Tweaks to the rendering of blendspaces, including separating the graph from the buttons
Context menu changes for the sample details
Changes to AnimationBlueprintLibrary and AnimPose from Jurre to help get the poses during analysis
#jira UE-114512
#rb thomas.sarkanen
[CL 16356830 by danny chapman in ue5-main branch]
Per-node constant data is now held on a generated struct as part of sparse class data.
Per-node mutable data (i.e. pin links/property access mappings) is now held on a generated 'mutable data' struct that is compiled as part of the generated class.
The anim BP compiler is now extended more conventionally using UAnimBlueprintExtension, derived from UBlueprintExtension. This directly replaces the older 'compiler handler' pattern that was added in an emergency fashion for 4.26. Anim graph nodes now request their required extensions and these are held on the UAnimBlueprint in the UBlueprint::Extensions array. The Extensions array is potentially refreshed with any node addition or removal. The Extensions array is force-refreshed each time an anim BP is compiled for the first time to deal with newly added or removed requirements.
Const-corrected a bunch of UAnimInstance/FAnimInstanceProxy APIs that rely on (now truly) const data.
Added a split state/constant version of FInputScaleBiasClamp to allow some of its data to be split into constants.
Tweaked alignment/ordering of FPoseLinkBase to save a few bytes per pose link.
Deprecated FAnimNode_Base::OverrideAsset in favor of a more UAnimGraphNode_Base-based approach. Individual nodes can still have runtime overrides via specific accessors. The new approach will also give us the oppurtunity to override multiple assets per node if required in the future.
Moved property access into Engine module & removed event support from it - this was never used.
Reworked property access compilation API a little - construction/lifetime was a bit confusing previously.
Optimized path used to create UK2Node_StructMemberSet nodes in per-node custom events. When using mutable data, the structure used is large and very sparsely connected (i.e. only a few properties are written) so we only create pins that are actually going to be used, rather than creating all of them and conly connecting a few.
Patched the following nodes to use the new data approach:
- Asset players (sequences, blendspaces, aim offsets)
- Blend lists
- Ref poses
- Roots
#rb Jurre.deBaare, Martin.Wilson, Keith.Yerex
[CL 16090510 by Thomas Sarkanen in ue5-main branch]
Per-node constant data is now held on a generated struct as part of sparse class data.
Per-node mutable data (i.e. pin links/property access mappings) is now held on a generated 'mutable data' struct that is compiled as part of the generated class.
The anim BP compiler is now extended more conventionally using UAnimBlueprintExtension, derived from UBlueprintExtension. This directly replaces the older 'compiler handler' pattern that was added in an emergency fashion for 4.26. Anim graph nodes now request their required extensions and these are held on the UAnimBlueprint in the UBlueprint::Extensions array. The Extensions array is potentially refreshed with any node addition or removal. The Extensions array is force-refreshed each time an anim BP is compiled for the first time to deal with newly added or removed requirements.
Const-corrected a bunch of UAnimInstance/FAnimInstanceProxy APIs that rely on (now truly) const data.
Added a split state/constant version of FInputScaleBiasClamp to allow some of its data to be split into constants.
Tweaked alignment/ordering of FPoseLinkBase to save a few bytes per pose link.
Deprecated FAnimNode_Base::OverrideAsset in favor of a more UAnimGraphNode_Base-based approach. Individual nodes can still have runtime overrides via specific accessors. The new approach will also give us the oppurtunity to override multiple assets per node if required in the future.
Moved property access into Engine module & removed event support from it - this was never used.
Includes a thread-safety fix for 4.26 that hasnt made it over to 5.0 yet.
Reworked property access compilation API a little - construction/lifetime was a bit confusing previously.
Optimized path used to create UK2Node_StructMemberSet nodes in per-node custom events. When using mutable data, the structure used is large and very sparsely connected (i.e. only a few properties are written) so we only create pins that are actually going to be used, rather than creating all of them and conly connecting a few.
Patched the following nodes to use the new data approach:
- Asset players (sequences, blendspaces, aim offsets)
- Blend lists
- Ref poses
- Roots
#rb Jurre.deBaare, Martin.Wilson, Keith.Yerex
[CL 16071104 by Thomas Sarkanen in ue5-main branch]
+ UMirrorDataTable stores the bones / notifies / curves to mirror
* Generates table based on FMirrorFindReplaceExpression in project settings
* Can be used in any Animation Blueprint with a compatible skeleton
* Support for self mirroring
* Shared mirror axis
+ Project Settings for Mirroring Find & Replace Strings
+ FMirrorFindReplaceExpression
* Find the mirrored name based on a prefix, suffix, or regular expression match
+ FAnimNode_Mirror
* Inertialization support for blending between mirroring / unmirrored states over a configurable duration
* Support for different MirrorDataTables (to support partial / full body mirroring)
+ Deprecated old mirroring system (FBoneMirrorExport) in SkeletalMesh
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen
[CL 15580895 by timothy daoust in ue5-main branch]
+ Attribute structures to UAnimDataModel
* These are sampled/copied into AnimSequence whenever they change
+ Attribute related Notifies and Payloads
+ Controller API and Actions for Attribute related behaviour
+ Type traits (TAttributeTypeTraitsBase) to determine support functionality for user-defined attribute types
+ TAttributeContainer equivalent to TCustomAttributes, used for keeping track of attributes at runtime in a TMap similar fashion
* Has two exported specializations FStack/Heap-AttributeContainer
+ IAttributeBlendOperator interface used for Attribute related operations in Anim graph
* Allows for user-defined blending behaviour for their associated types
+ TAttributeBlendOperator providing out-of-the-box blending behaviour for user-defined types
