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Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting

By : ZHENYU GEORGE LI
Book Image

Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting

By: ZHENYU GEORGE LI

Overview of this book

Unreal Engine is one of the most popular and accessible game engines in the industry, creating multiple job opportunities. Owing to C++ scripting's high performance, advanced algorithms, and engineering maintenance, it has become the industry standard for developing commercial games. However, C++ scripting can be overwhelming for anyone without a programming background. Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting will help you master C++ and get a head start on your game development journey. You’ll start by creating an Unreal Engine C++ project from the shooter template and then move on to building the C++ project and the C++ code inside the Visual Studio editor. You’ll be introduced to the fundamental C++ syntax and essential object-oriented programming concepts. For a holistic understanding of game development, you’ll also uncover various aspects of the game, including character creation, player input and character control, gameplay, collision detection, UI, networking, and packaging a completed multiplayer game. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to create professional, high-quality games using Unreal Engine 5 with C++, and will have built a solid foundation for more advanced C++ programming and game development technologies.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Getting Started with Unreal C++ Scripting
6
Part 2 – C++ Scripting for Unreal Engine
12
Part 3: Making a Complete Multiplayer Game

Walking through the VS IDE’s UI

VS is a powerful and complex tool set. This book only covers features and functionalities that you will need for learning C++ scripting. You can visit Microsoft’s official websites to learn more about VS in the future. Here are the links:

Once you have opened VS, you will see the IDE editor:

Figure 2.4 – VS IDE editor

Figure 2.4 – VS IDE editor

Using Figure 2.4, let’s take a look at all the important elements present in the editor.

Code editor

The code editor on the left side is the place where you write your C++ code. You can open multiple source code files in the code editor. The opened filename tabs are displayed at the top of the editor. Figure 2.5 shows four source code files opened in the editor: MyShooterGameMode.cpp, MyShooterGameMode...