{"id":984,"date":"2026-06-09T16:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivals2.com\/workshop-dev\/?post_type=knowledgebase&p=984"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:24:25","slug":"how-to-make-a-rivals-2-attack","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/rivals2.com\/workshop\/knowledge-base\/miscellaneous\/how-to-make-a-rivals-2-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Rivals 2 Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creating a basic grounded attack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, we’re going to create a very basic grounded attack with a single active window and no sweetspot\/sourspot hitboxes. This will serve as the basis for the rest of the tutorials on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Open the attack data for the attack you want to create.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Set the groundedness to “Ground Only”. This makes sure the attack doesn’t continue if the ground disappears from under it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Set the Rooted Type to Rooted. This makes the attack stop at ledges, but still allows it to ledge cancel when hitting a shield.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Set the Grounded Animation to the intended animation. Attacks with no animations cannot be tested in game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Add 3 elements to the Windows array. Name them “Startup”, “Active”, and “Recovery” respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. To set up the frame data, set the “Window Length Frames” for each of the windows to the intended durations. This example attack will have 5 startup frames, 3 active frames, and 18 recovery frames\n
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          1. Note: On the recovery window, the “IASA Frame” determines the actual frame data, while the “Window Length Frames” just determine how long the animation will play. In this example, the recovery animation will play for 25 frames, but the character will be actionable on frame 18.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. To make the animation match the frame data, enter the “Animation Start Frame” and “Animation Length Frames” numbers for each of the windows.\n
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              1. Note: If the frame data matches the animation perfectly, then “Animation Length Frames” should match the “Window Length Frames” value and “Animation Start Frame” should just be the previous window’s “Animation Start Frame” plus its “Animation Length Frames”, like in the picture below.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                1. Set the “Next Window String Table Key” for each window so that they transition into each other.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                  1. Scroll down to the “Hitbox On Hit Properties” section and add an entry to the array. Normally, you would give it a descriptive name to differentiate from the other on-hit properties, but since this attack only has one, you can name it whatever you want. In this example, we’ll name it “Hit” for simplicity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                    1. Set the “Damage”, “Base Knockback”, “Knockback Scaling”, and “Knockback Angle” fields. These determine how the enemy gets launched when hit by this attack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                      1. Set the “Hit Effect Name” and “Hit Sound Name” so that the move has visual\/audio feedback on hit. In this example, we’ll use the standard values of “Hit Normal Medium” for the vfx and “Hit Blunt Medium” for the sfx.\n