Select the Spring Arm then make the following updates in the Details panel.

Select the Camera component, then in the Details panel, zero out the Location setting. In the Components window, click Add Component and search for and add a Spring Arm component.Ĭlick Add Component again and add a Camera component, then drag the Camera onto the Spring Arm to attach it. This will reduce the characters movement speed and automatically rotate the character based on our movement. In the Details panel for CharacterMovement, update the Max Walk Speed to 400 and check Orient Rotation to Movement. In the Components window, click the CharacterMovement component. In the Components window, click TopDownCharacter(self) then in the Details panel, un-check Use Controller Rotation Yaw.įor this example we are going to automatically orientate our character to the direction they are moving and not use the controller rotation. This will vary based on the character you are using, we have set both Half Height and Radius to 45.0. In the Components window, click the CapsuleComponent then in the Details panel adjust the Shape settings. This will rotate the Flipbook into position and scale it down so it fits inside the Collision Capsule. The character will then be added to the Viewport inside the Capsule Component.īack inside the Details panel under Transform, set the Rotation to -90,0,90 and Scale to 0.75 for XYZ. In the Details panel under Sprite click the Source Flipbook drop down and select the Idle Flipbook. Inside the TopDownCharacter Blueprint, in the Components window click the Sprite component. Give the new Blueprint a name such as TopDownCharacter. In the Pick Parent Class window, click the All Classes drop down and search for and add the PaperCharacter. Right-click in the Content Browser and select to create a new Blueprint Class. Here we will create a new Paper 2D Character Blueprint and set up the character. Our project is now set up and we can begin setting up the Top Down Character. This will slow down the playback speed of both Flipbook Animations.

(Optional) Open the Idle Flipbook and in the details panel set Frames Per Second to 3.0.Īlso set the Run Flipbook Frames Per Second to 8.0.

This will automatically create two Flipbooks based on the sprite sheet for us. Right-click on the SoldierSprites asset and select create Flipbooks. For more information on how to set up assets for importing, see the Paper 2D Import Options documentation.

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