Index

A

• additive animations
  • about / Additive animations
• aim logic, top-down shooter
  • implementing / Aim logic
  • character, rotating / Rotate To Aim
  • aim angle, setting / Set Aim angle
• Animation Blueprint
  • about / Animation Blueprints
  • Event Graph / Animation Blueprints
  • Anim Graph / Animation Blueprints
• Animation pose
  • about / Animation poses
• animations
  • creating / Animations
• animations, top-down shooter
  • creating / Animations
  • aim offset, creating / Aim Offset
  • Blend Space, creating / Blend Space
  • Animation Blueprint, creating / Animation Blueprint – AnimGraph
  • animation notifies, reloading / Animation Notifies
• Animation Sequence
  • about / Animation Sequence
  • additive animations / Additive animations
  • blending animation / Blending animation
• animation system
  • Persona / Animations, Persona
  • Skeleton / Animations
  • Animation Sequences / Animations
  • Animation Sequence / Animation Sequence
• Anim Graph
  • about / Animation Blueprints

B

• Binary Space Partitioning (BSP)
  • about / Creating your first Blueprint class
• Blender
  • about / Creating your first Blueprint class
• blending animation
  • about / Blending animation
• Blueprint
  • about / What is Blueprint?
  • debugging / Blueprint debugging
  • debugging, with Blueprint debugger tab / Blueprint debugger tab
  • compiler result / Compiler result
• Blueprint, types
  • Level Blueprint / Level Blueprints
  • Blueprint class / Blueprint class
  • Data-Only Blueprint / Data-Only Blueprint
  • Blueprint Interface / Blueprint Interface
  • Blueprint Macro Library / Blueprint Macro Library
• Blueprint class
  • about / Blueprint class
  • Actor / Blueprint class
  • Pawn / Blueprint class
  • Character / Blueprint class
  • PlayerController / Blueprint class
  • Game Mode / Blueprint class
  • creating / Creating your first Blueprint class
• Blueprint Editor
  • menu bar / Menu bar
  • toolbar / Toolbar
  • Viewport / Viewport
  • Components panel / Component panel
  • Details panel / Detail panel
  • My Blueprint panel / My Blueprint panel
  • graph editor / Graph editor
• Blueprint Function Library
  • about / Blueprint Function Library
  • player ragdoll, killing / Kill and respawn a player ragdoll
  • player ragdoll, respawning / Kill and respawn a player ragdoll
  • function library, creating / Create and use a function library
  • function library, using / Create and use a function library
• Blueprint Interface
  • about / Blueprint Interface
• Blueprint Macro Library
  • about / Blueprint Macro Library
• BSP brush
  • used, for creating symbols / The symbols – create the O and the X

C

• Cascade
  • about / Particle system
  • interface / The Cascade interface
• collectables, UFO Run game
  • creating / Collectables
  • materials / Materials
  • particle system, creating / Particle system
  • blueprint script / Blueprint script
• collectables and items, open world survival game
  • adding / Collectables and items
  • Blueprint structure, creating / Blueprint structures
  • superclasses, implementing / Superclasses
  • superclass, extending / Extending the superclass
  • handler, crafting / Crafting handler
  • Blueprint Interface, implementing / Implementing the Blueprint Interface
  • super item interaction, implementing / Super item interaction
• corridor
  • creating / Fake platform corridor

D

• 3ds Max
  • about / Creating your first Blueprint class
• Data-Only Blueprint
  • about / Data-Only Blueprint
• data pins
  • about / Pins
• data types
  • about / Types of variables and data
  • structure / Types of variables and data
  • references to objects or actors / Types of variables and data
  • references to interfaces / Types of variables and data
  • references to classes / Types of variables and data
  • enumeration / Types of variables and data
• destructible mesh
  • about / Destructible meshes
  • creating / Destructible meshes
• doors, platform maze
  • creating / Door trigger volume
  • creating, within Matinee / Doors within Matinee
  • creating, within Blueprint / Doors within Blueprint
• Dots per inch (DPI) scale
  • about / Wizard Blueprint

E

• emitters, particle system
  • about / Emitters
• enemies, top-down shooter
  • creating / Enemies
  • pawn, creating / Pawn
  • AI, creating / AI
• enemy, PAC-MAN
  • creating / Enemies
  • enemy pawn, creating / Enemy Pawn
  • AI, creating / Enemy AI
  • navigation mesh, defining / Navigation mesh
• Event Graph
  • about / Animation Blueprints
• execution pins
  • about / Pins

G

• gameplay, UFO Run game
  • scripting / Gameplay
  • references, preparing / Prepare the needed references
  • player controller class, adding / The player controller class
  • StartGame event, creating / StartGame
  • useFuel event, creating / The useFuel event
  • spawn collectable function, adding / Spawn Collectable function
  • update event, implementing / Update
  • collect item event, adding / Collect Item
  • gameOver event, implementing / The gameOver event

