This will be the last weapon from Military Silver Pack implemented. Basically BaseWeapon is finished now and adding new weapons is really easy.
What’s new in this post is camera shakes which can be used on explosions or big weapon fire effect.
projectile
Create Grenade Launcher
So far we were using instant fire methodology. Now it comes time to improve BaseWeapon to be able to shoot with projectile.
- Fire projectile instead of instant fire,
- Possibility to choose which fire type weapon have,
- Creating launcher projectile,
- Doing radius damage,
- Add impulse to ragdoll on explosion,
This will be more advanced post but working with projectiles is fun!
Tutorial: How to fire a weapon / create ammo data / impact effects
In this post I will create shooting functionality for weapons which will be easy to work with later.
- I want to have couple of ammo types, (plasma, conventional, dum etc) which can be upgraded later,
- Aiming should be physically accurate,
- There should be impact effects,
Let’s start!
Weapons – shooting and reloading functionalities
In this post I will focus on shooting and reloading functionalities. Goals that I want to achieve:
- I want to have easy method for shooting with different weapons such as the famous survival shotgun.
- If my weapon doesn’t have ammo it should reload automatically,
- I can reload my weapon whenever I want,
- I won’t be able to shoot if I’m changing weapon,
- Show some modifications with the upper parts for AR-15’s
In this post weapon won’t fire any projectile yet but you will learn more about blueprint communication, creating animations in blueprints and doing recoil directly in animation blueprint, also if you’re interested in firearms and shooting you can get experience in sites like Allaboutshooting online that will help you understand this better so you can apply it in your work.