Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine

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• Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
• Preface
  • About the Book
    • About the Authors
    • Audience
    • About the Chapters
    • Conventions
    • Before You Begin
    • Installing Visual Studio
    • Epic Games Launcher
    • Code Bundle
    • Get in touch
    • Please leave a review
• 1. Unreal Engine Introduction
  • Introduction
    • Exercise 1.01: Creating an Unreal Engine 4 Project
  • Getting to Know Unreal
  • Editor Windows
  • Viewport Navigation
  • Manipulating Actors
    • Exercise 1.02: Adding and Removing Actors
  • Blueprint Actors
    • Exercise 1.03: Creating Blueprint Actors
  • The Blueprint Editor
  • Event Graph
    • Exercise 1.04: Creating Blueprint Variables
    • Exercise 1.05: Creating Blueprint Functions
  • The Float Multiplication Node
  • BeginPlay and Tick
    • Exercise 1.06: Offsetting the TestActor Class on the Z Axis
  • ThirdPersonCharacter Blueprint Class
  • Meshes and Materials
    • Meshes
    • Materials
  • Manipulating Materials in UE4
    • Activity 1.01: Propelling TestActor on the Z Axis Indefinitely
  • Summary
• 2. Working with Unreal Engine
  • Introduction
  • Creating and Setting Up a Blank C plus plus Project
    • Exercise 2.01: Creating an Empty C plus plus Project
  • Content Folder Structure in Unreal Engine
  • Working with the Visual Studio Solution
    • Solution Analysis
      • The Engine Project
      • Game Project
    • Debugging Code in Visual Studio
    • Exercise 2.02: Debugging the Third Person Template Code
  • Importing the Required Assets
    • Exercise 2.03: Importing a Character FBX File
  • The Unreal Game Mode Class
    • Game Mode Default Classes
    • Gameplay Events
    • Networking
    • GameModeBase versus GameMode
  • Levels
    • The Unreal Pawn Class
      • The Default Pawn
      • The Spectator Pawn
    • The Unreal Player Controller Class
    • Exercise 2.04: Setting Up the Game Mode, Player Controller, and Pawn
  • Animations
    • Animation Blueprints
    • Event Graph
    • The Anim Graph
    • State Machines
    • Transition Rules
    • Blend Spaces
    • Exercise 2.05: Creating a Mannequin Animation
    • Activity 2.01: Linking Animations to a Character
  • Summary
• 3. Character Class Components and Blueprint Setup
  • Introduction
  • The Unreal Character Class
    • Extending the Character Class
    • Exercise 3.01: Creating and Setting Up a Third-Person Character C plus plus Class
  • Extending the C plus plus Class with Blueprints
    • Exercise 3.02: Extending C plus plus with Blueprints
    • Activity 3.01: Extending the C plus plus Character Class with Blueprint in the Animation Project
  • Summary
• 4. Player Input
  • Introduction
  • Input Actions and Axes
    • Exercise 4.01: Creating the Jump Action and Movement Axes
  • Processing Player Input
  • DefaultInput.ini
    • Exercise 4.02: Listening to Movement Actions and Axes
  • Turning the camera around the character
    • Mobile platforms
    • Exercise 4.03: Previewing on Mobile
    • Exercise 4.04: Adding Touchscreen Input
    • Activity 4.01: Adding Walking Logic to Our Character
  • Summary
• 5. Line Traces
  • Introduction
  • Collision
  • Project Setup
    • Exercise 5.01: Converting DodgeballCharacter to a Top-Down Perspective
  • Line Traces
  • Creating the EnemyCharacter C plus plus class
    • Exercise 5.02: Creating the CanSeeActor Function, Which Executes Line Traces
  • Visualizing the Line Trace
    • Exercise 5.03: Creating the LookAtActor Function
  • Creating the EnemyCharacter Blueprint Class
  • Sweep Traces
    • Exercise 5.04: Executing a Sweep Trace
    • Changing the Visibility Trace Response
    • Multi Line Traces
