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# Sway Layer

## Description

**Sway Layer** is responsible for applying movement, aiming and dead-zone sway effects to your weapon.

## Properties

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**Free Aiming:**

* **Head Bone:** this element will be used to rotate around to achieve dead zone aiming.
* **Free Aim Clamp**: max free aim value.
* **Free Aim Interp Speed**: smoothing speed for free aiming.
* **Free Aim Input Scale**: free aim sensitivity.
* **Free Aim Space**: the space to apply in.
* **Free Aim Space**: what space the effect will be applied in.
* **Use Free Aim Property**: a bool input property which will enable or disable free aiming.

**Move/Aim Sway:**

* **Damping**: damping factor in range \[0;1].
* **Stiffness**: oscillation factor in range \[0;1].
* **Speed**: spring interpolation speed.
* **Scale**: global spring effect scale.
* **Target Damping Speed**: how it will go to zero.
* **Sway Space:** the space where a sway effect will be applied.
* **Move Input Property:** a Vector4 input property that will define the user's local movement direction.
* **Mouse Delta Input Property:** a Vector4 input property that defines delta input from the mouse.