The template now supports simple grab mechanics between enemies and player. An enemy grab renders the player useless temporarily and performs periodic attacks.

Creating an enemy grab

To define an enemy grab 3 animations are needed :

• GrabInto: When the enemy grabs the player
• GrabLoop: When enemy and player are struggling with each other
• GrabHit: When the enemy hits the player during a grab

(GrabInto is optional, the enemy can go directly to GrabLoop)

A new grab ActorState needs to be added to the enemy state list. This state has to be of class EnemyStateGrab and reference the GrabInto animation state (AnimState_Enemy_Grab in the image below).

These state class defines many attributes of the grab as show below:

The most important are:

• Grab Tag: Helps finding which player state will be selected. This is the “grabbed” player state. (see below)

• Min/MaxAngleOfEntry: Angle between player/enemy in which this grab can be used

• Remember to exclude grabbing from Hurt list and assign custom hurt anim on the Character

• Grab Positioning: Determines how grabbed and grabber are moved relative to each other to match the animation.