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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine

You're reading from   Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine The faster way to build games using UE4 Blueprints

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789347067
Length 380 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Marcos Romero Marcos Romero
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Brenden Sewell Brenden Sewell
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Blueprint Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER
2. Exploring the Blueprint Editor 3. Programming with Blueprints 4. Actors and the Gameplay Framework 5. Understanding Blueprint Communication 6. Section 2: Developing a Game
7. Object Interaction with Blueprints 8. Enhancing Player Abilities 9. Creating Screen UI Elements 10. Creating Constraints and Gameplay Objectives 11. Section 3: Enhancing the Game
12. Building Smart Enemies with Artificial Intelligence 13. Upgrading the AI Enemies 14. Game States and Applying the Finishing Touches 15. Building and Publishing 16. Section 4: Advanced Blueprints
17. Data Structures and Flow Control 18. Math and Trace Nodes 19. Blueprints Tips 20. Introduction to VR Development 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

OOP concepts

Let's learn about some elementary concepts of OOP, such as classes, instances, and inheritance. These concepts will help you learn about various elements of Blueprints Visual Scripting.

Classes

Many real-world objects can be classified by the same type, even though they are unique. As a very simple example, we can think of a person class. In this class, we can have attributes such as name and height, and Actions such as move and eat. Using the person class, we can create several objects of this class. Each object represents a person with different values in their name and height attributes.

When we create a Blueprint, we are creating a new class that can be used to create objects in the Unreal Engine. As...

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