Animation Pack - Longsword Vol.1

Introducing the MC Longsword Vol. 1 Animation Pack—a professional-grade, motion-captured animation library designed to bring authentic, high-quality combat to your medieval game.

This pack delivers a full set of novice longsword animations, perfect for a character just beginning their journey as a knight. Every movement, from the tentative strikes of a three-hit combo to the vulnerable recoil of a hit react, has been meticulously crafted to convey the inexperience and rawness of a new swordsman.

Born from a direct collaboration with the indie development team behind Knight's Path, a story-driven open-world RPG, these animations are not just a collection of motions; they are battle-tested and game-ready.

Start your hero's journey with a foundation of realistic, professional animations. Future volumes will expand on this foundation, adding more advanced techniques and skill levels to grow with your game.

Like all MoCap Central packs, these animations are designed for seamless integration. And be sure to join our active Discord community, where we listen to the needs of indie devs and give away free animations!

Key Features:

• 140+ Animations: A comprehensive library of animations providing everything you need to build a complete novice longsword combat system.
• Novice Animations: Carefully crafted and motion-captured to reflect the raw, unrefined movements of a character new to using a longsword.
• Ready for Unreal Engine: Animations are rigged to the standard UE5 Mannequin, ensuring easy retargeting. Includes a custom scabbard and longsword model.
• Seamless Integration: Features a transition animation to the idle pose in the Unreal 5 Game Animation Sample Pack and is compatible with all MoCap Central packs.
• Root Motion Included: Uses root motion for precise character alignment and movement control.

Animations Included:

• Combat Essentials: A full suite of realistic combat animations, including a 3-hit combo attack, four-directional dodges, and brutal paired finishing moves.
• Realistic Reactions: Bring your character to life with realistic hit stuns from four directions, block reactions, and animations for being knocked to the ground.
• Character & Role-Playing: Beyond combat, the pack includes animations for everyday actions like drinking a potion, opening and closing a helmet visor, and idle poses with a sheathed sword.
• Locomotion & Control: Get seamless movement with a complete combat locomotion set, including eight-directional walks and block walks, all designed for a precise and responsive combat system.
• Cinematics & Narrative: Enhance your game's story with animations for cinematic intros, kneeling, and surrendering, allowing you to create compelling and emotional scenes.

Disclaimer:

The character models, environment, and gameplay blueprints seen in the preview images and videos are not included in this pack. This pack contains all the animations with original motion capture timing; it's expected that you will adjust the timing of animations, such as attacks, to suit your specific combat design needs.