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Feel Profiles & Dramatic Intensity

Feel Profiles and Dramatic Intensity let you adjust game feel globally — scaling everything up for cinematic moments, toning it down for menus, or making every successive hit feel heavier.

Feel Profiles​

A UERP_FeelProfile is a UDataAsset that configures global response behavior.

Creating a Feel Profile​

Content Browser → right-click → Miscellaneous → Data Asset → UERP_FeelProfile

Properties​

PropertyTypeDescription
GlobalIntensityScalefloatMultiplies all response intensities (default 1.0)
DramaticIntensityCurveUCurveFloatMaps normalized DI [0..1] to an intensity multiplier. X=DI, Y=multiplier
TimeDilationBiasfloatReserved for future time-dilation integration
bSuppressParticlesboolSilences all ParticleEffect handlers
bSuppressAudioboolSilences all SoundEffect and ControllerRumble handlers
bSuppressCameraEffectsboolSilences CameraShake and CameraFOVPulse handlers
bSuppressPostProcessboolSilences ChromaticAberration, BloomPulse, DepthBlur, ColorGrade handlers
ForceMutedChannelsFGameplayTagContainerChannels silenced regardless of per-channel settings
MinQualityLevelERP_EImpactQualityLevelHandlers below this quality level are skipped

Setting the Active Profile​

// Blueprint: Set Feel Profile node
// C++:
UERP_ImpactStatics::SetFeelProfile(this, MyFeelProfile);

// Clear the active profile (revert to defaults):
UERP_ImpactStatics::SetFeelProfile(this, nullptr);

Example Profiles​

Cinematic (boss fight)

  • GlobalIntensityScale: 1.5
  • DramaticIntensityCurve: Exponential — DI amplifies intensity aggressively
  • All suppress flags: false

Menu / Pause

  • bSuppressAudio: true
  • bSuppressCameraEffects: true
  • bSuppressParticles: true
  • GlobalIntensityScale: 0.0

Performance / Low Quality

  • bSuppressParticles: true
  • bSuppressPostProcess: true
  • GlobalIntensityScale: 0.7

Dramatic Intensity​

How It Works​

Each PlayResponse call accumulates DI on the target actor:

NewDI = CurrentDI + (Context.Magnitude × Asset.DramaticContribution)

DI decays over time automatically in the subsystem tick. The decay is linear — DI returns to 0 when no responses are played.

Normalized DI [0..1] is evaluated against the Feel Profile’s DramaticIntensityCurve to produce an intensity multiplier applied to every subsequent response on that actor.

Default Behavior (No Feel Profile)​

Without a Feel Profile, the default DI multiplier is:

Multiplier = 1.0 + NormalizedDI

At DI=0: 1× intensity. At DI=1: 2× intensity.

Designing a DI Curve​

The DramaticIntensityCurve is a UCurveFloat:

  • X axis: Normalized DI [0..1]
  • Y axis: Intensity multiplier

Common shapes:

  • Linear (0→1 to 1→2): Gradual escalation
  • Ease-in (flat then steep): Starts neutral, explodes at high DI
  • S-curve: Gentle start and end, aggressive middle
  • Step (1.0 until 0.7, then 2.0): Binary dramatic boost

Querying DI​

// Normalized [0..1]:
float DI = UERP_ImpactStatics::GetDramaticIntensity(this, TargetActor);

// Reset:
UERP_ImpactStatics::ResetDramaticIntensity(this, TargetActor);

From Blueprint: Get Dramatic Intensity and Reset Dramatic Intensity nodes.

Per-Asset DI Contribution​

Asset.DramaticContribution controls how much a response contributes to DI:

  • 0.0 — no DI accumulation (decorative responses: footsteps, ambient effects)
  • 0.5 — moderate contribution (default)
  • 1.0 — full contribution (heavy hits, explosions)

Set it to 0.0 for responses you don’t want to affect the DI curve (e.g., footstep sounds, ambient particles).

Interaction with Channels​

Feel Profile ForceMutedChannels silences channels regardless of per-channel state set via MuteChannel. Use this for global overrides (e.g., suppress all Audio.Impact during cutscenes via a Cinematic feel profile).

Next Steps​

Configure grouping and routing in Channel System.

See all handler properties in Handler Reference.