Use procedural mesh coding with Control rig to have perfect animation for climbing ladder and enhance animation in other

What you'll learn

Procedural Mesh coding

Ladder climbing Logic

Control rig

Linked animations

Level sequence

Modify animation

Create animation

Better way to debug animation

Requirements

basic knowledge of unreal engine 5

Description

we are not a triple-A companywe don't have money to hire animatorsButwe have the unreal engine for free and all its toolslet's say we download a free animation and it is not matched with your objects and levels everything with that animation looks low-qualityin this course, I'll show you two important ways that you can use those animations like it was for Triple-A companiesas an example, we use a ladder climbing system that you can't find good animation out there for itfirst, I'll show you how to code procedural mesh generation so your mesh and ladder can match your animationour ladder height can be changed. its rungs offset can change it can have a top ladder or noteven we design level designer guide so if it is not placed properly it shows the level designerat the and I'll show you how to use data tables to have multiple types of ladders inside just one ladder blueprintif with this again your animation was not synced I'll show you how to use control rigs and linked animations to fix whatever problem that animation hasso first we create a control rig for our character next, we learn about level sequence and curve editorwe learn about additive animationswe learn about shifting keyframes method as wellnext, we learn all about anim montages and how to use them properlythis course is all about fixing problems. I'll show you most problems that animation can have and how to fix them either with code or control rig and level sequencerand we will talk about the most important debug options for our project so you can see problems easily, like slow-motion and custom print stringsbut at the end, you will have a fully functional ladder climbing system that is modular with component and data tables that help you implement this ladder system in your other games as wellso let's learn how to fix the problem

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: 02.Import Files ( Absouloute Beginner )

Lecture 2 02.Import Animations

Lecture 3 03.Import metal ladder

Lecture 4 04.Import Wood ladder

Section 3: 03.Create Procedural Ladder Blueprint ( Intermediate )

Lecture 5 05.Create Blueprint

Lecture 6 06.Create static mesh with code

Lecture 7 07.Create side rungs proceduraly

Lecture 8 08.Calculate how many rungs we should create

Lecture 9 09.Create rungs

Lecture 10 10.Have more control on side rungs

Lecture 11 11.Side rungs overshoot

Lecture 12 12.Create top ladder

Lecture 13 13.Create wall connection

Section 4: 04.Make our project Modular ( Pro )

Lecture 14 14.Create data table and struct

Lecture 15 15.Use Data tables

Lecture 16 16.Get height of side rung with node

Section 5: 05.Level Design Helper ( Pro )

Lecture 17 17.line trace in construction script

Lecture 18 18.use text renderer

Lecture 19 19.Material for wrong placement

Lecture 20 20.Use function for wronge placement

Section 6: 06.Collision checks ( Intermediate )

Lecture 21 21.Player climb check collision

Lecture 22 22.Start climbing and stop climbing collision box

Lecture 23 23.begin overlap and end overlap check

Section 7: 07.Climb Ladder component ( Pro )

Lecture 24 24.Create climbing system component

Lecture 25 25.Set is on Ground function

Lecture 26 26.Pass all stauses to component

Section 8: 08.Debugs ( Intermediate )

Lecture 27 27.Use format text

Lecture 28 28.Debug print boolean

Lecture 29 29.Global Time dialation

Section 9: 09.Ladder climbing Logic ( Pro )

Lecture 30 30.Use cutsom events

Lecture 31 31.Get rotator for facing the ladder

Lecture 32 32.Calculate Location in front of ladder

Lecture 33 33.Timeline with lerp

Lecture 34 34.Orient to ladder status

Lecture 35 35.Setup climbing system

Lecture 36 36.Montage State

Lecture 37 37.Go out of ladder system when on ground

Lecture 38 38.Anim montages

Lecture 39 39.Animation Lag fix

Section 10: 10.Ladder Climb out From Top logic ( Pro )

Lecture 40 40.Modify Ladder for collision boxes

Lecture 41 41.ClimbOut from top logic

Lecture 42 42.Climb out collision fix

Lecture 43 43.More debug for montag state and collision enabled

Section 11: 11.Climb down ladder ( Pro )

Lecture 44 44.Climb down anim montag

Lecture 45 45.Check if player is at the middle of ladder

Lecture 46 46.Climb down animation play

Lecture 47 47.End overlap and getting out of climbing

Section 12: 12.Climb into from top ( Pro )

Lecture 48 48.collision box logic

Lecture 49 49.Root motion problem explained

Lecture 50 50.Orient character to top of ladder

Lecture 51 51.Anim montage play climb into from top

Lecture 52 52.Collision Preset

Lecture 53 53.Ladder Climb into from top animation finished function

Section 13: 13.Climb Down and up ( Pro )

Lecture 54 54.Add more debug option

Lecture 55 55.Going up loop when going into the ladder from top

Lecture 56 56.Fix rotation of our character

Lecture 57 57.Belnd in time

Section 14: 14.Control rig Basics ( Intermediate )

Lecture 58 58.Create control rig

Lecture 59 59.Control rig introduction

Lecture 60 60.Create controls faster way

Lecture 61 61.Clavicle bones

Section 15: 15.Control rig Basic IK ( Pro )

Lecture 62 62.Left arm basic IK

Lecture 63 63.Right arm basic IK

Lecture 64 64.Foots IK

Lecture 65 65.Fingers Control

Section 16: 16.Control rig Backward solve ( Pro )

Lecture 66 66.Backward solve basics

Lecture 67 67.Challenge Done

Lecture 68 68.Bones with offsets

Lecture 69 69.Fingers backward solve basic

Section 17: 17.Animations with control rig ( Intermediate )

Lecture 70 70.Level sequincer Basics

Lecture 71 71.Create animation

Lecture 72 72.Modify Animations

Section 18: 18.Enhance Up ladder loop animation (Pro )

Lecture 73 73.Match ladder as much as possible to animation

Lecture 74 74.Modify Hands Animation with additive animation

Lecture 75 75.Modify Foot animations with Keyframe shifting

Lecture 76 76.Use Fixed animation

Lecture 77 77.Solve foot problem

Lecture 78 78.Use pelvis control to make animation better

Lecture 79 79.Root shifting

Lecture 80 80.Shift keyframes on Additive animations

Section 19: 19.Enhance Get out of ladder from top animation ( Pro )

Lecture 81 81.Setup level sequence

Lecture 82 82.Modify animations

Lecture 83 83.Use fixed animation

Lecture 84 84.Stretch animation

Lecture 85 85.Down ladder loop animation

Section 20: 20.Enhance Climb into from top animation ( Pro )

Lecture 86 86.Setup level sequence

Lecture 87 87.Modify animation

Lecture 88 88.test animation in game

Lecture 89 89.Root Position Problem

Lecture 90 90.Stretching end of root motion

Lecture 91 91.Sync foot and hand to rungs

Lecture 92 92.Go out of ladder from ground

Lecture 93 93.Logic Problem fixed

Lecture 94 94.Additive Frame by frame

Section 21: Congratulations

Lecture 95 Congratulations my friend

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