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Create the simplest possible Lyra Gameplay Ability

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DevBastian

April 26, 2023, 6:40 am
A very simple template to start creating Lyra Abilities. Part of a video series to create a game based on Unreal Lyra, only using BluePrints
Video to explain all steps: https://youtu.be/hO8OWLWLD6o
Website for more details: https://developerbastian.github.io/www/
Infographic for quick access: https://github.com/DeveloperBastian/Unreal-Lyra-Concepts/blob/main/infographics/Unreal%20Lyra.pdf
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Begin Object Class=/Script/BlueprintGraph.K2Node_Event Name="K2Node_Event_0"
   EventReference=(MemberParent=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.GameplayAbility"',MemberName="K2_ActivateAbility")
   bOverrideFunction=True
   NodePosX=304
   bCommentBubblePinned=True
   NodeGuid=75000335473DCA071FD6A997C4AA89B6
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=A68439B949B55443CE9126A755DC87A4,PinName="OutputDelegate",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="delegate",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(MemberParent=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.GameplayAbility"',MemberName="K2_ActivateAbility"),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=B03AF801480F130149E147BC1D4DC333,PinName="then",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,LinkedTo=(K2Node_LatentAbilityCall_0 049A7A8D4652B63B5BC9CEA7F7482025,),PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
End Object
Begin Object Class=/Script/GameplayAbilitiesEditor.K2Node_LatentAbilityCall Name="K2Node_LatentAbilityCall_0"
   ProxyFactoryFunctionName="CreatePlayMontageAndWaitProxy"
   ProxyFactoryClass=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.AbilityTask_PlayMontageAndWait"'
   ProxyClass=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.AbilityTask_PlayMontageAndWait"'
   NodePosX=608
   NodeGuid=A34D0B2540A98C6C9FFBBDBD4C0D293F
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=049A7A8D4652B63B5BC9CEA7F7482025,PinName="execute",PinToolTip="\nExec",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,LinkedTo=(K2Node_Event_0 B03AF801480F130149E147BC1D4DC333,),PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=873126B042C8D71303247891F4C9D9E9,PinName="then",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=13BEF57446430B46AE9B6FACA7F6E90F,PinName="AsyncTaskProxy",PinFriendlyName=INVTEXT("AsyncTask"),Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="object",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.AbilityTask_PlayMontageAndWait"',PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=47C11B6C4EA6B1FCAAE07B8AAB9A6211,PinName="OnCompleted",PinFriendlyName=NSLOCTEXT("", "F5E773C24D207DA3F82C4EABB79FAE03", "On Completed"),PinToolTip="On Completed",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,LinkedTo=(K2Node_CallFunction_0 D06CEF5B4E9EDA3D7910878F61F8CBD8,),PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=69113EB2464D4E8C3750B3B4CE93438D,PinName="OnBlendOut",PinFriendlyName=NSLOCTEXT("", "D5B7398E463A8184C934FD91E26288A6", "On Blend Out"),PinToolTip="On Blend Out",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=C9FAAC1D47A318501CAE2BB9EA8837D5,PinName="OnInterrupted",PinFriendlyName=NSLOCTEXT("", "A9774B114967CEA5BFF7868FEEDDE956", "On Interrupted"),PinToolTip="On Interrupted",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,LinkedTo=(K2Node_CallFunction_0 D06CEF5B4E9EDA3D7910878F61F8CBD8,),PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=CE7E43134BB47269628975BDC58A04CF,PinName="OnCancelled",PinFriendlyName=NSLOCTEXT("", "F42CBD3F43BDB9BB72F0E9908F68C914", "On Cancelled"),PinToolTip="On Cancelled",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,LinkedTo=(K2Node_CallFunction_0 D06CEF5B4E9EDA3D7910878F61F8CBD8,),PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=6E2B8DC9422A68275E0351905169D359,PinName="OwningAbility",PinToolTip="Owning Ability\nGameplay Ability Object Reference",PinType.PinCategory="object",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.GameplayAbility"',PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=True,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=49E185864398E0CFF20FFBB34549330D,PinName="TaskInstanceName",PinToolTip="Task Instance Name\nName\n\nSet to override the