Unreal Engine – Assembly: Modular Character Creator

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Example Projects: 4.25 | 4.26

Assembly is a code plugin focused on creating in-game modular characters in a quick and straightforward method with a high degree of flexibility. Utilizing character components, it allows for modular skeletal mesh generation, head tracking, and adding custom character speed and animation states.


Technical Details

Features:

CustomAssets:

Body Type:
The basic storage asset for modular character meshes.

MeshLibrary
: A library of skeletal Meshes for a body segment.

MeshElement
: A single skeletal mesh element.

TextureLibrary
: A Collection of textures that can be applied to a material via Modifiers.

Preset
: A preset appearance for a character that can be reused among multiple characters.

Components

Modular Character Generato
r: Used for generating a skeletal character mesh from modular pieces.

Actor Tracking
: Used for tracking the direction between two vectors. Used for Head Tracking.

Character Speed States
: Used for creating custom character movement and speed states.

Code Modules:

 AssemblyCharacterCreator (Runtime)
 AssemblyEditor (Editor)

Network Replicated: No
Supported Development Platforms: Windows (Untested on Mac and Linux, but should work.)