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# Create Blueprint Character

- [Create New Enemy](#create-new-enemy)
- [Create Playable Character](#create-playable-character)
- [Character Standards](#character-standards)

## Create New Enemy

### 1 - Create the character blueprint

- Create a subclass of `BP_AuraEnemy`

![Create Enemy Blueprint](01_CreateEnemyCharacterBlueprint.png)

### 2 - Base Character Setup

[Setup the base character values](#base-character)

### 3 - Assign a behavior

- Assign a controller class

![Assign AIController](09_AssignAIController.png)

- The controller contains the behavior tree that automatically runs. To make a custom behavior, refer to the [chapter](../CreateNewBehavior/Content.md)

### 4 - Setup the drop table

There is a variable in the `BP_AuraEnemy` that child classes can fill to define a drop table

![Setup Drop Table](10_SetDropTable.png)

The key is the class that spawn when character dies and value is the probability of spawning.
Any actor class can spawn

## Create Playable Character

### 1 - Create the Character Blueprint

- Create a subclass of `BP_PlayerCharacterBase`

![Create Playable Character Blueprint](11_CreatePlayerCharacterBlueprint.png)

### 2 - Base Character Setup

[Setup the base character values](#base-character)

## Base Character

### 1 - Setup Mesh and Animations

- Create an animation blueprint for the mesh.

Make a new ABP or instanciate the template animation blueprint or use your own

![Create Animation Blueprint](02_CreateAnimationBlueprint.png)

- Setup the character mesh and its animation blueprint. Also pick a weapon mesh if you need one

- Adjust the mesh position and capsule size

- Create the hit react animation montage

- Setup combat animations

Fill up the map of combat montages in the character defaults combat interface

All possible key are sub tags of `CombatMontage.*`

A reaction to `CombatMontage.HitReact` animation is required

![Assign Animations](03_AssignAnimations.png)

> To use multiple animation for a same tag, we need to override the behavior of the `GetCombatMontage` method

### 2 - Set the combat socket locations

- override the function `GetCombatSocketLocation` and setup socket for each subtag of `CombatSocket.*`

![Set Combat Sockets](04_CombatSocketLocation.png)

### 3 - Handle death behavior

- override the event `Die` that executes on the server.

- for enemies, the parent class will execute the multicast event `M_HandleDeath`. We can override it to defined a custom behavior when the character dies

![Handle Death Behavior](05_HandleDeath.png)

- The parent call will manage ragdoll, weapon drop, movement stop and remove health widget

- The custom implementation would typically play a death sound and dissolve meshes

### 4 - Character Class Info

- Create data asset blueprint from `CharacterClassInfo`

![Create Character Class](06_CreateCharacterClass.png)

- Set the name of the class

- Set the class tag to a subtag of `CharacterClass.`

- Add base effects
    - Subclass of `GE_StartingAttributes_Base` to define primary attributes scaling
    - `GE_Character_SecondaryAttributes` to scale secondary attributes
    - `GE_Character_PassiveRegeneration` to grant passive health and mana regeneration

- Add the base abilities
    - The `GA_HitReact` Ability to have a reaction to damages
    - Any other ability you will need

- Add starting effects
    - `GE_RestoreMaxLife` to grant full life to the unit when starting game. As the maximum life is only calculated after starting attributes is granted, all unit start with 0 hp.
    - `GE_RestoreMaxMana` if the unit has mana

![Filled Class Info](07_FilledClassInfo.png)

- Assign the data asset to the character blueprint

![Assign Data Asset](08_AssignClassDataAsset.png)


## Character Standards

Make sure to create sound for all situations

- Footsteps
- Getting hurt
- Death