Introduction

Thanks for picking up Radial Skill Check.

Radial Skill Check is a drop-in timing mechanic for Unreal Engine. A circular gauge sweeps around a dial and the player presses a key to stop it inside a target zone. Land in the wider good zone for a normal success, the narrow great zone for a perfect hit, or anywhere else for a miss. It is the kind of timing skill check popularized by games like Dead by Daylight, ready to attach to any actor.

The plugin is two pieces that work together:

a Skill Check component (shipped as BP_RadialSkillCheck) that runs the gauge, randomizes the zones, scores the result, and fires events;
a gauge widget (WBP_GaugeSkillCheck, built on the UI_RadialCheckWidget base class) that draws the dial, the zones, and the sweeping indicator.

What it does

Rotating gauge with adjustable speed and direction (clockwise, counter-clockwise, alternating, or random each check).
Good and great zones with configurable sizes; their positions are re-randomized every check, with the great zone nested inside the good zone.
Reaction lead-in: the gauge starts a tunable distance before the zone so the player has time to react, with optional random variance.
Automatic or manual triggering: checks can appear on a randomized timer, or only when you ask for them.
Three Blueprint events for great, good, and miss outcomes.
Optional audio cues: a warning sound before the check, plus separate success and failure sounds.
Optional random placement so the gauge does not always appear in the same spot on screen.

What’s covered

Getting Started: enable the plugin, add the component, and get a working check in a few minutes.
Gauge Settings: every property of the settings struct, grouped and explained.
Triggering & Flow: the solving session, automatic vs. manual checks, and the component functions.
Events: the great, good, and miss events, and exactly what counts as a miss.
Customizing the Widget: restyling the dial and the widgets the base class expects.
Troubleshooting: answers to the most common gotchas.