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Index

Title Page Copyright and Credits

Mastering Game Development with Unreal Engine 4 Second Edition

Dedication Packt Upsell

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Making a C++ Project for a First-person Shooter

Introduction Technical requirements Building the FPS C++ project

Installing and building UE4 Running the editor and picking a template Building and running the game project

Modifying our game with C++

Overriding the character class Editing our class in VS and hot-reloading the editor

Summary Questions Further reading

Inventory and Weapons for the Player

Introduction Technical requirements Adding the Weapon and Inventory classes

Creating our Weapon class Converting the existing gun Creating an inventory and adding a default gun

Adding a WeaponPickup class

Creating a new actor class Setting up our blueprints Back to code to finish up

Putting our inventory to use

Adding controls to cycle weapons Adding swapping of weapons to our character Bringing it all together

Summary Questions Further reading

Blueprint Review and When to Use BP Scripting

Introduction Technical requirements Blueprint review and Blueprint-only games

Blueprint overview Blueprint-only games – is this right for you?

Blueprint scripting and performance

Blueprint scripting example – moving platform and elevator Blueprint tips, tricks, and performance hits

Summary Questions Further reading

U.I. Necessities, Menus, HUD, and Load/Save

Introduction Technical requirements Integrating UMG into our player's HUD class

Building icons for the inventory with screen captures Using UMG to display inventory icons on screen Synchronizing your inventory and HUD

Using UMG and game save slots

Creating a widget for save slots Creating a save game file Save and load from our menu

Summary Questions Further reading

Adding Enemies!

Introduction Technical requirements Creating an AI controller and a basic brain

Proving out the basics Adding C++ decision making to the behavior tree Attacking the player

More polished combat – spawn points, hit reactions, and dying

Spawn points for enemy placement Hit reactions and dying Notes on load/save

Summary Questions Further reading

Changing Levels, Streaming, and Retaining Data

Introduction Technical requirements Traditional level loading

The basics Using load/save to transition

Perchance to stream?

Streaming advantages and disadvantages Example streaming and best practices

Summary Questions Further reading

Getting Audio in Your Game

Introduction Technical requirements Basic sounds and triggering by animation

Sounds, cues, channels, dialog, FX volumes, and more! Triggering sounds from animation

Environments and sound

Hitting different surfaces Player footfalls and environment FX

Summary Questions Further reading

Shader Editing and Optimization Tips

Introduction Technical requirements Knowing and building materials

Overview of materials, material instance creation, and use Working on material networks and performance tips at editor time

Materials at runtime and various platforms

Runtime tools and techniques to quickly iterate shaders Know Your Platform and How to Adapt Shaders!

Summary Questions Further reading

Adding an In-game Cutscene with Sequencer

Introduction Technical requirements Sequencer – UE4's newest cutscene tool

Why use sequencer? Adding a scene and triggering it

Alternatives to sequencer

Fast and easy in-game scenes Matinee

Summary Questions Further reading

Packaging the Game (PC, Mobile)

Introduction Technical requirements Know your platform(s)

Setting up an installable PC version and general settings Android setup iOS setup

How to build, test, and deploy

UE4’s play options vs package project When and how to build and test on device Making standalone builds and installing them Avoiding rebuild-hell on platforms near releases

Summary Questions Further reading

Volumetric Lightmaps, Fog, and Precomputing

Introduction Technical requirements Volumetric lightmaps, lightmass, and fog

Adding volumetric lightmaps with lightmass volumes Using Atmospheric Fog Using Volumetric Fog

Lightmass tools

Learning Lightmass settings and previewing tools Profiling lightmaps

Summary Questions Further reading

In-scene Video and Visual Effects

Introduction Technical requirements Playing in-scene video with Media Framework

Creating our assets Building and playing the video in-scene

Adding physics particles

Creating our initial emitter on projectile hit Orienting and adjusting physics of the particles

Summary Questions Further reading

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in UE4

Introduction Technical requirements Making a VR project and adding new controls

Making the initial VR project Building and deploying for GearVR Adding HMD controls

Making an AR project and porting our projectiles

Making the initial AR project Android deployment specifics Porting our projectiles and firing them in AR

Summary Questions Further reading

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