Able Ability System Info and Support Thread

ExtraLifeMatt · May 13, 2019, 1:00am

Able v3.1 submitted. Notes:

Fixed Ability Dynamic Fields not properly binding during runtime.

Fixed Target Preview Assets not spawning properly.

Fixed Target Preview Assets not being selectable by clicking on them.

Hitting “Delete” on your keyboard while selecting a Target Preview Asset in the Editor will delete that instance.

Added “Location” Target Type which allows you to programmatically specify a 3D location in the world and pass it to a Task.

You’ll find this option on any Location struct (e.g. Spawn Actor’s Spawn Location, Play Particle Effect, Play Sound Effect, etc).

To pass a Target Location to your Tasks with that option you must:

Add a “Location” Target to your Ability (under the Target drop down, you don’t need to mark your Ability as “Must Have Target”).

Override the “Get Target Location” method in C++ or in the Ability Blueprint. This is where you would grab the mouse location or what not, by default it simply returns the location of the actor running the ability.

This value is passed from the Client to the Server in a networked game (as the Server has no concept of a mouse, etc), so just be aware of that. Maybe add some extra verification if needed.

This value is stored on the AblAbilityContext and can be grabbed in Blueprints by calling GetTargetLocation on the Context.

Updated Play Particle Effect / Play Sound Effect to use the internal AblTargetLocation struct so they can use the new functionality. The old fields are still there and will automatically be used if present. If you want to use the new functionality once you move things over, simply reset the deprecated fields (set the socket name to NONE, any vectors to 0.0’s, etc).

As always, thanks for your support and patience. Keep the bug reports coming.