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Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803232874

Length 394 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

Marco Secchi

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Introducing Multiplayer Games

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Multiplayer Game Development FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Networking Basics

4. Chapter 3: Testing the Multiplayer System with a Project Prototype

5. Part 2:Networking and Multiplayer Games in Unreal Engine

6. Chapter 4: Setting Up Your First Multiplayer Environment

7. Chapter 5: Managing Actors in a Multiplayer Environment

8. Chapter 6: Replicating Properties Over the Network

9. Chapter 7: Using Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)

10. Part 3:Improving Your Game

11. Chapter 8: Introducing AI into a Multiplayer Environment

12. Chapter 9: Extending AI Behaviors

13. Chapter 10: Enhancing the Player Experience

14. Chapter 11: Debugging a Multiplayer Game

15. Part 4:Deploying Your Game Online

16. Chapter 12: Managing Multiplayer Sessions

17. Chapter 13: Handling Data During a Session

18. Chapter 14: Deploying Multiplayer Games

19. Chapter 15: Adding Epic Online Services (EOS)

20. Index

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Technical requirements

To follow along with this chapter, you should have set up Visual Studio (or JetBrains Rider) with all Unreal dependencies, as explained in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Multiplayer Game Development.

You’ll be using some starter content available in this book’s companion repository located at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Multiplayer-Game-Development-with-Unreal-Engine-5.

Through this link, locate the section for this chapter and download the following .zip file: Unreal Shadows – Starter Content. If you somehow get lost during the progress of this chapter, in the repository, you will also find the up-to-date project files here: Unreal Shadows – Chapter 04 End.

Also, to fully understand this chapter, it is necessary to have some basic knowledge about C++ programming while I guide you through the key characteristics of the main peculiarities of the UE framework.

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