This project aims to facilitate the creation of physical movements for multiplayer games while integrating with the Gameplay Ability System (GAS). The main goal is to separate the movement logic from the Character Movement Component (CMC) so programmers can focus on the movement mechanics themselves rather than network code while maintaining the server-authoritative model. We tried to achieve this by extending the CMC and leveraging its network pipeline.
The project is designed to be added as a plugin, which can be integrated into any game that uses the CMC. While GAS assists with triggering movements, it is also intended to work with non-GAS projects. GASShooter was used as a base project since it contains all the necessary game functionalities.
In this example, you will find the following movements:
- Jump: A launch force applied for a brief moment.
- Jet pack: A constant force applied over time.
- Sprint: Running at a higher speed.
- Move to points: Moving through each point generated from a spline or similar path.
- Non-Deterministic movement: Still a work in progress (well all of this is). The idea is to have movements that can be non-deterministic, meaning the internal movement state on the server and client can be different at a given time.
| Keybind | Action |
|---|---|
| T | Toggles between first and third person. |
| Left Mouse Button | Activates the weapon's primary ability. Confirms targeting. |
| Middle Mouse Button | Activates the weapon's alternate ability. |
| Right Mouse Button | Activates the weapon's secondary ability. |
| Mouse Wheel Up | Swaps to next weapon in inventory. |
| Mouse Wheel Down | Swaps to previous weapon in inventory. |
| R | Reloads the weapon. |
| Left Ctrl | Cancels targeting. |
| Left Shift | Sprint. |
| E | Interact with interactable objects. |
| Spacebar | Jump. |
| F | Jetpack. |
| Q | Follow spline points. |
| C | Randomly inverts movement direction every 5 seconds. |
This is an abandoned working in progress since Root Motion Sources does this in a much more seamless and integrated manner, also Mover 2.0 is already available. Use it at your own risk.