How do I make the crosshair turn red when it's pointing at an enemy?

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Valor

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Hi there. I'm currently making a game with the third person controller, and I saw in the demo that when your weapon is facing a target, the crosshair turns red. There is also an auto aim system. How do I use these?
 
Valor said:
Hi there. I'm currently making a game with the third person controller, and I saw in the demo that when your weapon is facing a target, the crosshair turns red. There is also an auto aim system. How do I use these?
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If you put your enemy on an enemy layer, when the crosshair of your player is over it, it will turn red. And the auto-aim goes on the camera. If you look at the demo or even copy some stuff you may need from that you should be able to work it out.
 
@MissBig is spot on. These links should also help:

Layer Manager - Opsive

When the character is created one of the required components is the Character Layer Manager. The Character Layer Manager specifies which layers the character should . . .
opsive.com opsive.com

Aim Assist - Opsive

The Aim Assist component allows for the camera and character to automatically face the specified target. A crosshairs with the Crosshairs Monitor is required. If . . .
opsive.com opsive.com
 
MissBig said:
If you put your enemy on an enemy layer, when the crosshair of your player is over it, it will turn red. And the auto-aim goes on the camera. If you look at the demo or even copy some stuff you may need from that you should be able to work it out.
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Thank you so much!
 
Justin said:
@MissBig is spot on. These links should also help:

Layer Manager - Opsive

When the character is created one of the required components is the Character Layer Manager. The Character Layer Manager specifies which layers the character should . . .
opsive.com opsive.com

Aim Assist - Opsive

The Aim Assist component allows for the camera and character to automatically face the specified target. A crosshairs with the Crosshairs Monitor is required. If . . .
opsive.com opsive.com
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Okay. Thank you to @MissBig and @Justin!
 
How could I add an event or function to this so when it activates the use or fire1 input is triggered? This seems like the place I would add such auto-fire function. Assuming it's possible, is there a way I could then disable this when a game pad is connected?
 
Hi Stonshallow, in the future if you could create a new thread when you have a new question that would be helpful!

If you're asking whether there's an event callback, there isn't one for that specific case. You can take a look at CrosshairsMonitor.cs to see how it checks if the mouse is over an enemy (in its Update) - it's a pretty simple raycast (actually a spherecast but performs the same kind of purpose).
 
Thanks. Yes I was looking at that, that's why I posted here apologies.

Can I just add a function in the update and use condition assuming I can find out how a gamepad is detected? I can't see anywhere how to call the use item ability, is there an example of that in the character locomotion script or where does that happen?
 
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