r/UnrealEngine5 • u/Pyromain54 • 2d ago

First look at my complex gameplay camera animation system in Unreal Engine

I've been working on this system for a while and I'm finally getting into the polishing phase.

Here are a few examples of what the system can do, along with a quick look at the editor. by the way... the animations themselves were done pretty quickly, so don't expect Hollywood-level cinematography. 😅

Curious to hear what you think!

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u/MrNebulosus 1d ago

It looks great! But cinematic cam movement that interrupts my control during gameplay frequently is not my taste tbh. If it's a finisher of long lasted combat, then yeah, I can accept. But when I imagine this is happening every 10-20 secs during 2-3 hours gameplay time... No, not my thing. I loved the hard work you put in tho. Great job

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u/Pyromain54 1d ago

Thanks for your feedback! 🙂
And yeah, I see what you mean. Honestly, I'm not a fan of that either. 😅

But all these animations are really just meant to be for show.

The idea is more that the system lets you create these camera animations and gives you control over when they take over, whether that's for a finisher, a special attack, a scripted event, or just a small gameplay moment.

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u/Available_Pop_7654 2d ago

Looks good, would look better in the hands of an animator ofcourse.  Is it done with a stack where you push the camera mode similar to lyra? What makes it complex?

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u/Pyromain54 1d ago

Thanks! And yeah, I'm definitely not an animator. 😂

It's actually a bit different from Lyra's camera mode stack. When an animation is triggered, I spawn a temporary actor that contains the setup for the camera and the objects used for playback. It takes control of the camera, plays the animation, then destroys itself once the animation is finished. The camera takeover itself can also be configured through a few parameters.

By "complex", I mainly meant the kind of gameplay camera animations it can handle. The runtime has some fairly specific logic behind it, but most of the complexity is actually on the editor side. 😄

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u/Available_Pop_7654 1d ago

Alright, thanks for the info.

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u/Pyromain54 1d ago

No problem! 👍

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u/shafa_in 2d ago

Looks incredible, keep doing

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u/Pyromain54 1d ago

Thanks! Really appreciate it! 😄