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Unreal Adventure - Part 35 (Old Lady Meta Human Character)

Today, we are going to add an old lady metahuman character mesh for the NPC character previously implemented with unreal mannequin. In the dialogue system, we are working on, we need to play the appropriate facial animations according to match the vocals and the facial expressions and head movement including the lip movement. These animations ar...

Unreal Adventure - Part 34 (Facial Animations)

Today, we are going to work on facial animations of the character. In the dialogue system, we are working on, we need to play the appropriate facial animations according to match the vocals and the facial expressions and head movement including the lip movement. These animations are captured using iclone as the vocalist talks the relevant dialog...

C++ Programming Interview - Part 6 ( Merge Sort Algorithm )

In this episode, I will explain how merge sort algorithm works and how to implement it in C++. Merge sort is an algorithm that divides the given numbers array into 2 halves from the middle and recursively uses the same function to sort each part. Then, the sorted halves will be merged together in a sorted manner. THis algorithm has a complexity ...

C++ Programming Interview - Part 5 ( Bubble Sort Algorithm )

In this episode, I will be focusing bubble sort algorithm. This is the simplest sorting algorithm with a worst-case time complexity of O(n^2). I will first explain how the algorithm works with a manual example and then proceed to write the code using C++.

Unreal Adventure - Part 33 ( Conversation Camera Changes)

Today, we are going to continue with the dialogue/conversation system and implement camera angle changes according to the currently speaking character. The camera will change the angle and focus on the character who is doing the talking.

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Unreal Third Person Shooter #112 - Helicopter Integration

In this episode of the Unreal engine third-person shooter series, we are going to merge the helicopter flying system with the third-person shooter series project.  So, the character in the third-person shooter project will be able to walk to the helicopter, get in, fly and land and get out. I will implement shooting mechanisms for the attac...

C++ Programming Interview - Part 3 (OOP - Polymorphism)

The objective of the " CodeLikeMe C++ Programming Interview "  series is to give you a set of common questions that you will be asked in an interview for a job that involves C++ programming such as game development. I will also explain the answers with extra details and code examples. Even if you are a complete beginner who wants to learn C...

C++ Programming Interview - Part 2 (OOP - Encapsulation, Abstraction and Inheritance)

The objective of the " CodeLikeMe C++ Programming Interview "  series is to give you a set of common questions that you will be asked in an interview for a job that involves C++ programming such as game development. I will also explain the answers with extra details and code examples. Even if you are a complete beginner who wants to learn C...

C++ Programming Interview - Part 1 (Classes and Objects)

The objective of the " CodeLikeMe C++ Programming Interview "  series is to give you a set of common questions that you will be asked in an interview for a job that involves C++ programming such as game development. I will also explain the answers with extra details and code examples. Even if you are a complete beginner who wants to learn C...

Unreal Adventure - Part 32 ( Dialogue Tree Audio)

This is the 32nd episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact on the gameplay.  Today, we are going to continue with the dialogue tree syste...

Unreal Adventure - Part 31 ( Dialogue Tree)

This is the 31st episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact on the gameplay.  Today, we are going to look into how to implement a dialog t...

Unreal Engine Helicopter Flying #7 - Military Attack Helicopter

This is the 7th part of the unreal engine helicopter flying system I am working on. Here I am going to add a military attack helicopter/ helicopter gunship to the helicopter flying system we have been working on. Just like the passenger helicopter, we will be able to fly the attack helicopter as well. Later, we will implement machine gun shootin...

Unreal Adventure - Part 30 ( Dynamic Input Binding for Decision UI)

This is the 30th episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact on the gameplay.  In the last episode, we implemented a widget that will be us...

Unreal Adventure - Part 29 ( Decision Making Widget )

This is the 29th episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact on the gameplay.  In this episode, we are going to work on a widget that will ...

Unreal Engine Helicopter Flying #6 - Crashing Down

This is the 6th part of the unreal engine helicopter flying system I am working on. Here I am going to implement crashing down mechanics for the helicopter. when the helicopter takes enough damage, it will start emitting smoke from the engine and start to go down while rotating uncontrollably. When the helicopter crash land, it will be destructe...

