Animating the character

So far, your hero has been exploring the dungeon and searching for hidden treasures while avoiding enemies, but there’s something missing that will really bring it to life – a proper animation system.

In this section, I’ll guide you through the creation of simple animations that will work on the networked environment of your project. This will involve creating Blueprints specifically designed for the animation system and establishing their connection to your character class – you will be creating the needed animation assets and then adding the needed code to make everything work properly.

Creating the animation assets

Animating characters in Unreal Engine involves creating Animation Blueprints that handle the motion and logic of character movement and actions. This book doesn’t prioritize this topic – in fact, it’s not usually the main focus for game programmers! However, having some basic knowledge of...