👭NPCs

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1. Turning an NPC into a Bitpart NPC

Turning an NPC into a Bitpart NPC

Each Bitpart archetype comes with their own spawnable character blueprint, but you can also turn your existing characters into a Bitpart NPC.

• To make a custom Bitpart NPC, open the blueprint of your character and add a new component. Search for BP_BitpartCharacterComponent

An example of what the Bitpart section of the BP_BitpartCharacterComponent might look like

• If you click on the BP_BitpartCharacterComponent and navigate to the details panel, there are a few properties that typically require edits. The properties are as follows:

  • IsPlayer = false

  • Bitpart Name: should be in all caps

  • Bitpart Role: roles are pulled from Coppola. If you're not seeing the desired role, be sure your domain asset has an updated version of the corresponding Coppola project.

  • Archetype

  • Bitpart Utterance Data Asset

  • Anim Set Tag: should align with the character's archetype, e.g. Bitpart.Archetype.Barkeep

Bitpart Name and Bitpart Role should match the associated entries in your Coppola content.

• Save the asset and exit the window. You should be good to go.

All existing Bitpart NPC blueprints have the BP_BitpartGazeComponent, which allows for head tracking. When creating a Bitpart NPC from scratch, like you did above, you can use your own head tracking component.

If you'd like to remove ours, deleting the BP_BitpartGazeComponent will effectively stop the behavior. You can message our support team if you'd like to pull it out completely.