This tutorial contains basic knowledge about AI / Animations . It may be complicated for beginners so please take your time to analyze the stuff before implementing. I will create first basic enemy and it will cover:

• Behavior Tree: simple check where to go and go there if aren’t reloading,
• Animations: blending legs with rest of the body (walking -> standing),
• Animations: Playing Montages (reload animation and shoot animation),
• Animations: Look At – enemy upper body will be always rotated to player,
• Animations: TakeDamage effects without having animations,
• Animations: Ragdoll,
• AI: Ammo, Fire and Reloading,

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