Unreal Engine Advanced Menu Pack

Here is a preview of the advanced menu pack V2 asset now available in the unreal marketplace.  This is a pack of 12 different Main Menu designs along with a Health Bar, Stamina Bar, and a Basic Minimap system with pointers for both player and enemies as well. Clicking sounds are also integrated.  

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Unreal Third Person Shooter #111 - Bullet Penetration

In this episode of Unreal engine third-person shooter series, we are going to work on bullet penetration mechanics for guns. Here, I will define a matrix to define what type of objects bullets can penetrate and this matrix will be customizable for each different gun type. For example, AK 47 bullets will be able to penetrate wooden covers, but no...

Unreal Engine Thunder & Lightning Effect - Part 2 [Dynamic Light Level Change]

In this episode of unreal engine thunder and lighting system, I am going to explore the dynamics of the lightning. Specifically, how to increase the light total light intensity temporarily to mimic a realistic lightning effect. Here we will do that by dynamically changing exposure in post process settings. The reason not to add an actual light h...

Unreal Engine Thunder/Lightning Effect

In this episode, I am going to create a dynamic thunder/lightning effect in unreal engine. Here, I will continue in the rain project I worked on recently with the niagara rain particle system. But the lightning effect will be implemented using textures.  The lightning effect will start from the top and spread downwards in a realistic way an...

Three Years of #CodeLikeMe

Hello Everyone,  

It has been three years to the date from the start of "CodeLikeMe". So, Let's tale a look at what I could share with you guys and what I received from you guys.  In total, I have made 1080+ game development tutorials  for this first 3 years of my journey. Also I got the "Unreal Authorized Instructor" and Re...

Unreal Engine Rain Particle with Splashes using Niagara Fx System 🌧

In this episode, I am going to create a rain particle system from scratch using unreal engine Niagara FX system. Here, the rain particle will have 2 main components,  the raindrop streak and splashes spawned on the location raindrops hit surfaces. Both will be implemented using sprites and for splash generation, Niagara event handlers will ...

Unreal Adventure - Part 27 ( NPC Patrol Paths )

This is the 27th episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact on the gameplay.  In this episode, we are going to implement a way to define a...

Unreal Adventure - Part 26 ( Distracting NPC Characters by Throwing Stones)

In this episode, we are going to set up an NPC character with simple free-roaming behavior using behavior trees. As the NPC character, we will be using the same NPC character we have implemented in this episode(https://youtu.be/P1ZfIthFcV4) of the root motion based locomotion ...

Unreal Adventure - Part 25 ( NPC Characters with Behavior Trees)

This is the 25rth episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact on the gameplay.  In this episode, we are going to set up an NPC character wi...

Unreal Engine Helicopter Flying - Align with Movement

This is the 5th part of the unreal engine helicopter flying system I am working on. Here I am going to make some changes to the helicopter control system to align it with the movement direction. This will allow the player to control the helicopter in a more efficient and intuitive way. Also, this would become handy when we implement aiming and s...

Unreal Engine 5 - Root Motion and Retargeting Animations with Mixamo Characters

Today, I am going to try retargeting and root motion using a mixamo character in unreal engine 5. First, I will download a mixamo character and then I will add a root bone and transfer the relevant movement to the root bone using the Enziop mixamo converter plugin for blender.  Then I will import the root bone added mixamo character and the...

Unreal Adventure - Part 23 ( Save and Load Game at Checkpoints)

This is the 23rd episode of the "Unreal Engine Adventure" tutorial series I am doing. This series is inspired by games like Heavy Rain or Detroit Become human. These are more like interactive stories where the player choices of player will have a permanent impact  on the gameplay.  In this episode, we are going to work on how to save t...

Unreal Engine Helicopter Flying - Rotor Blade Collision Sparks with Niagara

This is the 4th part of unreal engine helicopter flying system I am working on. Here I am going to work on collision sparks and sounds when the rotor blades collide with some other objects in the world. We will implement the spark particle in using niagara effects system and implement a way to detect the overlaps of helicopter blades and at the ...

Unreal Engine Helicopter Flying - Dust Cloud with Niagara

This is the 3rd part of unreal engine helicopter flying system I am working on. Here I am going to work on the dust cloud formation of the landing/take off zone of the helicopter. When the helicopter blades rotate fast, it causes a massive air flow and this causes the dust and everything to move fast around the helicopter. Specially when the hel...

Unreal Skateboarding System 16 - Bug Fixes

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