Animation Settings

Universal Monster supports adding animations based on movement type. The animation settings are setup to be universal so that they can be used for all aspects of UM that require an animation to be played.

Note: Movement type animations are currently only available for Hit Reactions and Death. Behavior Task support will be added in the future with the Swimming and Flying update.

For movement type based animations, you will need to choose the movement state, this should never be left as None and you should use Land if unsure

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To add the actual animation asset, click the +

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All of your animations can be stored in a data table if you wish, which will make it easier to setup animations between monsters that share a skeleton, such as all humanoid monsters using the default UE4 skeleton

Data Tables

When not using the data table option, you will need to configure each animation individually

Animation: Choose the animation asset Slot: Choose the slot for the animation to play, this is useful for playing animations for the upper body only Animation Options: Blend In Time, Blend Out Time, Play Rate, Loop Count, Blend Out Trigger Time, Time to Start Montage. These are all the normal UE4 options for playing a montage. Start Sound: Play a sound at the start of the animation Start Delay: Add a delay to the start sound if you wish for it to play some time between start and end End Sound: Play a sound at the end of the animation

Sound Settings