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How To Query Input Mappings for Control Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #19

In this episode of the common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to look into how to get a list of input mappings used in the game to be listed in input key bindings under control options. Here we will be using the Enhanced Input Local Player Subsystem to get the active input profile and through that we will get the key mappings....

Map System - Map Icon Context Menu - Click and Show Sub Icons - Design Viewer #19

In this episode of unreal architectural design viewer series, We are going to work on a context menu for map icons. When we click on a map icon, a menu that consists of two buttons will appear. One button which allows us to focus on the building that represented by the icon in the game level and other button will simply close the context menu. S...

Reset Audio Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #18

In this episode of the common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to work on how to reset audio options in the audio menu we created. So the audio sliders will return to their default volume levels.

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Map System - Click and Show Sub Icons - Design Viewer #18

In this episode of unreal architectural design viewer series, We are going to work on how to show sub icons that belongs to a main icon in the map. In this case, there will be a main building and under that, there will be different section of the building. But only when we select the icon that represents the main building, icons for sub sections...

Control Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #17

In this episode of the common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to create a controls options panel which displays all the control key bindings in the game. Initially we will work on sub widgets required to show keys in the options panel and create the flow between different option panels. Then we will move into how to dynamicall...

Save & Load Audio Settings with User Settings Subsystem - Unreal Common UI Menu System #16

In the previous episode of the common UI based menu system series, we created a subsystem to handle saving and loading user settings. Here we are going to use that user settings subsystem to save and load audio settings in our menu system. So user can set volume levels for each different sound class and next time the game is loaded, those volume...

User Settings Subsystem - Unreal Common UI Menu System #15

In this episode of the common UI based menu system series, we are going to create a subsystem to handle saving and loading user settings. Here we are going to use a game instance subsystem. The reason for that is, this type of subsystems will be automatically created and persist through levels. And the reason not to implement settings save and l...

Bug Fixes - Unreal Common UI Menu System #14

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to fix few bugs in the system we have built so far. These are the bugs we are going to address. 1. Confirmation window, mouse input goes through the window to elements below that. 2. Audio virtualization completely stops the background music when we set the master...

Map And Minimap System - World Actors Into Map - Design Viewer #17

In this episode of unreal architectural design viewer series, We are going to create an actor component that handles all the properties related to how to show a certain actor in the game world in the map. When we open the map, the system will dynamically detect all the world actors with the MapData component and add map icons that represents all...

How to Add Icons into the Map - Design Viewer #16

In this episode of unreal architectural design viewer series, We are going to work on how to Add icons into the map that represents various buildings and other points of interest in the world. We will figure out how to add icons and how to make them stick to the same location on the map image regardless of the zoom in/zoom out and panning the ma...

How To Switch Audio Output Device - Unreal Common UI Menu System #13

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to work on how to switch the audio device from the audio settings menu. We will pull a list of available audio devices through blueprint code at runtime and show them in a cycle button. So the player will have option to cycle through them and switch the active out...

Audio Classes and Volume Settings - Unreal Common UI Menu System #12

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to work on audio volume settings. Here we will create sound classes for Master, Music, Voice and Menu audio categories and create audio mix classes for each sound class. Then, we will dynamically create volume sliders for each sound classes and bind them into relevant...

Turn the Heat on And Cook The Dish - Unreal Engine 5 Cooking Game Tutorial #12

We have already worked on how to detect ingredients added to the pot and when the state of the pot is ready to cook. Today we are going to work on how to turn on heat and start cooking the dish. AS we provide heat in required level, there will be a progress bar to show cooking progress and once done, Cooking in finished and dish is ready.

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Apply Graphics Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #11

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to work on how to apply graphics settings. Here we have already worked on all the graphics options required for a graphics option panel and after implementing apply function, when the player load the game next time, settings will be saved and loaded again.

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Custom Graphics Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #10

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to work on how to detect the custom state of overall graphics options and how to update it in the UI. So, whenever, any of the graphics settings become different from the level of other options, overall option will change into Custom state.

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Unreal Engine Map System Zoom And Pan - Design Viewer #15

In this episode of unreal architectural design viewer series, We are going to work on how to Zoom in and Out and Pan around in the Map. We have already implemented a map and minimap system in this project. This feature will be implemented on top of tat.

