Hey, I created new tutorial on YouTube presenting how to define and use Bitmasks in Unreal Engine 4. Showing how useful can be and how to mix them in order to define extra properties and relations 1 to N. Start using bit flags (masks) instead of many booleans which can be harder to setup if project is growing.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/bitwise-operators-in-c-cpp/
Hey, great news for everyone who supports my work and all Unreal Engine 4 creations. All released plugins (free and marketplace) got update to the newest 4.21 of Unreal Engine 4.
Please check sections Free Samples and Plugins on this website to find out more!
If you ever wondered if Unreal Engine is capable of showing Glyphs or any type of popular HTML vector graphics, answer is yes.
Because of lossless quality any size can be used without worries about resolution etc.
Simply there is no easier way of prototyping or even creating game with simplistic UI than just using Vector Graphics.
Even Epic Games havily rely on Glyphs usage. You may want to check EditorFontGlyphs.h in the Engine.
In the following tutorial I am showing how you can simply use many types of popular glyphs in your game for free!
Cheatsheet which can be used in your game:
https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet
If you want a simpler way of using vector graphics in your game instead of using unicode value or glyph itself, no worries.
I am preparing a big update for TemplatesUMG where new type of widget is just using Glyph icons which can be selected from the list of 1000 icons!!
Stay tuned!
New savegame update including data serialization (data reader, data writer)
for all nodes and mission in Mission & Objectives plugin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGWJqVreQnw
Hey! Finally after a very long approval process, plugin which provides simple and powerful tool for designing missions is in the Marketplace.
It extends to the limits UE4 Editor redefining all nodes and visuals for Graph and also providing new types of assets.
Marketplace link
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/mission-objectives
This article presents free project where whole game is implemented twice: in blueprints and in code.
It is the best source for learning basics of Unreal Engine scripting language or code programming in case you know already Blueprints well enough.
Download Link:
In the following article you will find out how to override gravity from default Unreal Engine 4 Character. After this change it will be possible any time in the game define gravity vector so character uses it instead of original behavior.
Default Unreal Engine 4 gravity has no directional vector. Gravity points always towards ground FVector = (0,0,-1). Component responsible for updating character in World is CharacterMovementComponent which is attached to the Character. To change default class object Super call from constructor can be used:
To custom your own directional gravity necessary is to override bunch of virtual UCharacterMovementComponent methods:
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As you can see there are quite few methods which needs to be implemented according to implement directional gravity which works well with newly custom gravity vector. I will do walk through all methods in the second part but for now I just explain how plugin works so you can download it and try on your own!
Starting point for analyse is StartNewPhysics() because our movement is physic based. It always needs to update it before performing movement. You can check that every frame it is updated with new PhysMode. Depends on circumstances character may walk, fly, swim, fall etc.
Available movement phys modes:
which are resolved by one on function with similar name. So for example starting new physics with mode MOVE_Walking is resolved by PhysWalking function.
It calculates new velocity and performs walking movement.
To make life easier some setting methods were expose to blueprints like
which can be used to compute and update gravity direction for characters.
In the free project below you can find different examples showing how gravity works and how affects not only our Pawn but also StaticGravityCharacter (Cows, boxes).
The map shows how planet gravity works.
The map shows simple gravity vector changes, rapid navigation changes.
Simple and practival even if it requires overriding several methods from CharacterMovementComponent.
Hello fellow Unreal Engine 4 programmers!
I have very good news for all of you! I am starting blog where I will share tips from programming & development process. If you don’t know who am I, you may want to start from this short introduction about me.
Still after few years I am strictly involved with Unreal community, writing plugins and extensions for Unreal Engine. I work in the industry and spend my free time on expanding my programming horizons.
If you don’t know where to start you can simply check my youtube channel, there are multiple tutorials and guides.
For example this tutorial about basic physics in UE4 and setting character to interact with world objects.
this i just one example of hundreds videos about UE4 I have recorded in past four years.
Please enjoy exploring programming and games creation.
If you have any concerns about working prototypes or you want to ask something don’t hesitate and use Contact form.
Hello everyone! Hello World!
I am Lukasz “Tefel” Czarnecki programmer from Poland with a Computer Science Master degree.
I started to work with Unreal Engine 4 when the first version came out (2014)! Since then I created a lot of Blueprint prototypes while working in AAA studios for more than 5 years. Currently, I am Astro Colony solo developer!
[2018-2019] Splash Damage in London (United Kingdom)
I worked on a few AAA projects, but the most memorable was Halo MCC! I was extremely proud that I can help to bring this iconic title to PC!
Before I was working also with Unreal Engine 4 but in completely different place:
[2016-2018] Aesir Interactive in Munich (Germany)
That’s sounds a little ridiculous, but I was a professional Starcraft 2 player and Team Dignitas member.
There were so many tournaments online and offline where I participated. If you want to find out more, you can just check liquipedia page.
I remember my first big Starcraft 2 event in New York city in 2012!
Because people know me as Tefel I am use this nickname even if I am game developer.
Creating games is my passion and I cannot imagine my life without it! (yes, I also like Blueprints!).
I hope you liked my short story! Now I let you check more programming stuff on this blog!
Cheers, good luck and have fun in your programming adventure!
Who am I?
Programmer, passionate, professional. Working with Unreal
