UE4 | DevLog #4 | Parkour Mechanics And First Person View | Root Motion Controller

[@II-er7gj]

2:35 - WOW - that is impressive!! So nice natural walk! Love that!!! Since I saw this one - I cannot look even back to original UE4 maniquen that stands and floats in air like alien with one foot finger on edge while another part of body by any physics laws should fall down but not. This Root Motion are the best!!!

[@troyhayder6986]

All you have to do to do a parkour system is trace for world static in front of the player at several different heights.. Then play the corresponding animation... Its that easy...you can interp the world location for advanced users...

[@agus11125]

Impresive work!

[@CinematographyDatabase]

Looks great, I want one 🎮

[@NocteStudios]

Cinematography Database Thanks! Hopefully pretty soon :)

[@Omnisecs]

Looks amazing will be buying if you release this =)

[@NocteStudios]

Thank you for your support i appreciate that :)

[@kaleocardoza8486]

Nocte Are these available to the public?

[@langianimations416]

@@kaleocardoza8486 they are now! Check the description (:

[@kaleocardoza8486]

@@langianimations416 how much does it cost? (I’m having problems)

[@robertperly6104]

Great work, put it on the marketplace I’ll buy 👍🏻

[@NocteStudios]

Thank you for your support! It just needs 1-2 more weeks 🙂

[@doh_games9393]

Mmm those slides look sooo good! XD Great work!

[@NocteStudios]

DOH_Games Haha thanks!

[@MattJSowards]

Nice video bro

[@NocteStudios]

Matt Sowards Thanks man!

[@OfficialNiftyMusic]

Amazing work!

[@NocteStudios]

Thank you! :)

[@ScifiSiShredaholic]

Great animation! Very natural :)

[@BlueprintBro]

Amazing. I am learning unreal and want to make something like this. Awesome

[@xeno_link7370]

Feels like gta5 ngl but really really cool

[@Sei783]

I like how snappy root motion makes the animation look but it always feels sluggish because you have to wait for the animation to finish before other things can interact with the character. Sure you can cancel it but I wish there was a way to seamlessly use root motion with character movement. I guess I'll study how it work and write my own method.

[@aaryan_nemade]

Extract the root motion on an anim curve by calculating the speed for every frame and use that speed var to set the character walk speed, kinda like in paragon

[@Skythedragon]

this looks amazing! it looks a bit slow when running, but other than that, great job!

[@NocteStudios]

Skythedragon All of the things you see in the video can be controlled via just 1 structure variable, and running speed is just one of them. Thank you for your feedback!

[@unrealengineruseng9583]

The best !)

[@NocteStudios]

Thanks! :)

[@LeeTGame]

It looks pretty cool! Got some ideas for the new game. :)

[@NocteStudios]

LeeT Game Glad to hear that mate! :)

[@andrewgoh2630]

the wall climb shouldn't have the shin to support the body upwards, in real life this would hurt a lot, so most traceur would rather have their whole foot up supporting the climb.

[@hiexpectations]

Beauty full! Are you doing any freelance work? If not, how much does this set-up go for?

[@NocteStudios]

If you send a proof of purchase of the controller and animations i can send you the complete project :)

[@gerardo9167]

1 Word.... fantastic

[@NocteStudios]

soul dev Thanks!

[@pro4ik483]

please make a guide to the position of the hands in the first person, otherwise they don’t move with me instead of with the camera

[@yearoflinux]

Looks great!

[@ChristiaanPro123]

can you do one in unity

[@jesterio8582]

Amazing!

[@Syneergy]

how are you displaying the print string while in-game dynamically?

[@MrNicoleSales]

Really nice job. One question, if I may. How do you manage stop transitions from walk to idle? I understand there are two stop animations for each foot, but how does it transition so seamless from any part of the walk cycle? As far as I understand, Kubolds' stop animations have a passing pose as a first frame, do you allow your stop transition only after a certain pose in walk cycle? Or is it a simple blend?

[@NocteStudios]

Hey! Thanks and sure i would be happy to help, if i can. Actualy it’s pretty simple all you need to do is using anim notifies to get the current foot info. Then you will blend animations depends on the foot position that you recieved from notifies. Try to use current time ratio and time remanining ratio. For the current time i would suggest you to use nearly equal node.

