How can I slow down the transition of crouching?

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Hey people! This is my first post so please go easy if I’m doing or saying something wrong, or simply too stupid.

I already have a crouch mechanic assigned to the “Left shift” and it works perfectly. However, When I crouch, it is all so sudden. How can I make the transition between standing idle and going into crouch mode slower, as if it is someone crouching in real life.

Thank you in advance,
Kevin

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Hey Kevinrvani-

I would first like to say welcome to the community and that you don’t have to worry about asking questions. A great way to handle the transition in your crouching animation would be to add a Blend Space. What this does is it takes the idle animation as well as the crouching animation and creates a smooth transition between the two. Here’s a link that should help. It has videos that cover blend spaces as well as other topics dealing with animation. Good luck in your future projects.

Cheers

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Thank you for the reply, however, I do not have a crouching animation. The crouch that I have implemented onto my character is the default crouch. (literally moves the camera down a bit). Is there a way to slow down the transition of the crouch from standing up? Sorry for not being clear in the original question. Kev

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what method u use to move down camera ? you can slow down the camera movement.

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I believe he is talking about the default crouching mechanic in the default CharacterMovement component.

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Hey -

This person seemed to have a similar issue and explains what they were able to do to solve the problem. Hopefully this can help move you in the right direction. Good luck on your project.

Cheers

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Hi kevinivani,

You may have solved this already, but here is the solution that I created for the First Person Template.

TJ