+ FAttributeBlendData helper structure, this encapsulates and abstracts the blend / attribute operations
* Exposes two iterators, allowing BlendOperator to loop through (type) overlapping Attributes and unique attributes
+ Float/Integer/String Animation Attribute structures used to support legacy TVariant CustomAttribute data types
+ Transform animation attribute structure to add support for single-FTransform based attributes
+ FAnimationAttributeIdentifier identifier used to reference an attribute in a script-friendly manor
+ AttributeTypes static API for registering Attribute types
+ FAttributeCurve providing a curve-type with an Attribute type as its underlying key-value
+ TWrappedAttribute helper structure to wrap end template operate on raw memory (TArray buffer)
+ Added tests for
* Attribute related controller functionality and actions
* Attribute curve key reduction
* Evaluating attributes from AnimSequence
* Attribute operations (blend, accumulate etc)
* Functional testing for blendspace attribute evaluation and blending
* Changed default attribute blend type to Blend vs Override
* Updated FBX import/export paths to handle and use new Attribute data structures
* Attribute data is now incorporated into animation source data DDC key
* Deprecated Custom Attributes stored on AnimSequence get converted into their equivalent Attribute structures
* Deprecated all previous CustomAttribute structures, APIs and files
* Corrected some comments in UAnimDataController.h
* Updated existing custom attribute tests to adhere to new blend expectations/behaviour
* Updated AnimSequence resize tests to also incorporate an attribute curve
* Changed layered bone blend to use .5 blend weight vs 1.0 to cover more behaviour
* Added transform attribute used to compare against bone transform during pre-existing functional testing (blended only)
- Deleted CustomAttributes details customization
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen
#fyi kiaran.ritchie, koray.hagen, timothy.daoust
[CL 15568420 by Jurre deBaare in ue5-main branch]
Function should be available in more than just anim instances, expecially now we want to prefer using property access
#jira none
#rb Jurre.deBaare
[CL 15432851 by Thomas Sarkanen in ue5-main branch]
Added a new animation graph node that hosts its own UBlendSpaceBase. Modified UBlendSpaceBase to allow for pose links to be evaluated as the sample points.
The new blend space graphs can be spawned from existing UBlendSpace and UBlendSpace1D assets, or they can be created from scratch, or they can be converted from existing blendspace player nodes via the context menu.
Fixed anim node conversion functions so that their transactions work correctly.
Updated FBlueprintEditorUtils::IsGraphNameUnique to allow it to work with any object as the outer, not just UBlueprint. UBlueprint still has a special case for functions and events. This is to support GenerateUniqueGraphName within a scope (e.g. an outer graph).
Formalized the concept of 'node sub-graphs' (as well as the composite node pattern a little). Previously a number of known node types that contained sub-graphs (e.g. UK2Node_Composite) had special case logic for dealing with node/graph deletion etc. Now any node can opt into this behaviour via the GetSubGraphs() override.
Added status bar readouts for the blendspace grid, so we dont have to stuff the prompts into the tooltip any more.
Moved anim BP related APIs out of FBlueprintEditor. They are always used via FAnimationBlueprintEditor.
Refactored graph title bar widget creation out into a function to allow other document tab factories to create it.
Altered breadcrumb trail click callbacks and SMyBlueprint::ExecuteAction to always JumpToHyperLink rather than calling OpenDocument directly. This allows unknown (to FBlueprintEditor) document types that reference objects to be correctly jumped to using the breadcrumb trail. Derived asset editors (i.e. FAnimationBlueprintEditor) can intercept the JumpToHyperlink call to ensure that the correct document is presented (i.e. the correct tab payload is generated).
Instead of making yet another bunch of duplicated code for handling the various alpha blend options, refactored this into FAnimGraphNodeAlphaOptions (for editor code) and FAnimNodeAlphaOptions (for runtime code).
Added OnCopyTermDefaultsToDefaultObject for per-node copying of default values from editor node to runtime node, rather than another special-case in the compiler.
#rb Jurre.deBaare,Phillip.Kavan
[CL 15177316 by Thomas Sarkanen in ue5-main branch]
Refactored tick record sync into utility structure - FAnimSync. This improves the odd API around tick records, better encapsulating functionality and leaving less for the caller to get wrong. This will also eventually allow this to be refactored out into a scriptable pipeline stage.
Added sync node and scoped sync message for new 'graph based sync'. Nodes that subscribe to graph-based-sync determine their sync group based on the scope that they are in.
Removed 4.26-style sync scopes - pushed all syncing up to the main anim instance. Linked anim instances no longer sync their own tick records.
To make graph based sync more useful, surfaced graph attributes and their visualizations as labels on pins and parallel wires to visualize flow.
This involves statically determining the attribute flow of the graph at compile time. Added a new compiler handler to deal with this new debug data.
Updated a lot of nodes to specify their attributes so graph flow can be correctly visualized.
Added tracing of attributes and sync records and visualization of traced records when debugging the anim graph.
#rb Jurre.deBaare, Martin.Wilson
[CL 14998555 by Thomas Sarkanen in ue5-main branch]
Improved blend profile support adding a time based method.
#jira UE-100992
#review @Aaron.Cox, @Jose.Villarroel, @Thomas.Sarkanen
[CL 14831887 by john vanderburg in ue5-main branch]
-Added option to blend profile picker for blend mask creation.
-Fixed issue w/ Blend profile picker sometimes showing in non-standalone mode outside of skeleton editor.
-Fixed issue w/ reset to default w/ blend profiles.
-Added blend mask mode to layered blend per bone node
#jira UE-101586
#review-14761881 @Aaron.Cox, @John.VanDerBurg, @Thomas.Sarkanen
[CL 14798723 by jose villarroel in ue5-main branch]
