links to some Picture-in-Picture Scope guides: The main problem… Read More [Unreal] Post Process based Scopes [Part 1/3]
READ: Deprecated, see updated implementation in this link. Prototype of a system with the intention of allowing for accurate hand placement utilizing techniques like IK and a previous concept I created “Hand Reference Based FPS/TPS Weapon Animation” See for more context:https://neilgilbertg.ca/2022/04/25/ue4-hand-reference-based-fps-tps-weapon-animation/ Model Assets:“Door with frame” (https://skfb.ly/6VKAQ) by witnessk.“Simple Light Switch” (https://skfb.ly/6TpK8) by BillieBones.“Lever Power Switch”… Read More [UE4] Hand Ref Based World Interaction Animations
A Gun Customization System Prototype that merges features seen in recent popular FPS games. Playable Demo Available To Download At: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NDt_qWHVsQi33Z_R2I2k1uws9bBlLSjd/view?usp=share_link Backend Design References:Custom Weapon Animation Design:https://neilgilbertg.ca/2022/04/25/ue4-hand-reference-based-fps-tps-weapon-animation/Mesh outline design:http://www.michalorzelek.com/blog/tutorial-creating-outline-effect-around-objects/ Audio Assets:“COD Modern Warfare SFX Pack for Editing [Free Download]”. (2019, November 16). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvqSYWYi3Mw Model Assets: “Low-Poly Sig MCX” (https://skfb.ly/orGuy), “Low-Poly Colt C7A2” (https://skfb.ly/oqNVx), “Low-Poly… Read More Gun Customization Prototype
This is a simple guide and setup of an unequipped weapon jiggle. Basically, how to make an inactive weapon in a socket jiggle like it’s strapped to the player. This utilizes unreal’s physics implementation to achieve the effect. This implementation is also set up so you wouldn’t do anything in the player mesh itself, no… Read More [UE4] Unequipped Weapon Jiggle
Disclaimer: This is not a step by step process on how to setup a Hand Reference Based Weapon Animation System. This is a general design document meant to show an alternative way of doing FPS Animations. Implementation is up to you. Traditional FPS Animation Systems A FPS animation system would typical start with a mesh… Read More [UE4] Hand Reference Based FPS/TPS Weapon Animation
This small system is designed to make a player capsule dynamic in an attempt to make a more accurate capsule to mesh collision. This system utilizes Sphere Trace by Channel to check if a point in the mesh is near a wall or a collision point. Trace is done in a socket / bone to… Read More [UE4] Dynamic Capsule Adjustment
This post shows you how to find a point from a vector using Pitch, Yaw and an Offset Distance. Plus how to implement in Unreal.
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