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The Ultimate Multiplayer Skill System (UMSS) plugin ships with no UI and no gameplay demo baked into the plugin itself. All sample UI, demo map, and example Blueprint logic live in a separate example content folder hosted on GitLab: 👉 https://gitlab.com/warpathstudios/example-projects/skill-system-example-project This is not a standalone Unreal project.
It’s content that you add into your own project. This page walks you through exactly how to set it up so it works out of the box.

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🧱 1. Create a New Unreal Project (Game Animation Sample)

The example content was built on top of Epic’s Game Animation Sample project. To avoid missing references and broken assets, you should:
  1. Open Epic Games Launcher → Learn tab
  2. Find Game Animation Sample
  3. Click Create Project
  4. Choose a project name (e.g. UMSS_SkillSystemDemo)
  5. Let it create and open that project
You can integrate the example content into another project later, but this template ensures everything works first try.

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🔌 2. Enable the UMSS Plugin

In your new Game Animation Sample–based project:
  1. Go to Edit → Plugins
  2. Search for Ultimate Multiplayer Skill System
  3. Enable it
  4. Restart the editor when prompted
Now this project can use the UMSS Skill Component, Skill Manager, etc.

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📁 3. Download or Clone the Example Content

Go to: 👉 https://gitlab.com/warpathstudios/example-projects/skill-system-example-project You’re pulling in Content only, not a .uproject.

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Option A – Download ZIP

  1. Click Download → Download ZIP
  2. Extract the ZIP
  3. Inside the extracted folder you’ll see a top-level folder:
SkillSystem
 ├── Demo
 ├── Map
 ├── Skills
 ├── Textures
 └── UI
  1. Copy the entire SkillSystem folder
  2. Paste it into your project’s Content folder:
YourProject
 └── Content
      └── SkillSystem
          ├── Demo
          ├── Map
          ├── Skills
          ├── Textures
          └── UI

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Option B – Clone via Git

git clone https://gitlab.com/warpathstudios/example-projects/skill-system-example-project.git
Then:
  • Open the cloned repo
  • Copy the SkillSystem folder into your project’s Content folder as above.
⚠ Important:
Do not try to open the GitLab content as a project.
It’s a content pack intended to be added into your own project.

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🧩 4. GameMode & PlayerController Setup

The example content includes a GameMode and related logic tailored for the demo:
  • GameMode: GM_SkillSystem
To use it:
  1. Go to Edit → Project Settings → Maps & Modes
  2. Under Default Modes:
    • Set Default GameMode to GM_SkillSystem
This GameMode uses the correct Character/Controller setup and wires in the Skill Component and HUD. If you don’t set this:
  • Skills may not initialize
  • HUD won’t show
  • XP logic may not fire

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🗺 5. Open the Demo Map

Open: 
Content/SkillSystem/Map/SkillSystem_DemoLevel
Then click Play. If everything is set up correctly, you should see:
  • The demo character
  • The skill HUD when you toggle it
  • XP awarding behaviors when interacting with the level

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🎮 6. Input / HUD Controls

The example uses Enhanced Input:
  • Input Mapping Context: IMC_SkillSystem
  • HUD / Skill UI toggle: J
The good news:
IMC_SkillSystem is handled inside the Character, so:
  • You shouldn’t need to manually add the Mapping Context in GameMode or Controller
  • As long as you’re using GM_SkillSystem and the included character setup, the input should “just work”
Press J in PIE to open/close the HUD.

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🎨 7. Example UI & Notification Widget

Inside: 
Content/SkillSystem/UI/
you’ll find the example UI assets, including:
  • WBP_NotificationWidget → a sample notification popup widget used to display XP gain / level events
This widget is wired to UMSS events to demonstrate:
  • Listening for XP updates
  • Responding to level-up events
  • Showing temporary on-screen notifications
You can inspect this widget to see how to hook your own UI into:
  • OnSkillUpdated
  • OnSkillLeveledUp
  • Other Skill Component events

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📚 8. Example Skills & Data

In: 
Content/SkillSystem/Skills/
you’ll find:
  • Sample Skill Definitions
These demonstrate:
  • How Skill Definitions are structured
  • How tags are used
  • How the manager ties them together
These are for reference—you’ll replace these with your own definitions in your actual game.

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🧪 9. Quick Sanity Checklist

If things aren’t working:
  • ✅ UMSS plugin is enabled
  • ✅ SkillSystem folder is inside your project’s Content/
  • ✅ Default GameMode = GM_SkillSystem
  • ✅ You are opening SkillSystem_DemoLevel
  • ✅ You’re pressing J in PIE to open the HUD
  • ✅ No errors in the Output Log about missing Skill Manager or Skill Component
If any of those are wrong, the example will behave like “nothing is happening.”

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🎉 You’re Good to Go

Once this content is set up and working:
  • You can copy patterns from the SkillSystem folder into your real project
  • You can replace the demo Skills with your own
  • You can skin or rebuild the HUD to match your game
  • You can rip out the sample input and wire it into your own controls
UMSS stays the same. The example content is just there to show you one clean way to integrate it.