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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal engine

You're reading from Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal engine Build professional 3D games with Unreal Engine 4's Visual Scripting system

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785286018

Length 188 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

Game Scripting

Author (1):

Brenden Sewell

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Object Interaction with Blueprints FREE CHAPTER

2. Enhancing Player Abilities

3. Creating Screen UI Elements

4. Creating Constraints and Gameplay Objectives

5. Making Moving Enemies with AI

6. Upgrading the AI Enemies

7. Tracking Game States and Applying Finishing Touches

8. Building and Publishing

Index

Setting up a lose screen

The lose screen will be presented when the player runs out of health. We will present them with options to restart the last round or quit the game. You may remember the win screen we created; we presented similar options there. Rather than remake the UI screen from scratch, we can save some time by using our WinMenu object as a template.

Go to the Content Browser and open the UI folder inside FirstPersonBp. Right-click on WinMenu and select the Duplicate option. Name this new Blueprint widget LoseMenu. Now open LoseMenu and select the text object showing You Win. Look at the Details panel, and change the Text field under Content to You Lose. Try Again?. Also change the Color and Opacity setting to a dark red color. Finally, you may wish to change the Shadow Color setting's alpha value from 0.0 to 1.0 to show shadows behind the text, as shown in this screenshot:

The two buttons can remain identical to their WinMenu counterparts in appearance and functionality for now...

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Authors (1)

Brenden Sewell

Brenden Sewell

Brenden Sewell is a game designer and creative director with over a decade of experience leading teams in the development of compelling interactive experiences that entertain and inspire. Prior to joining Bossfight Entertainment to work on some upcoming secret projects, he explored the intersection of social impact and entertainment serving as the Creative Director for E-line Media. He has led developments from concept to live support on a variety of games ranging from a brain-training first-person shooter to a construction sandbox exploring the future of digital fabrication.

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