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  On this page you will find out how to add the contents of Heavy Machine Gun to
  your project
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# Getting Started

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Heavy Machine Gun works out of the box for multiplayer, both P2P and Dedicated Servers are supported.
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## Step 1 - Installation

Find Heavy Machine Gun inside your Vault in the Epic Games Launcher, click "Add To Project" and select your project which you want to add it to.

## Step 2 - Overview Map

This map showcases everything that's included in the asset.

## Step 3 - (Optional) Integration with your own character

The setup is fairly straight forward, you have to add the HMG Component to your character's BP and add the specified function to an Input Event.&#x20;

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While this asset is built in mind with compatibility. You may encounter compatibility issues if you have drastically altered the PlayerCameraManager since this is used to limit the control rotation on the HMG.
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With that in mind, this is all you have to do on your character. The HMG component has built in functionality to interact with any HMG's. Add the BP\_HMG\_Component to your character and plug the function shown below in to a Input Event of your choice.

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