Performer Features

Universal capabilities that extend any performer type — modular equipment via skin slots, and velocity-driven animation via locomotion.
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Performer Features are components that layer onto any performer entity, regardless of type. They are not tied to how a character is rendered — they extend what any performer can do. Skin Slots give any character modular equipment slots. Locomotion connects physics movement to the animation graph automatically.

For component details and C++ extension, see the Framework API: Performer Features.

Skin Slots

The Skin Slot system provides modular equipment and appearance management. Each PerformerSkinSlotComponent represents one equipment position on the character — helm, chest, weapon — holding a swappable actor mesh and material set. The SkinSlotHandlerComponent coordinates all slots on a character and supports preset profiles for NPC archetypes or full equipment sets.

Skin Slots API

Locomotion

The Velocity Locomotion Hook connects entity movement to animation automatically. It reads the entity’s physics velocity each frame and writes blend parameters — speed and direction — directly into the EMotionFX animation graph, driving walk, run, idle, and fall transitions without manual state machine scripting.

Locomotion API

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