Top Down RPG Camera

Top Down RPG Camera provides an easy to use system for top down camera controls. It is designed primarily for games in which you control a single character from a top down perspective, as is often seen in classic ARPG games.

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Top Down Camera provides a flexible control scheme for top down cameras, a system for fading out meshes and actors that obstruct the player’s view of their character as seen in many top down games, and a system for managing which actor that a player’s mouse is hovering and calling interface functions on such actors, but a full list of all features is provided below. Each of these systems is contained in independent components to promote a more modular design. The core logic is in C++ but C++ is not required to use the plugin. Example Blueprint classes are provided and the core functionality of the plugin is exposed to Blueprints.

Features: 

• Camera rotation, zooming, and FOV customization
• Incremental rotations and zoom levels (i.e., quarter-turns)
• Detailed camera pitch settings (i.e., zoom in and zoom out pitches, and optional pitch adjustment on zoom)
• Settings menu
• Fade meshes that obstruct player’s visibility
• Manage which actor a player’s cursor is hovering
• Simple example interaction system using interface
• Simple post-processing outline effect for hovered actors
• Simple load screen and transitions

Contact: I can be reached at my Discord or by email at vince.gamedev@gmail.com.

For a camera with similar functionality and additional RTS focused features, please see my RTS Camera System.

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