Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Making sword attacks deal damage to enemies or players with a knockback movement applied on hit.

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0:00 What to Expect
0:26 Knight Sword Swing Attack
4:09 Attack Component Script
6:56 Set Up Attack Layer and Collider
8:40 Testing and Adjusting Knight Attack
10:29 Turning On Attack Looping
11:33 FIX: Health less than 0 Alive Check
15:43 Respond to Hit with UnityEvent
18:08 Apply Knockback OnHit
18:37 Hit Trigger
21:39 Player Hit Animation
22:36 Player Hit Transitions
23:17 IsHit on Exit set to False
25:20 Set Hit Trigger
26:17 Lock Velocity on Player Controller
27:12 FIX: SetBoolBehaviour ValueOnExit
27:44 Knockback and LockVelocity Testing
30:05 Player Attack
32:22 Moving Velocity Lock to Damageable Component
34:54 Knight Damaged and Hit State
38:55 FIX: Attack Collider Position Flip with Scale
41:10 FIX: Attack Knockback Direction Flip
42:45 Wrapup