H

• Heads-up display (HUD) class
  • about / HUD class

I

• interface, Cascade
  • Menu bar / The Cascade interface
  • Toolbar / The Cascade interface
  • Viewport panel / The Cascade interface
  • Emitters panel / The Cascade interface
  • Details panel / The Cascade interface
  • Curve Editor / The Cascade interface
• inventory system, open world survival game
  • creating / Inventory system
  • inventory button, adding / The inventory button
  • inventory craft button, adding / The inventory craft button
  • main user interface, creating / Main user interface

K

• Kismet
  • about / What is Blueprint?

L

• landscape, open world survival game
  • creating / Landscapes
  • Manage mode, using / Manage mode
  • Sculpt mode, using / Sculpt mode
  • material, using / Landscape material
  • Paint tool, using / Paint tool
  • foliage, adding / Foliage
• Landscape Editor
  • Sculpt tool / Sculpt mode
  • Smooth tool / Sculpt mode
  • Flatten tool / Sculpt mode
  • Ramp tool / Sculpt mode
  • Erosion tool / Sculpt mode
  • Hydro Erosion tool / Sculpt mode
  • Noise tool / Sculpt mode
  • Retopologize tool / Sculpt mode
  • Visibility tool / Sculpt mode
  • Selection tool / Sculpt mode
• Level Blueprint
  • about / Level Blueprints

M

• main user interface, open world survival game
  • creating / Main user interface
  • setting up / Main setup and visibility
  • visibility, setting up / Main setup and visibility
  • designing / Design the UI
  • craftable items, adding / Prepare the cookbook
  • receipe button bindings, implementing / Receipe button bindings
  • objects, adding to inventory / Add objects to the inventory
  • items, removing / Remove and use items
  • items, using / Remove and use items
  • drop item, implementing / Drop item – character side
  • items logic, crafting / Craft items logic
  • inventory button logic, adding / Inventory button logic
  • item details, handling / Item details and buttons
  • buttons, handling / Item details and buttons
• Matinee
  • about / Matinee
  • Curve Editor / Curve Editor
  • Track View / Track View
  • sequence, creating / Create a Matinee
• Maya
  • about / Creating your first Blueprint class
• maze, PAC-MAN
  • creating / The maze
  • designing / Designing the maze
  • material, applying to multiple surfaces / Applying a material to multiple surfaces
• modules, particle system
  • about / Cascade, Modules

N

• navigation mesh
  • about / Navigation mesh
• nodes
  • about / Nodes

O

• OpenType Format (OTF)
  • about / Import a custom font
• open world survival game
  • landscape, creating / Landscapes
  • day-night cycle, creating / Day-Night cycle
  • collectables and items, adding / Collectables and items
  • inventory system, creating / Inventory system

P

• PAC-MAN
  • game, preparing / Preparing the game
  • project, creating / Creating the project
  • transparent materials, creating / Transparent materials
  • maze, creating / The maze
  • game logic, adding / The code
  • class, creating / Class Wizard
  • collectable object, implementing / Collectable
  • player character, adding / Player character
  • enemy, creating / Enemies
  • game mode, setting / Game mode
  • user interface, creating / User Interface
  • collisions, handling / Collisions – custom presets and types
• particle system
  • about / Particle system
  • modules / Cascade, Modules
  • emitters / Emitters
  • level of detail (LOD) system / Level of detail
  • Cascade, interface / The Cascade interface
• Persona
  • about / Persona
• physics constraint
  • about / Physics constraint
• pins
  • about / Pins
  • execution pins / Pins
  • data pins / Pins
• platform maze
  • doors, creating / Door trigger volume
  • killer objects, adding / Killer objects
  • map, creating / The game
  • static platform, creating / Don't fall
  • rolling stones, adding / Rolling stones
  • falling path, creating / The falling path
  • wrecking balls, creating / Wrecking balls
• player character, PAC-MAN
  • adding / Player character
  • movement, implementing / Movements
  • collisions, handling / Collisions
  • winning condition, handling / Winning or losing the game
  • losing condition, handling / Winning or losing the game
  • lives, handling / Dead
  • Blueprint class, creating / C++ class to Blueprint class

R

• ragdoll physics
  • about / Ragdoll physics

S

• Skeleton
  • about / Skeleton
• Slate UI
  • about / The code
• spawner, top-down shooter
  • creating / Spawner
  • custom component, creating / Custom component
• spawn volume, UFO Run game
  • handling / Spawn volume
  • components, adding / Components
  • random point function, using / Random point function
  • actor reference, creating / Actor reference
• SpeedTree package
  • URL / Foliage
• symbols
  • creating, BSP brush used / The symbols – create the O and the X
  • material, creating / Creating a new material for the symbols

