Implementing Weapon Raycasting for Unreal Engine Lyra-Based Third-Person Shooter Games

ASiteController — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:30:32 +0000

In this post, I’ll demonstrate how I implemented weapon-based raycasting (line tracing from weapon) as an alternative to the default center-screen approach. This is in the context of my Single-player third-person shooter game which is based on a Lyra Starter Game in Unreal Engine 5.4. Here is the in-game demonstration of the solution (from 1:04, 13 seconds). Red dynamic crosshair points…

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Weapon Raycasting – Unreal Engine Gamedev Notes

Implementing Weapon Raycasting for Unreal Engine Lyra-Based Third-Person Shooter Games