How do I add a sliding motion to character's punch?

Development Character & Animation
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Let’s say I have a character who punches things. That’s good and all, however, he seems to stay in one place whenever he punches. What I actually want is for him to slide forward a bit while executing his punch. Is there any way to tell UE4 to make him slide forward whenever he punches?

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I found the answer–one must do the following:

  1. Set up a notify and call the notify in the character’s Animation Blueprint
  2. Below the AnimNotify, Try Get Pawn Owner
  3. Get Movement Component from Try Get Pawn Owner
  4. Also Get Actor Forward Vector from Try Get Pawn Owner
  5. From the Get Actor Forward Vector, set up a Vector*Vector node and input the appropriate XYZ translations.
  6. From Get Movement Component, you need to Set Velocity
  7. Connect Get Movement Component to Set Velocity’s Target value.
  8. And finally, connect the Vector*Vector node to Set Velocity’s Velocity value.

If you think I missed anything and/or require pictures, go ahead and send a message down below. Thanks again!