    • The Camera Trace Channel
    • Exercise 5.05: Creating a Custom EnemySight Trace Channel
    • Activity 5.01: Creating the SightSource Property
  • Summary
• 6. Collision Objects
  • Introduction
  • Object Collision in UE4
  • Collision Components
  • Collision Events
  • Collision Channels
  • Collision Properties
    • Exercise 6.01: Creating the Dodgeball Class
  • Physical Materials
    • Exercise 6.02: Adding a Projectile Movement Component to DodgeballProjectile
  • Timers
  • Spawning Actors
    • Exercise 6.03: Adding Projectile-Throwing Logic to the EnemyCharacter
  • Walls
    • Exercise 6.04: Creating Wall Classes
  • Victory Box
    • Exercise 6.05: Creating the VictoryBox class
    • Exercise 6.06: Adding the ProjectileMovementComponent Getter Function in DodgeballProjectile
    • Activity 6.01: Replacing the SpawnActor Function with SpawnActorDeferred in EnemyCharacter
  • Summary
• 7. UE4 Utilities
  • Introduction
  • Blueprint Function Libraries
    • Exercise 7.01: Moving the CanSeeActor Function to the Blueprint Function Library
  • Actor Components
    • Exercise 7.02: Creating the HealthComponent Actor Component
    • Exercise 7.03: Integrating the HealthComponent Actor Component
  • Interfaces
  • Blueprint Native Events
    • Exercise 7.04: Creating the HealthInterface Class
    • Activity 7.01: Moving the LookAtActor Logic to an Actor Component
  • Summary
• 8. User Interfaces
  • Introduction
  • Game UI
  • UMG Basics
    • Exercise 8.01: Creating a Widget Blueprint
  • Anchors
    • Exercise 8.02: Editing UMG Anchors
    • Exercise 8.03: Creating the RestartWidget C plus plus Class
    • Exercise 8.04: Creating the Logic for Adding the RestartWidget to the Screen
    • Exercise 8.05: Setting up the DodgeballPlayerController Blueprint Class
  • Progress Bars
    • Exercise 8.06: Creating the Health Bar C plus plus Logic
    • Activity 8.01: Improving the RestartWidget
  • Summary
• 9. Audio-Visual Elements
  • Introduction
  • Audio in UE4
    • Exercise 9.01: Importing an Audio File
    • Exercise 9.02: Playing a Sound When the Dodgeball Bounces off a Surface
  • Sound Attenuation
    • Exercise 9.03: Turning the Bounce Sound into a 3D Sound
    • Exercise 9.04: Adding Background Music to Our Game
  • Particle Systems
    • Exercise 9.05: Spawning a Particle System When the Dodgeball Hits the Player
    • Activity 9.01: Playing a Sound When the Dodgeball Hits the Player
  • Level Design
    • Exercise 9.06: Building a Level Blockout
  • Extra Features
  • Summary
• 10. Creating a SuperSideScroller Game
  • Introduction
  • Project Breakdown
  • The Player Character
    • Exercise 10.01: Creating the Side-Scroller Project and Using the Character Movement Component
    • Side Scroller versus 2D Side Scroller
    • Activity 10.01: Making Our Character Jump Higher
  • Features of Our Side-Scroller Game
    • Enemy Character
    • Power-Up
    • Collectible
    • HUD (Heads-Up Display)
  • Steps in Animation
  • Character Animation Pipeline
    • The Concept Stage
    • The 3D Modeling Stage
    • The Rigging Stage
    • Animation
    • Asset Export and Import
    • Exercise 10.02: Exploring the Persona Editor and Manipulating the Default Mannequin Skeleton Weights
    • Activity 10.02: Skeletal Bone Manipulation and Animations
  • Animations in Unreal Engine 4
    • Skeletons
    • Skeletal Meshes
    • Animation Sequences
    • Exercise 10.03: Importing and Setting Up the Character and Animation
    • Activity 10.03: Importing More Custom Animations to Preview the Character Running
  • Summary
• 11. Blend Spaces 1D, Key Bindings, and State Machines
  • Introduction
  • Blend Spaces
    • 1D Blend Space vs Normal Blend Space
    • Exercise 11.01: Creating the CharacterMovement 1D Blend Space
