Overview
The skill widget system provides a skill dock bar with animated buttons. UCSkillDockWidget listens to UCSkillComponent::onSkillListChange and dynamically spawns UCSkillDockButtonWidget instances. Each button displays the skill icon, handles cooldown animation, pop animation and a red-cross animation on failed use. Tooltips are provided by UCSkillTooltipDockButtonWidget.
| Name |
Description |
| consume |
Initializes the dock: sets source actor, binds to onSkillListChange delegate |
| whenSkillUpdated |
Rebuilds the dock by spawning a button widget per skill in the array |
| retrieveButtonClass |
Returns the button widget class (default: CSkillButtonWidgetDefault). Override in Blueprint to customize |
// UCSkillDockWidget receives data via consume:
// - object: source actor (player)
// It binds to UCSkillComponent::onSkillListChange on the source actor.
// When the skill list changes, whenSkillUpdated clears the dock panel
// and spawns one UCSkillDockButtonWidget per skill.
| Name |
Description |
| consume |
Initializes the button: retrieves skill metadata (icon, cooldown, label, color), alters button appearance |
| alterAspect |
Sets button brush for Normal/Hovered/Pressed/Disabled states using the skill icon and base color |
| assignTooltip |
Creates and assigns a tooltip widget on the button |
| buttonClicked |
Attempts to consume the skill. On success: plays cooldown and pop animations. On failure: plays red-cross animation |
| playCooldownAnimation |
Plays the cooldown overlay animation scaled to the skill’s cooldown duration |
| playPopAnimation |
Plays a scale/opacity pop effect on the skill icon |
| playRedcroosAnimation |
Plays a brief red-cross flash animation |
| retrieveTooltipClass |
Returns the tooltip widget class (default: CSkillButtonTooltipWidgetDefault). Override in Blueprint |
// UCSkillDockButtonWidget receives data via consume:
// - object: source actor
// - aName: skill FName
// Skill metadata (icon, cooldown, label, baseColor) is retrieved from
// CoordinatorUtility::retrieveSkillMetadata(skill).
// On click, SkillUtility::consumeSkill is called.
// Success: button is disabled, cooldown animation plays at rate 1/cooldown.
// Failure: red-cross flash animation plays.
| Name |
Description |
| consume |
Displays the skill icon, label and cooldown value in the tooltip |
// UCSkillTooltipDockButtonWidget receives data via consume:
// - object: skill icon (UTexture2D)
// - aText: skill label
// - aFloat: cooldown value