Creating & Editing Actions

In Soulslike Framework, everything can be considered an Action. Provided with the project are multiple example Actions that you can inspect.

Actions work hand-to-hand with the Input Buffer Component. That means they can be queued & consumed.

Using the Utility Tools to Create/Edit Actions

1. Run the Soulslike Action Creator from the Soulslike Framework editor dropdown, or head into /SoulslikeFramework/_Utility/Creators and right-click and Run Utility Widget -> EUW_ActionCreator:

1. Fill in the details as you desire:

1. Click Create Action to generate the related assets.

2. Now, run the Soulslike Action Browser from the Soulslike Framework editor dropdown or head into /SoulslikeFramework/_Utility/Browsers and right-click and Run Utility Widget -> EUW_ActionBrowser:

1. Find your action and select it in the Browser. Double-check its properties to ensure everything is correct. Then click "Open Logic" to open the Action's logic asset:

1. If the assets opens in Data-Only mode, click the Open Full Blueprint Editor text.

1. Go to the Functions tab and override ExecuteAction():

1. (Optional) You can also add a new event graph and override the Event version of the method:

1. Next up, we need to let our Action Manager know that we want to initialize this new Action. Head inside B_Soulslike_Character and select AC_ActionManager:

1. Create a new Gameplay Tag for your action. Then, add your new Action to either the table or the Actions map using the new Gameplay Tag & Action Data Asset:

1. Finally, using performing the Action (Inside B_Soulslike_Character):