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AC_FirstPersonCamera is an Actor Component used to apply camera animations, recoil shakes, free look, and FOV updates at runtime.

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Initialization

Updating the target camera component.

First, specify that the Camera will be animated. Use the default Camera component that comes with ACharacter. Then, update the player mesh reference:

Updating the character mesh.

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Free Look

Free look is implemented by calling these methods on the Tactical Camera:

Handling free look.

And by controlling player look input:

Taking free look input into account.

Note: During free look, only the camera should receive look input.

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FOV

The camera also updates the FOV when aiming:

Updating FOV.

This logic switches between aiming and non‑aiming FOV states; the component handles FOV interpolation under the hood.

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Camera Shakes

The Play Camera Shake function is used to play shakes when firing:

How to play a camera shake.

DA_FirstPersonCameraShake is a Data Asset that contains shake settings:

Camera Shake settings.

  • Rotation Curve: Camera rotation animation.
  • Pitch/Yaw/Roll: Range of the pitch/yaw/roll value.
  • Smoothing: Interpolation speed.
  • Play Rate: Playback speed multiplier.