Establish UE 5.8 known-good baseline with Batch 1 archaeology docs.

Initialize Git with LFS for binary assets and add standard Unreal Engine .gitignore/.gitattributes.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Source/REALMSINRUIN/Private/Actors/RIREffectActor.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// REALMS  IN  RUIN. Copyright (c) 2025 Trevor Edwards. All rights reserved.
+
+ #include "Actors/RIREffectActor.h"
+#include "GameplayEffect.h"
+#include "AbilitySystemComponent.h"
+#include "AbilitySystemBlueprintLibrary.h"
+
+// Sets default values
+ARIREffectActor::ARIREffectActor()
+{
+ 	// Set this actor to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
+	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;
+
+	SetRootComponent(CreateDefaultSubobject<USceneComponent>("SceneRoot"));
+	
+}
+
+
+// Called when the game starts or when spawned
+void ARIREffectActor::BeginPlay()
+{
+	Super::BeginPlay();
+	
+}
+
+void ARIREffectActor::ApplyEffectToTarget(AActor* TargetActor, TSubclassOf<UGameplayEffect> GamePlayEffectClass)
+{
+	UAbilitySystemComponent* TargetAbilitySystemComponent = UAbilitySystemBlueprintLibrary::GetAbilitySystemComponent(TargetActor);
+	if (TargetAbilitySystemComponent == nullptr) return;
+
+	check (GamePlayEffectClass);
+	FGameplayEffectContextHandle EffectContextHandle = TargetAbilitySystemComponent->MakeEffectContext();
+	EffectContextHandle.AddSourceObject(this);
+	const FGameplayEffectSpecHandle EffectSpecHandle = TargetAbilitySystemComponent->MakeOutgoingSpec(GamePlayEffectClass, 1.f, EffectContextHandle);
+	TargetAbilitySystemComponent->ApplyGameplayEffectSpecToSelf(*EffectSpecHandle.Data.Get());
+}