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Reading Time: 10 minutes Level: Beginner – Intermediate – Advanced Version: Any Unreal Engine Version Help Others Learn Game Development C++ is the most effective and widely used programming language for creating video games. It’s also the language Unreal Engine, arguably the most popular game engine in the world, uses too. However, there are some differences between…
1 To do this in Unreal and C++, you’ll need to set a pointer to the class and then cast to it. Casting is expensive in terms of overhead so if it’s something you’ll be doing often, it’s best to get it sorted in Begin Play and call the variable in Tick or whenever you…
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Table of Contents IntroductionCommon GroundDesign Concepts: High-Level vs. Low-LevelDesign Example: Weapon SystemDesign Concepts: Scripting vs. ProgrammingC++ and BP as Programming and Scripting LanguagesScope of this Discussion: Where C++ and BP OverlapPerformance: Comparing Compiled C++ and BPPerformance: Conclusions and ProfilingProject Organization: Class DesignDesign Concepts: Types and DependenciesProject Organization: C++ ModulesProject Organization: BP-to-C++ DependenciesDesign Example: Refactoring from…
Reduce CPU overhead when profiling Profiling The profiling section begins with great advice before your profiling even starts, then goes on to cover topics including repeatable profiling, reducing noise, and determining CPU or GPU-bound. Using RGP The Radeon™ GPU Profiler (RGP) is our powerful profiling tool, which you can use together with Unreal Engine. This section introduces…
Ok, so am going to assume that you know how to create a new project with the FPS template to start with. Am going to be using the 4.13.2 version of the engine, but i think this will be basic enough to try it in other recent versions. Now lets setup the editor into multiplayer…
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The bulk of actor replication happens inside UNetDriver::ServerReplicateActors. This is where the server will gather all of the actors that it has determined to be relevant for each client, and send any properties that have changed since the last time each connected client was updated. There is a defined flow in how actors are updated, certain…
Mirror ofCreated by Cedric ‘eXi’ NeukirchenBlog: cedric-neukirchen.netCo-Founder of Salty Panda StudiosYou can hire us: saltypandastudios.comDocument-Version 1.5.5Table of ContentsATTENTION………………………………………………………….4Introduction…………………………………………………………5Network in Unreal………………………………………………..6A small example:……………………………………………………………… 6Another example:…………………………………………………………….. 6IMPORTANT!………………………………………………………. 7Framework & Network………………………………………… 8Common Classes…………………………………………………………… 11Game Mode………………………………………………………………………………12Examples and Usage…………………………………………………………….. 13Blueprint…………………………………………………………………………… 13UE4++……………………………………………………………………………… 17Game State……………………………………………………………………………….20Examples and Usage…………………………………………………………….. 21Blueprint…………………………………………………………………………… 21UE4++……………………………………………………………………………… 24Player State……………………………………………………………………………… 26Examples and Usage…………………………………………………………….. 27Blueprint…………………………………………………………………………… 27UE4++……………………………………………………………………………… 29Pawn………………………………………………………………………………………..31Examples and Usage…………………………………………………………….. 32Blueprint…………………………………………………………………………… 32UE4++……………………………………………………………………………… 36Player…
All players like to play games that perform well in their machines, and yet, knowing what to do to have a well performing game isn’t something easy to learn. On the GPU side, tweaking the settings of the engine is something well documented, but knowing how to code the game so it performs great is…
Introduction I wrote this blog post to fill a few gaps in the documentation I’d found for C++ interfaces in Unreal. Specifically I have a few tips for what I think are common usage scenarios that no blog post I found talked about. Note: This blog post is based on Unreal Engine version 4.25.3 What are Interfaces?…