[@MrNicoleSales]

@@NocteStudios Thanks for the answer. Yes, I understand how to choose the right animation to play (left foot stop/right foot stop). But Stopping animation starts with Walk Cycle Passing pose, what if I decided to stop on another phase of the walk cycle, let's say contact pose or down pose. It will still blend to the first frame of stopping transition, which is the passing pose?

[@NocteStudios]

With current time node you will target the left foot. Something around .51, it should be blended with the left foot correctly. It’s like if the player wants to stop and current time is the half of the current animation play left foot and stop

[@MrNicoleSales]

@@NocteStudios Makes sense. Thank you for sharing your experience

[@kaleocardoza8486]

I really need to know if This is available to the public. This is so cool and I’m really bad at animating this would be a lifesaver!

[@NocteStudios]

Hey! You can find root motion controller on marketplace however animation packs that i’m using is from Kubold which also you can find on the Marketplace 🙂 here is the link; www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/root-motion-controller-framework

[@kaleocardoza8486]

Nocte, thanks a lot, it’s really good. Oh and one question, can you hang on one ledge, jump off of it and hang on another one ledge to another one like in assassin‘s creed?

[@kaleocardoza8486]

Nocte now that I think about it, I should probably be asking if there’s a hanging mechanic first.

[@NocteStudios]

@@kaleocardoza8486 This system is a framework with lots of example in it, it's not supposed to be 'parkour system' . The given examples are just to show how you can add your states :)

[@kaleocardoza8486]

I definitely don’t think I would need full on parkour but I was just wondering. Anyway, you did a great job on this and I’m really psyched to use it! No one else has a really good slide mechanic. Also have one more question, if you are willing. Would any wall running or double jump blueprints interfere with this? It’s kind of a lame question, and I don’t know why you would know, but I thought I’d ask.

[@xxxtentacion989]

Hey my man, great animations! Where can i get this? Would love to have this in my project...btw im new here :)

[@nemoy6005]

Broo, pls give us them codes or steps 🙏🏻

[@fillman86]

that's some pretty sweet stuff, but that's less of a devlog, and more of a demo

[@NocteStudios]

Thank you, the main idea of the videos is that i wanted to show what i’ve done in one/two week this is why named the series as devlog. But you are right these are more like a showcase videos

[@Chevifier]

1:43 IGN: "No super hero landing 5/10" 🤣

[@KiLLGRiD]

great work as always mate have you thought about doing spine bone rotations instead of using the aim offset for the first person side of things as it will line up better and not dip and rise away from the camera.

[@NocteStudios]

Thanks man i appreciate that! To be honest if i'm not wrong this must be my first time with first person haha. Sounds like what i actualy need, i'll need a bit research before get into it tho. Thank you for suggestion!

[@KiLLGRiD]

@@NocteStudios you can always contact me through my facebook page if you need any info or help with FP.

[@Artindi]

Impressive progress. You must work hard and fast.

[@NocteStudios]

Hey, thanks! But it's kind of personal project, i'm in no rush. I can understand 'hard' part but i don't understand why should i work faster :)

[@kiradark2322]

very good project, Is it possible to integrate weapons such as swords or different melee weapons? with an inventory system?

[@NocteStudios]

It’s driven by a single component and changing the AnimBP is required. So in theory it should be pretty easy to integrate with other assets

[@kiradark2322]

@@NocteStudios It would be very interesting to see this integrated into your project.

[@_KillerD_]

What will be the next step in the game development??

[@NocteStudios]

Killer :D I’m not actualy sure but after i build a cover and pistol strafe system i might work on environment. Or I’m thinking about building a root motion controller for sword and shield

[@deepelements]

If you add the ability to climb ladders and basic inventory system for these weapons I will by this in a heartbeat and wouldn't mind paying a little extra.

[@ImagineDreams]

The parkour is triggered by pressing a button or it's autoplay? Can you climb and slide anywhere? How about adding cover system as well?

[@NocteStudios]

TORGAMES Actualy it works with both way, i’ve added an enumeration to switch between autoplay and by a button trigger. And yes it can slide under any type of object and climb to any object UNLESS the dimensions are allowed. Right now maximum climb height is 2.5 unreal meters to keep animations realistic. I’ll add cover mechanics at the end of the project as well. Thank you for your interest!