    • Activity 11.01: Adding the Walking and Running Animations to the Blend Space
  • Main Character Animation Blueprint
    • Animation Blueprints
    • Exercise 11.02: Adding the Blend Space to the Character Animation Blueprint
  • Velocity Vectors
    • Exercise 11.03: Adding the Blend Space to the Character Animation Blueprint
    • Activity 11.02: Previewing the Running Animation In-Game
  • Input Bindings
    • Exercise 11.04: Adding Input for Sprinting and Throwing
    • Exercise 11.05: Reparenting the Character Blueprint
    • Exercise 11.06: Coding the Character Sprint Functionality
    • Activity 11.03: Implementing the Throwing Input
  • Animation State Machines
    • Exercise 11.07: Player Character Movement and Jump State Machine
    • Transition Rules
    • Exercise 11.08: Adding States and Transition Rules to the State Machine
    • Exercise 11.09: Time Remaining Ratio Function
    • Activity 11.04: Finishing the Movement and Jumping State Machine
  • Summary
• 12. Animation Blending and Montages
  • Introduction
  • Animation Blending, Anim Slots, and Animation Montages
    • Exercise 12.01: Setting Up the Animation Montage
  • Animation Montages
    • Exercise 12.02: Adding the Throw Animation to the Montage
  • Anim Slot Manager
    • Exercise 12.03: Adding a New Anim Slot
  • Save Cached Pose
    • Exercise 12.04: Save Cached Pose of the Movement State Machine
  • Layered blend per bone
    • Exercise 12.05: Blending Animation with the Upper Body Anim Slot
  • The Throw Animation
    • Exercise 12.06: Previewing the Throw Animation
  • The Super Side Scroller Game Enemy
    • Exercise 12.07: Creating the Enemy Base C plus plus Class
    • Exercise 12.08: Creating and Applying the Enemy Animation Blueprint
  • Materials and Material Instances
    • Exercise 12.09: Creating and Applying the Enemy Material Instance
    • Activity 12.01: Updating Blend Weights
  • Summary
• 13. Enemy Artificial Intelligence
  • Introduction
  • Enemy AI
  • AI Controller
    • Auto Possess AI
    • Exercise 13.01: Implementing AI Controllers
  • Navigation Mesh
    • Exercise 13.02: Implementing a Nav Mesh Volume for the AI Enemy
  • Recasting the Nav Mesh
    • Exercise 13.03: Recasting Nav Mesh Volume Parameters
    • Activity 13.01: Creating a New Level
  • Behavior Trees and Blackboards
    • Composites
    • Tasks
    • Decorators
    • Services
    • Exercise 13.04: Creating the AI Behavior Tree and Blackboard
    • Exercise 13.05: Creating a New Behavior Tree Task
    • Exercise 13.06: Creating the Behavior Tree Logic
    • Activity 13.02: AI Moving to the Player Location
    • Exercise 13.07: Creating the Enemy Patrol Locations
  • Vector Transformation
    • Exercise 13.08: Selecting a Random Point in an Array
    • Exercise 13.09: Referencing the Patrol Point Actor
    • Exercise 13.10: Updating BTTask_FindLocation
  • Player Projectile
    • Exercise 13.11: Creating the Player Projectile
    • Exercise 13.12: Initializing Player Projectile Settings
    • Activity 13.03: Creating the Player Projectile Blueprint
  • Summary
• 14. Spawning the Player Projectile
  • Introduction
  • Anim Notifies and Anim Notify States
    • Exercise 14.01: Creating a UAnim Notify Class
    • Exercise 14.02: Adding the Notify to the Throw Montage
  • Playing Animation Montages
    • Playing Animation Montages in Blueprints
    • Playing Animation Montages in C plus plus
    • Exercise 14.03: Playing the Throw Animation in C plus plus
  • Game World and Spawning Objects
    • Exercise 14.04: Creating the Projectile Spawn Socket
    • Exercise 14.05: Preparing the SpawnProjectile() Function
    • Exercise 14.06: Updating the Anim_ProjectileNotify Class
  • Destroying Actors
    • Exercise 14.07: Creating the DestroyEnemy() Function
    • Exercise 14.08: Destroying Projectiles
