Bullet Time like Sleeping Dogs

[Aaron]

I tried EvilA's Bullet Time a while back and got a bunch of errors, tried the various fixes, and couldn't get it to work, so I found another way to get basically what I wanted using a bastardized version of a Brackey's Tutorial..

Here goes, and it's really simple too.

 Step 1: Add an Empty Game Object to your Shooter Weapon.

(For this example I'm using an M4 Carbine that I've made from cloning Invector's Assault Rifle, and it works on the standard Shooter Invector Weapons.)

Now, Name the Empty Game Object "Time," and attach the "Time Manager" Script.

(Time Manager Script will be Included at the Bottom of this Post)

Step 2: In the vSHOOTERWEAPON Script, click on EVENTS and go to "ON ENABLE AIM" and Insert as "Runtime Only" "TimeManager.DoSlowMotion"

Then go to "ON DISABLE AIM" Insert again as "Runtime Only" "TimeManager.CancelInvoke - DoSlowmotion"
You may have to physically type in "DoSlowmotion" in the allotted slot.

Step 3. Go Shoot Stuff.
The basics are: As you aim your weapon at your target, "On Enable Aim", time will slow down, helping you aim before you begin to shoot, and then ease back into normal time after you've taken a few shots. (Blood splatters in slo-mo are awesome!)

The slowed down Time and Duration of the effect spaces are Public Floats so that you can make your adjustments in the Unity Editor instead of re-writing the script. This way you can make time slow down more or less than the script and make the effect last longer or shorter - It's all up to you!
The reason for the inclusion of the "Cancel Invoke" in the "On Disable Aim" is to prevent the effect from overlapping when switching from one shooter weapon to the next if your "Slow Down Duration" goes on too long.

See in action here:

Time Manager SCRIPT -

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using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;

public class TimeManager : MonoBehaviour{

public float slowDownFactor = 0.05f;
public float slowDownDuration = 2f;

void Update()

{

Time.timeScale += (1f / slowDownDuration) * Time.unscaledDeltaTime;
Time.fixedDeltaTime += (0.01f / slowDownDuration) * Time.unscaledDeltaTime;
Time.timeScale = Mathf.Clamp(Time.timeScale, 0f, 1f);
Time.fixedDeltaTime = Mathf.Clamp(Time.fixedDeltaTime, 0f, 0.01f);

}

public void DoSlowMotion()

{

Time.timeScale = slowDownFactor;
Time.fixedDeltaTime = Time.fixedDeltaTime * slowDownFactor;

}

}

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And if anyone has any improvements they can make upon this, by all means, please do and please share your results.

[vsidd]

Wow this looks really good! Thanks so much for sharing I'm gonna try implementing this into my game.

[Aaron]

Thanks - I hope it works out for you.

At one point I tried implementing the post-processing effect to change with it,(as in, going to a black-and-white style during the slow-motion phase) but I couldn't get it to change back to the normal color style after the effect ended, so I ditched it from the code.
If anyone knows how to do this and could add it to the script, or any other improvements, would be greatly appreciated.

[jonniemadeit]

thanks for this, a nice edit on Brackeys time tutorial. cheers for sharing this. the black and white can be done with post process volumes. the method depends on which scriptable render pipeline you're using