T

• tic-tac-toe
  • overview / What do we need?
  • preparing / Preparing the game
  • files, clearing / Clean the unnecessary items and scripts
  • symbols, creating / The symbols – create the O and the X
  • material, creating for symbols / Creating a new material for the symbols
  • logic, creating / Writing our Blueprints
  • turn-based mechanic, implementing / Turn-based mechanics
  • Static Mesh, setting / Set Static Mesh via Blueprint
  • arrays, using / Working with arrays
  • macro, creating / Creating a macro
  • UI, implementing with text render / UI using text render
  • custom events, using / Custom events
  • format text, adding / Format text
  • score, handling / Score
  • game flow, creating / Game flow
• top-down shooter
  • creating / The game
  • project, cleaning / Cleaning the unnecessary files
  • imported files, adjusting / Adjust the imported files
  • Skeletal Mesh, retargeting / Skeletal Mesh retarget
  • animations, creating / Animations
  • inputs, modifying / Inputs
  • player movements, implementing / Player movements
  • aim logic, implementing / Aim logic
  • gate node, using / Gate
  • shooting events, starting / Start and stop shooting events
  • shooting events, stopping / Start and stop shooting events
  • player, flipping / Flip the player
  • weapon, creating / Weapon
  • spawner, creating / Spawner
  • eventGraph, creating / Animation Blueprint – EventGraph
  • enemies, creating / Enemies
  • game mode, defining / Game Mode
  • user interface, creating / User interface
• TrueType Format (TFF)
  • about / Import a custom font

U

• UFO Run game
  • project, creating / The game
  • blocking volumes, using / Blocking volumes
  • menu camera, using / The menu camera
  • user interface, creating with Wizard Blueprint / Wizard Blueprint
  • custom font, importing / Import a custom font
  • buttons, adding / Buttons
  • click events, implementing / Click events
  • default camera, setting / Set the default camera
  • HUD class, setting / HUD class
  • player controller class, creating / Player controller class
  • start button, adding / Start button
  • in-game screen, creating / In-game screen
  • property, binding / Property binding
  • user interface, switching / Switch user interface
  • collectables, creating / Collectables
  • spawn volume, handling / Spawn volume
  • gameplay, scripting / Gameplay
• UFO Run game, particle system
  • creating / Particle system
  • required module / Required
  • spawn module / Spawn
  • lifetime module / LifeTime
  • initial size module / Initial size
  • initial velocity module / Initial velocity
  • Color Over Life module / Color Over Life
  • size over life module / Size over life
  • cylinder module / Cylinder
  • acceleration module / Acceleration
• UI, tic-tac-toe
  • implementing, text render used / UI using text render
  • game state / UI using text render
  • win counters / UI using text render
  • tooltips / UI using text render
• UMG
  • about / UMG
  • Widget Blueprint / Widget Blueprint
  • Heads-up display (HUD) class / HUD class
• UnrealBuildTool (UBT)
  • about / The code
• Unreal Engine 4
  • about / Knowing the environment
  • URL / Knowing the environment
  • project, creating / Creating a project
  • Blueprint class, creating / Creating your first Blueprint class
  • data types / Types of variables and data
  • variable types / Types of variables and data
  • nodes / Nodes
  • pins / Pins
  • Blueprint, debugging / Blueprint debugging
• Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG)
  • about / UI using text render, Preparing the game

V

• variable types
  • about / Types of variables and data
  • Boolean / Types of variables and data
  • Byte / Types of variables and data
  • Integer / Types of variables and data
  • Float / Types of variables and data
  • Name / Types of variables and data
  • String / Types of variables and data
  • Text / Types of variables and data
  • Vector / Types of variables and data
  • Rotator / Types of variables and data
  • Transform / Types of variables and data
• Visual Studio
  • about / Visual Studio
  • project solution, creating / Creating the project solution
  • new class, adding / Add a new class from the editor

W

• weapon, top-down shooter
  • creating / Weapon
  • socket, using / Socket
  • Blueprint class, creating / Weapon Blueprint class
  • animation, reloading / Animation reloading
  • bullet, using / Bullet
  • player character, handling / Player character weapon slots
  • collecting / Weapon collectables
  • mono-use weapon, creating / Mono-use weapon
• Widget Blueprint
  • about / Widget Blueprint
  • Menu bar / Widget Blueprint
  • Tool bar / Widget Blueprint
  • Editor Mode / Widget Blueprint
  • Palette / Widget Blueprint
  • Hierarchy / Widget Blueprint
  • Visual Designer / Widget Blueprint
  • Details panel / Widget Blueprint
  • Animations / Widget Blueprint