Developed as a Final Year Computer Games Studio 3 project, EZRGS is a user friendly Unreal 4 plugin, providing a configurable Blueprint rail grinding system for a multitude of purposes, featuring:

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• Attaching to rails via proximity (with optional input-based connecting)

• Movement speed and direction based on initial approach parameters

• Momentum based on slope gradient, configurable on a per-rail basis

• Hopping and crouching for obstacle avoidance

• Configurable spline-based rails with optional mesh generation for easy rail creation

• A drag-and-drop actor component structure for maximum ease-of-use

• As much external accessibility as was possible without sacrificing adaptability

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Alongside this, a short demo was created to demonstrate and test all the mechanics with an animated character. This featured a single short level showing off each aspect of the system with a simple Dreamcast-inspired alligator character.

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This plugin has been used since as a basis for multiple ongoing projects that feature rail grinding, most notably, BoltGame and ValkAPF

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The plugin is freely available for download below (Compiled for UE4.22, but appears to work fine in current versions of Unreal Engine 5).