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Creating Gameplay Balance System – Part 3 – Supporting all enemies

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I have created Pattern Manager  and now I need to support all enemies to be able to reset properly. Remember – the goal was to not spawn / destroy enemies – instead just resetting the values. I will go through all enemies and make sure that:

  • Mesh ragdoll is getting back to animation,
  • Mesh is attached to capsule component with the same translation as it was on Begin Play,
  • All necessary timers will be disabled as well,
  • Tick will be disabled when enemy isn’t active,
  • Refactor the enemies as it was long time ago I had created them,

So let’s go!

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Creating Gameplay Balance System – Part 2 – Patterns and Manager

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In last Gameplay Balance System post I was writing about fun. Now it’s time to actually implement patterns and manager. In this tutorial you will learn how to:

  • Update enemies to communicate with patterns,
  • Fast create patterns using UE4 components,
  • Manage enemies – without destroying / spawning actors,
  • Select which pattern should be shown to player,

This will be the first tutorial where I have done Live Streaming for you guys. Let’s move forward!

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