Gameplay Cameras

Blueprint AI authors the UE5 Gameplay Cameras framework: camera variable collections, camera assets and their directors, camera rig node-trees, and camera shakes.

Note

Conditional on the GameplayCameras plugin (enabled by default). This is the modern camera framework — for cinematic camera animation, see Cinematics.

Variable collections

Create a Camera Variable Collection called CVC_Player in /Game/Cameras Add a float variable called AimZoom and a vector variable called ShoulderOffset Set AimZoom’s default to 0.4 and mark it auto-reset Describe the camera variable collection CVC_Player

Camera assets & directors

Create a Camera asset called CA_ThirdPerson in /Game/Cameras Set its director to SingleCameraDirector Build CA_ThirdPerson and report its build status

Camera rigs & shakes

A camera rig runs a tree of camera nodes — its visual script.

Create a Camera Rig called CR_Follow and add an ArrayCameraNode as the root Search camera nodes for “spring arm” and add one under the root, then lay out the rig Create a Camera Shake called CS_Hit with a Perlin noise location shake root node

Tip

Camera node classes are discovered live with a search — ask for “camera nodes for boom” and Blueprint AI returns the placeable classes with the exact name add_camera_node needs.