third-person

The engine’s Third Person template, playable as it comes with keyboard and mouse, gamepad or touch: its character with its spring arm camera, game mode and player controller are Rust classes.

rusteal new MyGame --template third-person

From TP_ThirdPerson, the engine template it is made of.

Playing it

Open the project and press Play: WASD / left stick move, mouse / right stick look, Space / A jump.

The third-person template in play

Its classes

The Rust classes are in Rust/<crate>/src/; their Blueprint children, under the engine template’s names, are in Content/.

Class	Parent	File
`ThirdPersonCharacter`	`Character`	`src/character.rs`
`ThirdPersonGameMode`	`GameModeBase`	`src/game_mode.rs`
`ThirdPersonPlayerController`	`PlayerController`	`src/player_controller.rs`

Variants

Each variant is a project of its own: the template plus the variant, opening on the variant’s level.

combat

Melee combat: combo and charged attacks driven by animation notifies, enemies run by a StateTree, enemy spawners, checkpoints and respawn, damageable props and a lava floor.

rusteal new MyGame --template third-person --variant combat

It opens /Game/Variant_Combat/Lvl_Combat. To play: WASD / left stick move, mouse / right stick look, left click / RB combo attack, hold right click / RT charged attack, R / D-pad down switch the camera side.

The third-person template’s combat variant in play

Its own classes, next to the template’s, in a module named after it:

Class	Parent	File
`CombatAIController`	`AIController`	`src/combat/ai_controller.rs`
`AnimNotifyDoAttackTrace`	`AnimNotify`	`src/combat/anim_notifies.rs`
`AnimNotifyCheckCombo`	`AnimNotify`	`src/combat/anim_notifies.rs`
`AnimNotifyCheckChargedAttack`	`AnimNotify`	`src/combat/anim_notifies.rs`
`CombatCharacter`	`Character`	`src/combat/character.rs`
`CombatDamageableBox`	`Actor`	`src/combat/damageable_box.rs`
`CombatDummy`	`Actor`	`src/combat/dummy.rs`
`CombatEnemy`	`Character`	`src/combat/enemy.rs`
`CombatEnemySpawner`	`Actor`	`src/combat/enemy_spawner.rs`
`EnvQueryContextDanger`	`EnvQueryContext_BlueprintBase`	`src/combat/env_query.rs`
`EnvQueryContextPlayer`	`EnvQueryContext_BlueprintBase`	`src/combat/env_query.rs`
`CombatGameMode`	`GameModeBase`	`src/combat/game_mode.rs`
`CombatLavaFloor`	`Actor`	`src/combat/lava_floor.rs`
`CombatLifeBar`	`UserWidget`	`src/combat/life_bar.rs`
`CombatPlayerController`	`PlayerController`	`src/combat/player_controller.rs`
`StateTreeCharacterGroundedCondition`	`StateTreeConditionBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeIsInDangerCondition`	`StateTreeConditionBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeComboAttackTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeChargedAttackTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeWaitForLandingTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeFaceActorTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeFaceLocationTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeSetCharacterSpeedTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`StateTreeGetPlayerInfoTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/combat/state_tree.rs`
`CombatActivationVolume`	`Actor`	`src/combat/volumes.rs`
`CombatCheckpointVolume`	`Actor`	`src/combat/volumes.rs`

platforming

Double jump, wall jump, coyote time, a dash, local multiplayer and respawn.

rusteal new MyGame --template third-person --variant platforming

It opens /Game/Variant_Platforming/Lvl_Platforming. To play: WASD / left stick move, mouse / right stick look, Space / A jump (again in the air: double jump, against a wall: wall jump), Shift / B dash.

The third-person template’s platforming variant in play

Its own classes, next to the template’s, in a module named after it:

Class	Parent	File
`AnimNotifyEndDash`	`AnimNotify`	`src/platforming/anim_notify_end_dash.rs`
`PlatformingCharacter`	`Character`	`src/platforming/character.rs`
`PlatformingGameMode`	`GameModeBase`	`src/platforming/game_mode.rs`
`PlatformingPlayerController`	`PlayerController`	`src/platforming/player_controller.rs`

side-scrolling

A side view platformer: soft platforms to drop through, jump pads, moving platforms, pickups with a counter, interactables and an NPC run by a StateTree.

rusteal new MyGame --template third-person --variant side-scrolling

It opens /Game/Variant_SideScrolling/Lvl_SideScrolling. To play: A/D / left stick move, Space / A jump (again in the air: double jump, against a wall: wall jump), S / stick down + Space drop through a platform, F / X interact.

The third-person template’s side-scrolling variant in play

Its own classes, next to the template’s, in a module named after it:

Class	Parent	File
`SideScrollingAIController`	`AIController`	`src/side_scrolling/ai_controller.rs`
`SideScrollingCameraManager`	`PlayerCameraManager`	`src/side_scrolling/camera_manager.rs`
`SideScrollingCharacter`	`Character`	`src/side_scrolling/character.rs`
`SideScrollingGameMode`	`GameModeBase`	`src/side_scrolling/game_mode.rs`
`SideScrollingJumpPad`	`Actor`	`src/side_scrolling/jump_pad.rs`
`SideScrollingMovingPlatform`	`Actor`	`src/side_scrolling/moving_platform.rs`
`SideScrollingNPC`	`Character`	`src/side_scrolling/npc.rs`
`SideScrollingPickup`	`Actor`	`src/side_scrolling/pickup.rs`
`SideScrollingPlayerController`	`PlayerController`	`src/side_scrolling/player_controller.rs`
`SideScrollingSoftPlatform`	`Actor`	`src/side_scrolling/soft_platform.rs`
`StateTreeGetPlayerTask`	`StateTreeTaskBlueprintBase`	`src/side_scrolling/state_tree.rs`
`SideScrollingUI`	`UserWidget`	`src/side_scrolling/ui.rs`

Recipes taken from it: Character movement and input, Health, damage and death, Platforming, AI.

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third-person

Playing it

Its classes

Variants

combat

platforming

side-scrolling