Skill State

A SkillState defines how a Skill behaves while it is active. It controls the activation flow, which parts of the Actor it occupies, casting, targeting, and the Effects triggered throughout the Skill lifecycle.

Fields

Field	Description
Name	The name of the Skill State.
Use Type	Instant: one use per activation. Toggleable: on with one activation, off with the next (or on input release).
Activation Type	With Interaction: activated by input. Without Interaction: activated as soon as it can be (e.g. the follow-up State of an Evolver).
Occupies	The Skill Channels this State holds while running (Power Editor › Enums › SkillChannelId: e.g. Weapon, Locomotion, Facing). Two States can run at the same time exactly when their channel sets don't overlap. Empty: exclusive if its Caster declares a casting Stat (the old behaviour). See Skill Controller.
On Conflict	What happens when a channel it needs is already held: Deny (fail now), Queue (start automatically once the channels free), Preempt (stop a strictly lower-priority holder and take its channels).
Priority	Higher wins when preempting, and is served first out of the queue.
Queue Window	With Queue: how long a queued request stays valid, in seconds.
Interruptible Transition	When this State's run ends, a higher-priority Skill already waiting for its channels starts first, instead of the use buffered behind this State (the next combo step). Off: the buffered use keeps the channels, so this Skill's chain is never cut in on.
Input Buffer Window	How long a use pressed while this State is running is remembered, in seconds. The buffered use starts whichever State the Skill is on once this one goes idle — an Evolver chains into its next node. 0 disables buffering.
Use Blocker Stat	An Int Stat (Stat From). While its value is greater than 0, the Skill can't be used — cooldowns, ammo, stuns, costs all feed this one Stat.
Caster	The Casting Model.
Targeter	The Targeting Model.
Skill Event Effects	Effect Packs triggered automatically at points of the Skill lifecycle.

Skill Event Effects

Skill Event Effects map a Skill Event to an Effect definition.

Effect definition

Field	Description
Use Predefined Effect	On: use Effect Pack. Off: read the pack from an Effect Pack Stat of the Source (Effect Pack Stat Key, in Effect Environment) — lets upgrades change what a Skill does.
Target	Who receives the pack: Source (the caster) or Entity (the Skill's own Actor). The Source of the Effect is always the caster.
Actor Adapter	An optional ValueAdapter_Actor that picks another Actor from the chosen one (e.g. its parent).
Effect Pack / Effect Pack Stat Key / Effect Environment	The pack, or where to read it from.

Skill Events

Event	Description
OnUse	The Skill is activated.
BeforeUse	After activation, before casting begins. The place for a Conditional Effect that decides how this use plays out.
WhileCasting	Applied when casting starts and stopped when the cast ends (or is interrupted). Use Temporary Effects: slows while winding up, a casting flag.
OnTriggered	After the Targeter has spawned its objects and their initializer packs have run. The place to consume a caster flag that the spawned object copied (next attack +100 %).
OnCastEnd	The Casting Model finished casting. Unity Mecanim casters raise it on the CastEnd Animation Event; Direct Trigger casters one frame after casting begins.
WhileMounted	Applied when the State is mounted and stopped when it is unmounted. For a Normal Skill: from creation to disposal. For an Evolver: per State.
OnUnmount	The State is unmounted (also when the Skill is disposed).
WhileUsing	Toggleable States only. Applied when toggled on, stopped when toggled off.
StoppedUsing	Toggleable States only. Triggered when toggled off.
OnInterupted	The run was cut short before it finished.

On Interrupted

OnInterupted can be triggered in several situations:

• A toggle forced off. A Skill that fires while the input is held is interrupted when its Use Blocker Stat rises above 0 (e.g. out of ammo).
• Casting interrupted. With Casting State Stat Controls The Casting State on, the cast ends when the casting Effect expires or the casting Stat returns to 0 before CastEnd — animation canceling, stuns.
• Preempted. A higher-priority State with On Conflict = Preempt took its channels.
• Interrupt stats. One of the Skill Controller's Interrupt Stat Keys turned on (e.g. Dead).
• Max Cast Duration. A cast that never received its CastEnd event is force-completed after the Casting Model's Max Cast Duration.