Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Quick Start Guide

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Summary

Packing a project

Debugging in UE4

Blueprint Nativization

The Profiler

Optimization

Optimization Testing and Packaging

Summary

PlayerState PlayerController and Pawn

GameMode and GameState

Multiplayer classes

Actor replication

Flow control in multiplayer

Event replication

Variable replication

Replication

Testing a listen server

The client–server model

Multiplayer Games

Summary

Setting up Service in Blackboard

Services

Decorators

Selectors

Creating a Behavior Tree task

Assigning the Blackboard to a Behavior Tree

Setting up a Blackboard

Setting up a simple Behavior Tree

Creating and running a Behavior Tree

Behavior Trees

Adding a Nav Mesh

Creating a controller for the enemy Pawn

Creating a Pawn for the enemy

Creating a simple AI

AI with Behavior Tree and Blackboard

Summary

Modifying an Animation state

The AnimGraph

Modifying the Animation Blueprint

Adding a weapon Equip control

Retarget the animation

Setting up the target Skeleton

Setting up the source Skeleton

Animation retargeting

Spawning and attaching Actors

Creating sockets on Skeletal Meshes

Creating the attachment

Animation Blueprints

Summary

Adding the container to the HUD

Creating the container widget

Creating the child widget

Modifying the Pickup class

Adding widgets to other widgets

Variable binding

Widget set nodes

Using widget events

Background Blur

Circular Throbber and Throbber

The Primitive and Special Effects sections

Editable Text

ComboBox

The Input section

Text

Slider

Progress Bar

Image

Checkbox

Button

The Common section

Commonly used widgets

Setting up an interactive menu

Showing Widget Blueprints in our game

The Widget Blueprint window

Creating HUDs and Menus Using UMG

Summary

Using events in C++

Using out variables in C++

BlueprintPure functions

BlueprintCallable functions

Using C++ functions in Blueprint

Using C++ variables in Blueprint

Using C++ classes in UE4

Creating C++ classes in UE4

Technical requirements

Adding C++ to a Blueprint Project

Summary

Giving our game a goal

Creating a child Blueprint

One small material change

Creating a Blueprint from scratch

Time for action

Component events

Common components

Components

Graphs

Overridable functions

Events

Local variables

Functions

Class default variables

Casting object references

Working With Object/Actor References

Using variables in the Blueprint window

Variables

The Blueprint window

Programming Using Blueprints

Summary

Adding marketplace items to your project

Installing and using plugins

Input settings

Project settings

Editor preferences

World settings

Details and World Settings

World Outliner

The toolbar

Grid and snap settings

Viewport options

The Viewport

The Content Browser

The Unreal editor

Initial project setup

Using project templates

Downloading the UE

Introduction to Unreal Engine 4

Reviews

Get in touch

Conventions used

Download the color images

Download the example code files

To get the most out of this book

What this book covers

Who this book is for

Preface

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About the author

Contributors

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About Packt

Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Quick Start Guide

Copyright and Credits

Title Page

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Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Quick Start Guide

About Packt

Why subscribe?

Packt.com

Contributors

About the author

About the reviewer

Packt is searching for authors like you

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

Download the example code files

Download the color images

Conventions used

Get in touch

Reviews

Introduction to Unreal Engine 4

Downloading the UE

Using project templates

Initial project setup

The Unreal editor

The Content Browser

The Viewport

Viewport options

Grid and snap settings

The toolbar

World Outliner

Details and World Settings

World settings

Editor preferences

Project settings

Input settings

Installing and using plugins

Adding marketplace items to your project

Summary

Programming Using Blueprints

The Blueprint window

Variables

Using variables in the Blueprint window

Working With Object/Actor References

Casting object references

Class default variables

Functions

Local variables

Events

Overridable functions

Graphs

Components

Common components

Component events

Time for action

Creating a Blueprint from scratch

One small material change

Creating a child Blueprint

Giving our game a goal

Summary

Adding C++ to a Blueprint Project

Technical requirements

Creating C++ classes in UE4

Using C++ classes in UE4

Using C++ variables in Blueprint

Using C++ functions in Blueprint

BlueprintCallable functions

BlueprintPure functions

Using out variables in C++

Using events in C++

Summary

Creating HUDs and Menus Using UMG

The Widget Blueprint window

Showing Widget Blueprints in our game

Setting up an interactive menu

Commonly used widgets

The Common section

Button

Checkbox

Image

Progress Bar

Slider

Text

The Input section

ComboBox

Editable Text

The Primitive and Special Effects sections

Circular Throbber and Throbber

Background Blur

Using widget events

Widget set nodes

Variable binding

Adding widgets to other widgets

Modifying the Pickup class

Creating the child widget

Creating the container widget

Adding the container to the HUD

Summary

Animation Blueprints

Creating the attachment

Creating sockets on Skeletal Meshes

Spawning and attaching Actors

Animation retargeting

Setting up the source Skeleton

Setting up the target Skeleton

Retarget the animation

Adding a weapon Equip control

Modifying the Animation Blueprint

The AnimGraph

Modifying an Animation state

Summary

AI with Behavior Tree and Blackboard

Creating a simple AI

Creating a Pawn for the enemy

Creating a controller for the enemy Pawn

Adding a Nav Mesh

Behavior Trees

Creating and running a Behavior Tree

Setting up a simple Behavior Tree

Setting up a Blackboard

Assigning the Blackboard to a Behavior Tree

Creating a Behavior Tree task

Selectors

Decorators

Services

Setting up Service in Blackboard

Summary

Multiplayer Games

The client–server model

Testing a listen server

Replication

Variable replication

Event replication

Flow control in multiplayer

Actor replication

Multiplayer classes

GameMode and GameState

PlayerState PlayerController and Pawn

Summary

Optimization Testing and Packaging

Optimization

The Profiler

Blueprint Nativization

Debugging in UE4

Packing a project

Summary

Another Book You May Enjoy