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Overall Graphics Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #9

In the previous episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we implemented a graphics options widget which shows all the graphics options available for player. Today, we are going to work on how to drive all other graphics options based on overall quality option available at the top. So, if we set overall option to medium, all othe...

Graphics Options - Unreal Common UI Menu System #8

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to implement graphics options menu. Here we will define all the different graphics options we need to show in the menu in a data table and based on the data table entries, cycle buttons that allows players to choose the quality levels for each option will be added to ...

Volume Slider Widget - Unreal Common UI Menu System #7

In this episode of the unreal engine Common UI based menu system, we are going to implement a volume slider widget. Obviously you can use it to control volume, but this can be applied for any other type of options which requires a slider as well.

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How to Create Cycle Button Pips - Unreal Common UI Menu System #6

In the previous episode of the unreal engine common UI based menu system tutorial series, we created a cycle button using common ui rotator. Cycle button allows player to cycle through options usually in options menu. For example, we can see cycle buttons in graphics options that allows us to cycle through Low, Medium, High, Epic quality levels....

How to Create Cycle Buttons - Unreal Common UI Menu System #5

In this episode of the unreal engine common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to create a cycle button. Cycle button allows player to cycle through options usually in options menu. For example, we can see cycle buttons in graphics options that allows us to cycle through Low, Medium, High, Epic quality levels. Here we will be usi...

Options Menu Panel - Unreal Common Menu System #4

In this episode of the unreal engine common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to create options panels for - Audio Options, - Video Options, - Gameplay Options, -Control Options. We will also add Apply, Reset and Back buttons as well and establish the flow between options panels and settings/Options menu. As always, we will be u...

Confirmation Dialogue Widget - Unreal Common UI Tutorial Part 3

In this episode of the unreal engine common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to create a confirmation dialogue box with a custom message and a yes/no inputs. For example this dialogue can be used for a quit dialogue box that says, "Are you sure you want to quit?" yes/no Yes will quit the game and No will go back to main menu. B...

Unreal Common UI Tutorial Part 2 - Common Animated Switcher

In this episode of the unreal engine common UI based menu system tutorial series, we are going to learn how to use common animated switcher. We will use this widget to switch between different menu pages. For example main menu and settings menu etc. Switching will have fade in fade out animations as well and we will learn how to configure animat...

Wrong Ingredients - Unreal Engine 5 Cooking Game Tutorial #11

In this episode of unreal engine cooking tutorial series, We are going to work on what happens if player add any wrong ingredients into the pot. In the recipe UI, wrong ingredients added to the pot will be called out and a "Reset Pot" button will appear which allows player to reset the pot and restart from scratch.

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Detect Added Ingredients - Unreal Engine 5 Cooking Game Tutorial #10

In this episode of unreal engine cooking tutorial series, We are going to implement a system to detect dropped items into the pot and compare it against the current recipe of the dish we are cooking and mark the added ingredient as added in the recipe widget. When all the ingredients are added, a ready to cook notification will appear.

Weapon Stat Comparison in Inventory - Unreal Engine 5 Action RPG #188

This is the 188th episode of the tutorial series Unreal Engine Action RPG game using Gameplay Ability System. Today we are working on how to show a comparison of weapon stats when we hover over a certain weapon in the inventory menu against the currently equipped weapon of the same category. So player will be able to decide what is the advan...

Press & Hold To Equip Item in Inventory - Unreal Engine 5 Action RPG #187

This is the 187th episode of the new tutorial series on Action RPG game using Gameplay Ability System. Today we are working on how to how to equip items available in inventory by pressing and holding the equip button in the item detail panel. When we hover over icons that represents items available in player inventory, we get a detail panel that...

Unreal Niagara Data Channels QuickStart Guide

In this unreal engine tutorial, I am going to show you how to setup a simple Niagara data channel system to spawn bullet impact particles on the first person shooter template. NDC (Niagara data channel) can be viewed as a way to communicate and share data between blueprints or game code and Niagara systems(CPU or GPU). The advantage of NDC b...

Unreal Engine Photo Gallery Actors - Design Viewer #14

In this episode of unreal architectural design viewer series, We are going to create a photo gallery actor that you can drag and drop anywhere in your design so that they will appear as floating icons in the runtime and when you click on them, a photo gallery widget will open that allows you to loop through all assigned photos of the particu...