Creating the player avatar’s animation blueprint

Once the character is set, the subsequent objective is to control the character animations. To accomplish this, we first create a C++ animation instance class, PlayerAvataAnimInstance, and then use it as the base class to create the animation blueprint, ABP_PlayerAvatar.

To keep things simple, we will assign the player character only the following animation states:

• Locomotion: This state has a Blend Space 1D that blends the Idle, Walk, and Run animations. A Speed float variable will be used to control the blending work.

Note

Unreal Engine’s Blend Space 1D is a tool used to blend animations based on a single-axis parameter. It allows smooth transitions between animations by interpolating values along the specified axis. Animation poses, such as walk and run, are mapped along the speed axis.

• Attack: This state plays the Attack animation. A Boolean variable, IsAttacking, will be used to transit...