name of this task, for later querying",PinType.PinCategory="name",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultValue="None",AutogeneratedDefaultValue="None",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=E6A7C5E04DEE82037AE0B8847B7AA746,PinName="MontageToPlay",PinToolTip="Montage to Play\nAnim Montage Object Reference\n\nThe montage to play on the character",PinType.PinCategory="object",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/Engine.AnimMontage"',PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultObject="/Game/Characters/Heroes/Mannequin/Animations/Actions/AM_MF_Emote_FingerGuns.AM_MF_Emote_FingerGuns",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=7730643E46AC455C8376D1A2583EAA3C,PinName="Rate",PinToolTip="Rate\nFloat (single-precision)\n\nChange to play the montage faster or slower",PinType.PinCategory="real",PinType.PinSubCategory="float",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultValue="1.000000",AutogeneratedDefaultValue="1.000000",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=C3EE7EB3406FB573C35BCC83B2312AF1,PinName="StartSection",PinToolTip="Start Section\nName\n\nIf not empty, named montage section to start from",PinType.PinCategory="name",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultValue="None",AutogeneratedDefaultValue="None",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=C304AF6C44E3D534695238BB67EDB6DF,PinName="bStopWhenAbilityEnds",PinToolTip="Stop when Ability Ends\nBoolean\n\nIf true, this montage will be aborted if the ability ends normally. It is always stopped when the ability is explicitly cancelled",PinType.PinCategory="bool",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultValue="true",AutogeneratedDefaultValue="true",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=75FF2FA4421EB41C0A752F882A093921,PinName="AnimRootMotionTranslationScale",PinToolTip="Anim Root Motion Translation Scale\nFloat (single-precision)\n\nChange to modify size of root motion or set to 0 to block it entirely",PinType.PinCategory="real",PinType.PinSubCategory="float",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultValue="1.000000",AutogeneratedDefaultValue="1.000000",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=95D28F684AC9F694983922BF37CACD60,PinName="StartTimeSeconds",PinToolTip="Start Time Seconds\nFloat (single-precision)\n\nStarting time offset in montage, this will be overridden by StartSection if that is also set",PinType.PinCategory="real",PinType.PinSubCategory="float",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,DefaultValue="0.000000",AutogeneratedDefaultValue="0.000000",PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
End Object
Begin Object Class=/Script/BlueprintGraph.K2Node_CallFunction Name="K2Node_CallFunction_0"
   FunctionReference=(MemberName="K2_EndAbility",bSelfContext=True)
   NodePosX=1072
   NodePosY=80
   NodeGuid=16C0BF374F7C1AA39B782D9E250C7A61
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=D06CEF5B4E9EDA3D7910878F61F8CBD8,PinName="execute",PinToolTip="\nExec",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,LinkedTo=(K2Node_LatentAbilityCall_0 47C11B6C4EA6B1FCAAE07B8AAB9A6211,K2Node_LatentAbilityCall_0 C9FAAC1D47A318501CAE2BB9EA8837D5,K2Node_LatentAbilityCall_0 CE7E43134BB47269628975BDC58A04CF,),PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=B30379F44BCAE83C0B5024A40BA889EF,PinName="then",PinToolTip="\nExec",Direction="EGPD_Output",PinType.PinCategory="exec",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=None,PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
   CustomProperties Pin (PinId=586D75BB4F98B6241C2070A958DE69AB,PinName="self",PinFriendlyName=NSLOCTEXT("K2Node", "Target", "Target"),PinToolTip="Target\nGameplay Ability Object Reference",PinType.PinCategory="object",PinType.PinSubCategory="",PinType.PinSubCategoryObject=/Script/CoreUObject.Class'"/Script/GameplayAbilities.GameplayAbility"',PinType.PinSubCategoryMemberReference=(),PinType.PinValueType=(),PinType.ContainerType=None,PinType.bIsReference=False,PinType.bIsConst=False,PinType.bIsWeakPointer=False,PinType.bIsUObjectWrapper=False,PinType.bSerializeAsSinglePrecisionFloat=False,PersistentGuid=00000000000000000000000000000000,bHidden=False,bNotConnectable=False,bDefaultValueIsReadOnly=False,bDefaultValueIsIgnored=False,bAdvancedView=False,bOrphanedPin=False,)
End Object
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