# Animation in C++?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/animation-in-c/10492>\
**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [August 31, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/animation-in-c/10492 "2014-08-31T15:07:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mesothere](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Mesothere](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Mesothere)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/animation-in-c/10492/1 "2014-08-31T15:07:52Z")

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Hey guys,

Are there any good resources for writing “Animation Blueprints” in C++? Although I’ve gotten the blueprint version to work, I do ultimately find it a pain to work with and would much rather write it natively. If anyone would be able to provide any resources, it would be a gigantic help!

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**Author:** ![Rama](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/rama/32/882413_2.png) [@Rama](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Rama)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/animation-in-c/10492/2 "2014-09-01T00:29:30Z")

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**Writing Animation Blueprints in C++**

I have two relevant tutorials here!

**Writing custom logic for Animation BP in C++**

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**Making your own Animation BP Nodes (code might be a bit out dated but you get the idea)**

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I personally do all my Anim BP **event graph** stuff in C++, except anim notifies, and then use the **Anim Graph** for all animation work 🙂

This allows me to do fancy math calculations at high speeds in the C++ and pass the results to Anim BP via BP variables 🙂

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_20f1f997](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_20f1f997](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_20f1f997)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/animation-in-c/10492/3 "2014-09-01T11:39:03Z")

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Interesting! But… Tutorials like the above should be given more attention and depth. In general I noticed that there is a lack of tutorials in c++ ue4 animation systems.