Able Ability System Info and Support Thread

ExtraLifeMatt · November 29, 2021, 1:41am

Able v3.71 submitted, notes below:

Able v3.71

Added new field to Ability class - Client Execution Policy.

Default - The Ability will play on the local client (prediction), authoritative (server / listen server), and remote clients.

LocalAndAuthoritative - The Ability will not play on Remote Clients (they still get it, but will ignore playing it).

Branch Input Conditionals now has a dynamic property binding for the Input names. Enhanced Input is not supported for this feature yet.

Added new option to Play Ability Task to copy over the current Ability Targets to the new Ability.

Bugfix: IsInAbilityRange Behavior Tree decorator now works again.

Added better logging to IsInAbilityTree BT decorator. Just set your BehaviorTree log level to Verbose.

Bugfix: Fixed crash in Ability Component update when using Simulate mode in the editor.

Bugfix/Change: Debug Sweep drawing previously was inconsistent (Boxes didn’t rotate, but Capsules did).
However the Internal sweep code used by the engine does not allow for rotation to change during the sweep, so I’ve updated the draw call to take that into account.

Added Owner/Instigator dynamic properties for Play Ability Task.

Change: The Loop iteration counter is now stored on the Ability Context and can be accessed/set via GetCurrentLoopIteration / SetLoopIteration.

Change: Due to how replicated variables work, it was possible for an Active Ability to play, end, and start again on the server - but clients wouldn’t get that change.
So, now the Server will detect those types of situations and force the client to play those Abilities. Passives should be unaffected by the bug / change and should work as expected.