Rewind System

Easy to use, fully customizable, performant C++ Rewind System for Unreal Engine 5 projects.

Contains:

• Rewindable Actor Component (C++)

• Subsystem to control global rewind behavior

• Example character and cube actors with ghost visuals

• Niagara VFX for rewinding effects

• Materials for hologram-style ghost actors and Material overlays

• Example Blueprints to get started quickly

Technical Details

Features:

• Rewind System Plugin for Unreal Engine 5

• Global Subsystem for managing Rewind

• Ghost Actor system with material and animation support

• Blueprint event hooks for VFX, gameplay, or logic

• Demo content: Character, Rewindable cubes, Materials, Niagara effects

• Optional debug visualization for step tracing

Code Modules:

• Rewind – Runtime

Number of Blueprints: 5(1 example GameMode, 1 example Character, 2 example Ghost Actors, 1 example Rewindable Static Mesh Actor)

Number of C++ Classes: 2

Network Replicated: No

Supported Development Platforms:

• Windows: Yes

• Mac: Not tested

Supported Target Build Platforms: Windows 64-bit

Documentation Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oEnKyUadFGRP2uQ3Bsyc0LFxWPFFPn0WzNubvoFh0SM/edit?tab=t.0

Important/Additional Notes:

• Read Documentation, notice Tips at bottom

• Contact me by email if questions

• Make sure the plugin is enabled from the Plugins menu

• Add "Rewind" to .Build.cs if using the plugin from another module

• Large debug features (like ghost trace spheres) may impact performance