Lock on Targeting System

Lock-on Targeting System V3 IS OUT!* (08-18-2021)! (*Only versions 4.24, 4.25 and 4.26 have been updated to version 3.0. Previous versions will be kept as V2.0)

Preview video: HERE

Tutorials V3.0 (Unreal Engine 4.24, 4.25 and 4.26)

• How to setup in your project (video): HERE
• Several tutorials on how to customize (video playlist): HERE
• Integration with ALSV4: HERE

Tutorials V2.0 (Unreal Engine 4.17-4.23)

• How to setup (video): HERE
• LTS tutorials playlist: HERE

Documentation (EN)

Discord

Update new features:

• Quick access to reticle: show or not the reticle; choose the reticle, its size and color; turn the reticle rotation on and off and choose its orientation;
• Choose whether a character with the Lock-on Component is a target or not;
• Option to activate lock-on through obstacles and option to ignore obstacles when locked-on;
• Option to turn off the distance checker;
• Now works with multiplayer;
• And many other new features have been added!

Technical Details

Features. The Lock-on Targeting System project:

• Lock-on targets (camera looks at the target);
• Target swap in four directions (↑↓←→);
• Look at the target (character rotation option);
• Automatically swap targets when the current target dies (option);
• Turn off the lock-on system when the distance between the player and the target is greater than the maximum lock-on distance (option);
• Check for objects between the player and the target (option);
• Easy setup: detailed documentation (tutorial video soon);
• Customizable;

Number of Blueprints: 4 (not counting the ThirdPersonTemplate blueprints)

• 1 Component: "LockOnComponent";
• 1 Widget: "LockOnSphereWidget";
• 1 Interface: "TargetInformationsInterface";
• 1 Actor (shape): "LockOnElements".

Contains:

• 4 Reticles PNG;
• 1 Enumeration;
• 1 Structure;
• 1 Simple artificial intelligence (1 AI controller, 1 blackboard, 1 behavior tree and 1 task);

*contains all ThirdPersonTemplate.

Input:

-Lock-on:

• TAB/middle mouse button/right thumbstick button

-Swap Targets:

• i/mouse up/right thumbstick up: swap to the further
• k/mouse down/right thumbstick down: swap to the closer
• j/mouse left/right thumbstick left: swap to the left
• l/mouse right/right thumbstick right: swap to the right

Supported Development Platforms:

Windows: Yes