You're reading from Multiplayer Game Development with Unreal Engine 5 Create compelling multiplayer games with C++, Blueprints, and Unreal Engine's networking features

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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Accessing the Developer Portal

In this section, I will guide you through the creation of a Developer Portal account in order to properly set up and manage your own projects, whether they are multiplayer or not. The steps you will need to complete to get your game ready are as follows:

Setting up an Epic Games account (you should have one already) and creating an organization for the Developer Portal
Creating a Product
Configuring the Product

So, let’s get started.

Accessing the Epic Games Developer Portal

The first thing you need to do in order to access and use the Epic Games Developer Portal is to create an organization – this is a group that holds the responsibility for both creating and owning Products within the Epic Games Developer Portal.

Start by accessing the dedicated web page, which can be found at this link: https://dev.epicgames.com/portal. After logging in with your Epic Games account, you will be presented with a registration...