Soulslike Enemy Combat: Full Documentation

Documentation Unreal Engine AI Tutorial

Complete technical reference for the SoulslikeEnemyCombat Unreal Engine plugin - tutorials, API reference, and examples.

Overview

SoulslikeEnemyCombat is a production-ready AI combat plugin for Unreal Engine 5.6+. It provides intelligent, tactical enemy behavior for souls-like and action RPG games through a modular component system. Supports single-player, listen server, and dedicated server configurations.

The plugin consists of 7 systems that work together: Movement, Actions, Reactions, Combat Roles, Threat Detection, Awareness, and Melee Trace. Each system can also be used independently if you only need specific functionality.

How the Components Connect

Config drives the controller; the controller decides; the pawn holds movelists and runs abilities. Use the step guide below, then switch to Full wiring to see every component and click for resolution chains.

System Architecture

Content>Plugins>SoulslikeEnemyCombat

Step 1/4Load config

On possess, the controller resolves and caches EnemyAIConfig from the pawn or its defaults.

Enemy config → Combat hub· Cached on possession

Enemy config → Brain· Picks the brain

Enemy AI Config

Attacks, reactions, movement

AI Controller

Hub, brain, evaluators

Pawn

Movelists + abilities (replicated)

Step 1 of 4 · Load config

Config → controller (decides) → pawn (replicates). Click the outer edges of the diagram to step back or forward; the center is free for component clicks. Core Architecture