Help with Anim Montage and enemy Hit reaction.

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Hello.

I am trying to figure out how I set enemy hit animations/reactions based on where in an animation they are hit.

If I have say 3 different punches in a montage, how do I make an enemy react differently depending on which punch hit them?

Do I do this using Notify or something else?

Any help would be appreciated

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I think in the case of the punch combo, you should set a notify to increase the punch index. Then you can use indexes to filter out the animation your enemy will play.
For example, if punch number 1 hit them, play X animation, if punch 2 hit them, play Y animation and so on.

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Thanks for the reply. I figured it would involve indexs, however I’m not really sure how to set it up. How do I set a notify to increase my punch index then use said index to set the enemy animation?

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Just create an index in your character or pawn BP named PunchStage or something like that with default value 0. Then in your AnimMontage set up a custom notify at the beginning of each different animation so it adds up +1 to the index on each passing animation or you can create 3 different notifies for each stage in the punch so each notify will set a different value to your index. Then you can just check that index from your enemy blueprint like this:

Get Player Character-> (drag link) -> Cast to MyCharacter -> (Drag As My Character) -> Get PunchStage -> == 0 ->Branch->True -> Play Animation X
-> == 1 ->Branch->True -> Play Animation Y
(… and so on)

For animation notifies, check this:
Animation Notifies in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.3 Documentation (Check the Custom one)
Crash Course in Animation Notifies - Unreal Engine
Animation Montage in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.3 Documentation