Able Ability System Info and Support Thread

[ExtraLifeMatt]

@jfaztk

Hello,

Could you somehow “pin” the default ability so that it shows up first when we create a new ability? Once we have a decent amount I see the designers getting a bit confused. Or maybe add the option to blacklist abilities from showing up on that list? That way I can only have “AblAbility”, “BasicMeleeAttack”, etc. there. Thanks!

Yea, I can toss it at the top or toss in some option to hide inherited classes. It confuses me too every time, so I’ve been meaning to change it.

@Menelin

I was able to run the .bat files, but can’t find the .sln file.

The UE4.sln should be in the same directory you ran “GenerateProjectFiles.bat”. You might want to go on YouTube and just search “Build UE4 source” as I bet someone has a good video tutorial for this.

@intoxicat3

Yes. Any chance you can add OnAbilityStarted / Ended / Interupted virtual voids to AblAbility.h? Basically you have events for BP but nothing for C++.

That was added for the AbilityComponent, but not the Ability itself. I see. Yea, I can see about adding that. I’m not sure it’ll be 1:1 with the BP side (since BP nativization is pretty decent, it gets compiled to C++ anyway so I didn’t have any huge performance concerns) - but I can see the appeal of having some of the larger hooks having a C++ counterpart.