Creating a rts unit

[dasreaperxi]

So I am wanting to create a turn based rts style of game where the combat is similar to warhammer 40k /opr table top games. What i am struggling to find on the internet is a way to have a unit/character that can have multiple skeletal meshes in it. What i would like to learn is how to have a unit that could have up lets say 20 characters in it but behaved as one and when they the health of the unit goes down the characters in the unit slowly die. Im not sure if im making sense but any help would be appreciated

[Nawrot]

Keywords to feed uncle google: “unreal realtime retargetting”

How to Retarget Animations In Realtime In Unreal Engine 5

Then (what i did):

• i used Game Animation Sample Project to see how it should be done.
• and i copied some tricks from it
• i use UEFN skeletal mesh as “leader” for animations
• then i put that mesh in Player Character blueprint create all animation blueprints there for UEFN skeletal mesh
• with that blueprint working, i create child blueprint (inherited CLASS) and create that animation blueprint to retarget (from tutorial)
• now i have base character that uses UEFN animations, and child character that can have custom look and use any biped skeleton

Now bonus things:

keywords: “trajectory matching”

Unreal Engine 5.4 Motion Matching Tutorial in 5 Minutes

keywords: “unreal mutable plugin” - this is in total alpha, it likes to hide mesh or just crash, but there is nice documentation

NEW Mutable Character Customization Plugin in Unreal Engine 5.5

and: “unreal choosers” followup to first one about motion matching:

Unreal Engine Motion Matching Choosers Tutorial + Shooting System Animations | UE 5.4

finally “unreal state tree”

This UE5 State Tree Tutorial Comes With...

and bid PS. :

Use separate asset plugins (create own) or you get into huge mess of cross dependent actors. Do not use game animation base as starting point to your project, all there is cross referenced, you will suffer later trying to downsize packed game (because it is almost impossible to remove unneeded resources from GASP example).

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@dasreaperxi

What i am struggling to find on the internet is a way to have a unit/character that can have multiple skeletal meshes in it. What i would like to learn is how to have a unit that could have up lets say 20 characters in it but behaved as one and when they the health of the unit goes down the characters in the unit slowly die.

As far as the health goes, each model has their own health values and the squad’s displayed health is the sum of it’s members. And it’s worth pointing out that an squad is an actor/pawn with the models attached to it.

I’m also looking into just how this stuff works, but everything that’s been posted is only for singular units

[dasreaperxi]

That’s where I’m at, i have been playing around with the idea and trying to find something off and on for a couple weeks now