◻️Aim offset

Overview

AimOffsetFeature distributes look pitch, yaw, and lean roll across mapped bones. It can also rotate a stationary full-body model when the accumulated yaw exceeds a threshold.

Field	Effect
Weight	Controls the influence of the aim rotations and turning.
Pitch Offset Elements	Maps pitch to an explicit list of bones and per-bone positive/negative angle limits.
Yaw Offset Elements	Maps horizontal aim to an explicit list of bones and limits.
Roll Offset Elements	Maps `leanInput` to an explicit list of bones and limits.
Enable Turn In Place	Rotates the model root and preserves the foot IK transforms while the character turns.
Angle Threshold	Starts a turn after accumulated yaw exceeds this angle. The valid Inspector range is `0` to `90`.
Turn Curve	Controls how far the character has turned at each point in the turn animation.
Turn Speed	Advances normalized turn playback each second.

When an element list is empty, the feature uses the mapped spine1, spine2, and spine3 bones and divides 90 degrees between the available bones. Explicit lists are useful when a custom skeleton needs a different distribution.

Use cases

For an arms-only first-person model, disable Turn In Place because there is no visible lower body to rotate.
For a hybrid or full-body character, keep Turn In Place enabled when your movement controller does not already rotate the model from view yaw.
Avoid running two turn-in-place systems. Disable this option if your locomotion controller owns stationary turning.
Start with the Sci-Fi FPS Pack template values: Angle Threshold 45 and Turn Speed 1.7.

The feature reads lookInput.y, deltaLookInput.x, and leanInput from GameplayAnimationController. If pitch, yaw, or lean does not react, verify that your controller updates those fields every frame.

Sci-Fi setup

PA_Template_SciFi_FPS leaves the pitch, yaw, and roll lists empty, so the runtime distributes each axis across the mapped spine chain. Turn in place is enabled with a 45 degree threshold and 1.7 turn speed. Disable Turn In Place for a pure arms-only viewmodel. Keep it for a visible hybrid body only when the locomotion controller does not already own stationary turns.

Unreal Engine

Unity

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Sci-Fi setup

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Sci-Fi setup