Wardogs — GameFeatures: AlternativeCriticalCamera

Extracted from cooked game data (UE 5.7 export JSON, read-only dump). Source folder: Plugins/GameFeatures/AlternativeCriticalCamera/ — 8 JSON files.

1. What This Folder Holds

The “critical” death-state camera: when a player is critically hurt, the view darkens, pans to the killer, and shows a killcam. A separate variant covers the vehicle seats. The camera is built from character-modifier states, camera modifiers, curves and a post-process registry.

File Type Role
AlternativeCriticalCamera.json GameFeatureData + actions Adds the modifier states and the post-process registry
DA_CharacterModifierState_AlternateCritical.json WDCharacterModifierStateDefinition Infantry critical camera (5 exports)
DA_CharacterModifierState_AlternateVehicleCritical.json WDCharacterModifierStateDefinition Vehicle critical camera (4 exports)
DT_AlternativeCriticalCamera.json DataTable Post-process effect registry, no rows
CriticalFadeCurve.json CurveFloat Fade curve for the critical effect (role inferred from name)
CRV_PanToKiller.json CurveFloat Pan-to-killer location alpha
CRV_PanToKilled.json CurveFloat Pan-to-killed interpolation speed
CRV_RotateToKiller.json CurveFloat Rotation alpha to the killer

2. Feature Actions

Action Effect
WDGameFeatureAction_AddCharacterModifierStates Adds the two state definitions with bOverrideExistingState true
GameFeatureAction_DataRegistrySource Adds DT_AlternativeCriticalCamera to the PostProcessEffectsData registry (client and server)

3. Infantry Critical State (DA_CharacterModifierState_AlternateCritical)

Field Value
StateTag State.CharacterModifier.Critical
Priority 0
Condition WDCharacterModifierCondition_StateTags: requires State.Player.Vitality.Critical, and the vehicle roles ActivePassenger, Driver, Gunner, PassivePassenger (the condition queries cover vehicle seating too)

Camera modifiers in this state:

Modifier Settings
B_CameraModifier_DarkenView FadeTime 30.0, Priority 126
WDCameraModifier_Critical DefaultState: RelativeWorldOffset, bone head, world offset (0, −200, 0), relative offset (0, −300, 200). DraggedState: RelativeOffset. PitchLockAngle 40.0, Priority 20
WDCameraModifier_PanToKiller See 3a

3a. Pan-to-killer sequence

Step Panning state Time (s)
1 EWDPanningState::FocusingKilled 0.5
2 EWDPanningState::PanningToKiller 2.0
3 EWDPanningState::FocusingKiller 2.5
Setting Value
RotationInterpSpeed 100.0
RelativeLocation (0, 0, 235)
ToKillerPanLocationAlphaCurve CRV_PanToKiller
ToKilledPanInterpSpeedCurve CRV_PanToKilled
ToKillerPanRotationAlphaCurve CRV_RotateToKiller
PostProcessEffects PostProcessEffect.DeathState.Killcam
CauseQuery (what caused death) Id.Item.Claymore, ID.Item.ATMine, Id.Vehicle.WeaponExtension.TNK_01.Artillery

The cause query means the pan only runs when the killing cause is one of these. Other causes use the default camera. Note the tag ID.Item.ATMine uses ID where the other tags use Id. That is in the source and is kept as-is.

4. Vehicle Critical State (DA_CharacterModifierState_AlternateVehicleCritical)

Field Value
StateTag State.CharacterModifier.Vehicle.Critical
Priority 0
Condition Same as infantry: State.Player.Vitality.Critical plus vehicle roles
Critical modifier WDCameraModifier_Critical: YawLockAngle 30.0, PitchLockAngle 30.0
Pan modifier WDCameraModifier_PanToKillerVehicle: same panning states, curves, cause query and killcam as infantry

The vehicle variant uses tighter locks (30 degrees on both yaw and pitch, against 40 pitch on foot). The intent is inferred from the values.

5. How Values Combine

  • The critical state activates when State.Player.Vitality.Critical is set, and the pan modifier only fires for a matching cause.
  • CriticalFadeCurve and the 30-second FadeTime on the darken modifier control how the screen darkens. Priority 126 on the darken modifier is the highest priority in this set. Higher priority is assumed to win; not verified.
  • bOverrideExistingState is true, so this pack replaces any existing critical state of the same tag.

6. Still not pulled / limitations

  • Curve values. The four CurveFloat assets are present, but their key values were not extracted in this pass.
  • Offset units. The offsets are in the export’s native units (Unreal cm is assumed, not confirmed).
  • Post-process effect. The DT_AlternativeCriticalCamera registry has no rows in this export; the PostProcessEffect.DeathState.Killcam tag is resolved elsewhere.
  • Critical trigger. What sets State.Player.Vitality.Critical is in the character systems, not this folder.