[@ImagineDreams]

@@NocteStudios That would be great! From the video I found the running animation a little slow, I might be wrong but it seems that way. I bought one of your products and definitely I will buy this one. Keep up the good work

[@NocteStudios]

@@ImagineDreams Thank you for your support man i appreciate that! I also added a structure that contains all of the values for animation blueprint. It's pretty easy to adjust animation speeds and etc. Everyting that i made is for the users :)

[@ImagineDreams]

Glad to hear that. Shout me a message here when the project is available on the market place and make sure you add a tutorial how to add the animation since they are not included. Cheers

[@NocteStudios]

@@ImagineDreams For sure! There will be full documentation, all you need to do will be setting up the blendspaces and anim notifies. That's all. Cheers!

[@Leon-wv4dn]

Is this C++ or Blueprint

[@benodonnell8746]

Hi, I have an issue trying to get the keybinds to work like jump and crouch. Any ideas?

[@3sgamestudio]

Can you share a build to check the responsiveness??

[@NocteStudios]

Venomek1985 Sure i will publish with a playable demo when it’s done. Right now not everything works pretty well. Still needs some adjustments

[@CaptHalcyon]

Do you have tutorials??

[@simonandrejko3036]

Pleaseee make a tutorial on how to make Root Motion controller

[@mazegamerz3178]

what animations set you are using ?

[@gregwine4396]

I would interested how coudl you solve FPS perspective the weapon in hand looks forward well and not rotated ? Or you use different FPS arm mesh when swap camera ?

[@NocteStudios]

No there isn't any other mesh. When in first person mode instead of using aim offset blendspaces i'm rotating the upper body according to the aim offset. So arms are always pointing at the center.

[@gregwine4396]

@@NocteStudios Ohhh, so you rotate the whole upper body.. nice. i have always tried to rotate from shoulder , but i did not get good result. Thank you !

[@biaraja3825]

wait...why the price of this asset is so big

[@ALTA34R]

Can we have that on the Epic market ? :) that's look nice

[@NocteStudios]

Yes that is the plan mate! Thanks! :)

[@harrymiller4714]

Nocte if I could just maybe buy the whole pack with the animations and e crouch from dev log #5 in one pack I would be grateful and leave credit to you in my game

[@Gloromo]

How did you achieve the block Material?

[@NocteStudios]

Search for tron material

[@finbar7170]

What computer do you use?

[@CGTestKdnihaf]

How do you do when character climb over instead of jump obstacle automatically depend on dimension or space? that look so good, would like tutorial for it

[@NocteStudios]

CGTest Kd.nihaf Thank you! I can not provide a tutorial video but it’s all about the tracers. Check height, check if there is something behind, then climb or vault

[@SR-iu4zr]

I'm new to unreal. If I buy this then can I change the character mesh?

[@idatemodels2872]

Yes. But it will require a new/optimized animation. Or, a high poly mesh of sweatpants that can handle the translation.

[@platare6739]

Why he uses his knee to clim that wall!!! Nevertheless good work :).

[@മലയാളിഅല്ല]

I usually climb others walls like that 😜

[@MrbigWill]

this project will on marketplace?

[@NocteStudios]

Will Tang Sure that is the plan mate

[@MrbigWill]

@@NocteStudios great！！！

[@arhymethic]

a tutorial please

[@jonsnow2135]

this music is like nails on a chalkboard, made me physically sick

[@fortnitechill1373]

do you plan on selling it on unreal marketplace?

[@NocteStudios]

Fortnite & Chill That’s the plan! But without animations, as framework

[@Desenbigh]

You ever plan on doing free content of the month for this?

[@NocteStudios]

Hunter Desotel I would love to, but it is not on my hands unfortunately

You got to change the music bruh! Something cinematic or something better.

[@NocteStudios]

Cináed Flecher To be honest i don’t want to mess up with the copyright things so.

[@iEclisse]

Great job, but from gameplay point of view it looks slow and boring att all. Sometimes it looks pretty stupid. Reversing animation, why? No one walks so in real world))

[@tessaN64]

reminds me a bit of gta v

[@StreetArtist360]

WoW!!! Please show me more. PS: Put it on the marketplace for $91.00 and call it "Reggaemylitis" and thank me later.