<aside> 💡 CGS Tip: The system is designed in a way that helps you understand what happens without having millions of interface messages between blueprints, allowing you to easily explore the logic to find source actions. You can delete the input buffer system or migrate it to your own project without issues. The main components have no references to each other, and the logic contains no project-specific features you might not need. I've developed several games with combat systems, including shooter games, so I speak from experience. While many frameworks are overwhelming and some are either useless or have too simple setup, you can customize CGS exactly how you want and add or remove any feature.

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The Basics

Character Setup

Current Combat Character contains necessary main logic to kickstart your project. Every Character with CGS needs only 5 main thing:

• Input Buffer (If your game doesn’t have an Input Reading System, like in Soulslikes, you can remove it.)
• State Manager: An action system using gameplay tags/states to determine what actions the character can perform and what they are doing at any given moment.
• Montage Manager: Manages animation setups for every action.
• Combat manager: Handles attack indices for combos, attack types, and provides necessary utility functions.
• Team Relations: Defines Enemies, NPCs, Players and their relations between each other.
• Stats Manager: A crucial component for many games but can be replaced with systems like GAS if needed.

All these components (except the Combat Manager) can be removed or migrated without any complexity since they don’t have project-specific references.

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CGS Tip: This Action System uses an Input Buffer to consume inputs. When you perform an action, the animation being played can open the Input Buffer state via Anim Notify, saving the next input on Close IB State.

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You can define any actions or logic you prefer. It’s not necessary to follow the exact setup for Melee Attacks as demonstrated in the Demo Character. However, using this character as a Base Avatar can be helpful.

First Step: Creating a Character

Step 1: Create a New Character