    • Activity 14.01: Projectile Destroying Enemies
  • Visual and Audio Effects
    • Exercise 14.09: Adding Effects When the Enemy Is Destroyed
    • Exercise 14.10: Adding Effects to the Player Projectile
    • Exercise 14.11: Adding VFX and SFX Notifies
    • Activity 14.02: Adding Effects for When the Projectile Is Destroyed
  • Summary
• 15. Collectibles, Power-Ups, and Pickups
  • Introduction
  • URotatingMovementComponent
    • Exercise 15.01: Creating the PickableActor_Base Class and Adding URotatingMovementComponent
    • Activity 15.01: Player Overlap Detection and Spawning Effects in PickableActor_Base
    • Exercise 15.02: Creating the PickableActor_Collectable Class
    • Activity 15.02: Finalizing the PickableActor_Collectable Actor
  • Logging Variables Using UE_LOG
    • Exercise 15.03: Tracking the Number of Coins for the Player
  • UMG
  • Text Widget
    • Anchors
    • Text Formatting
    • Exercise 15.04: Creating the Coin Counter UI HUD Element
  • Adding and Creating UMG User Widgets
    • Exercise 15.05: Adding the Coin Counter UI to the Player Screen
  • Timers
    • Exercise 15.06: Adding the Potion Power-Up Behavior to the Player
    • Activity 15.03: Creating the Potion Power-Up Actor
    • Exercise 15.07: Creating the Brick Class
    • Exercise 15.08: Adding the Brick Class C plus plus Logic
  • Summary
• 16. Multiplayer Basics
  • Introduction
  • Multiplayer Basics
  • Servers
    • Dedicated Server
    • The Listen Server
  • Clients
    • Exercise 16.01: Testing the Third Person Template in Multiplayer
  • The Packaged Version
  • Connections and Ownership
  • Roles
    • Exercise 16.02: Implementing Ownership and Roles
    • The Server Window
    • Server Character
    • Client 1 Character
    • The OwnershipTest Actor
    • The Client 1 Window
  • Variable Replication
    • Replicated Variables
    • Exercise 16.03: Replicating Variables Using Replicated, RepNotify, DOREPLIFETIME, and DOREPLIFETIME_CONDITION
    • The Server Window
    • The Client 1 Window
  • 2D Blend Spaces
    • Exercise 16.04: Creating a Movement 2D Blend Space
  • Transform (Modify) Bone
    • Exercise 16.05: Creating a Character That Looks up and down
    • Activity 16.01: Creating a Character for the Multiplayer FPS Project
  • Summary
• 17. Remote Procedure Calls
  • Introduction
  • Remote Procedure Calls
    • Server RPC
      • Declaration
      • Execution
      • Valid Connection
    • Multicast RPC
      • Declaration
      • Execution
    • Client RPC
      • Declaration
      • Execution
    • Important Considerations When Using RPCs
    • Exercise 17.01: Using Remote Procedure Calls
  • Enumerations
    • TEnumAsByte
    • UMETA
      • DisplayName
      • Hidden
    • BlueprintType
      • MAX
    • Exercise 17.02: Using C plus plus Enumerations in the Unreal Engine 4 Editor
  • Bi-Directional Circular Array Indexing
    • Exercise 17.03: Using Bi-Directional Circular Array Indexing to Cycle between an Enumeration
    • Activity 17.01: Adding Weapons and Ammo to the Multiplayer FPS Game
  • Summary
• 18. Gameplay Framework Classes in Multiplayer
  • Introduction
  • Gameplay Framework Classes in Multiplayer
    • Exercise 18.01: Displaying the Gameplay Framework Instance Values
    • The Server Window
    • Server Character
    • Client 1 Character
    • The Client 1 Window
    • Client 1 Character
    • Server Character
  • Game Mode, Player State, and Game State
    • Game Mode
      • Constructor
    • Player State
    • Game State
    • Useful Built-in Functionality
    • Exercise 18.02: Making a Simple Multiplayer Pickup Game
    • Activity 18.01: Adding Death, Respawn, Scoreboard, Kill Limit, and Pickups to the Multiplayer FPS Game
  • Summary

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