Ragdoll Physics on Death

[KingSpud]

@Fallonsnest

Depending on how your delegate works, whenever u take damage and the character run out of healt, u can call the Die method.
For a more complex ragdoll example, u can checkout github unreal tournament source code which is sometime complex but a very good learning source (see UTCharacter::StartRagdoll())

Can u show example of your delegate and how u use it?
I tend to write pretty much my entire game in C++ but use native/blueprint events to be able to implement and/or override events in blueprint, which might be usefull for prototyping/quick testing and allowing modding later on. There are only few places where im using delegates, but its been almost 6 month now i worked on the game, so it’s all a bit rusty

Yeah of course!

//This is my HealthComponent.h file

DECLARE_DYNAMIC_MULTICAST_DELEGATE_SixParams(FOnHealthChangedSignature, UTPSHealthComponent*, OwningHealthComp, float, Health,
float, HealthDelta, const class UDamageType*, DamageType, class AController*, InstigatedBy, AActor*, DamageCauser);

UCLASS( ClassGroup=(TPS), meta=(BlueprintSpawnableComponent) )
class TP_SHOOTER_API UTPSHealthComponent : public UActorComponent
{
    GENERATED_BODY()

public:    
    // Sets default values for this component's properties
    UTPSHealthComponent();

protected:
    // Called when the game starts
    virtual void BeginPlay() override;

    UPROPERTY(BlueprintReadOnly, Category = "HealthComponent")
    float Health;

    UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "HealthComponent")
    float DefaultHealth;

    UFUNCTION()
    void HandleTakeAnyDamage(AActor* DamagedActor, float Damage, const class UDamageType* DamageType, class AController* InstigatedBy, AActor* DamageCauser);

public:

    UPROPERTY(BlueprintAssignable, Category = "Events")
    FOnHealthChangedSignature OnHealthChanged;

};


// The HealthComponent.cpp method

void UTPSHealthComponent::HandleTakeAnyDamage(AActor* DamagedActor, float Damage, const class UDamageType* DamageType, class AController* InstigatedBy, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (Damage <= 0.0f)    {return;}

    Health = FMath::Clamp(Health - Damage, 0.0f, DefaultHealth);
    OnHealthChanged.Broadcast(this, Health, Damage, DamageType, InstigatedBy, DamageCauser);
}

// This is the method in my Character.cpp file that handles damage, enemies use the same health component.

void ATPSCharacter::OnHealthChanged(UTPSHealthComponent* OwningHealthComp, float Health, float HealthDelta, const class UDamageType* DamageType, class AController* InstigatedBy, AActor* DamageCauser)
{

    if (Health <= 0.0f && !IsDead)
    {
        // Dead
        IsDead = true;
        GetMovementComponent()->StopMovementImmediately();
        GetCapsuleComponent()->SetCollisionEnabled(ECollisionEnabled::NoCollision);

        DetachFromControllerPendingDestroy();

        SetLifeSpan(10.0f);
    }    
}