Index

A

• Actor class
  • about / Pickups
• ActorComponent object / How it works...
• AI
  • about / Understanding AI
• AI Controller
  • about / WayPoints
• AIController class
  • about / Understanding AI
• AI pawn
  • adding, via Kismet / Adding an AI pawn via Kismet, How to do it..., How it works...
• Ajax Animator
  • about / Introduction
• AmmoPosition parameter / How to do it...
• ammunition
  • about / Pickups
• anchors
  • about / WayPoints
• archetypes
  • about / Creating a PointLight archetype
  • working / Creating a PointLight archetype
  • using, on occasions / How it works...
  • subarchetype, creating from / Creating a subarchetype from an archetype, How to do it...
  • class, creating for / Camera properties and archetypes, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• archetypes, using
  • multiple deviations of an actor object is necessary / Multiple deviations of an actor or object is necessary
  • objects, altering within editor / Altering objects within the editor
  • compile-time and load-time, reducing / Reduction of compile-time and load-time overhead
• army of companions
  • creating / Creating an army of companions, How to do it...
• audio effects
  • adding, to prefabs / Adding audio effects to our prefab, How to do it...

B

• bar
  • displaying, for player's health / Displaying a bar for the player's health, How to do it..., How it works...
  • displaying, for player's ammo / Displaying a bar for the player's ammo, How to do it...
• base
  • creating, for pickup / Creating a base for our pickup to spawn from, How to do it...
• benefits, NavMeshes / Benefits of NavMeshes
• benefits, WayPoints / Benefits of WayPoints
• bounding box
  • drawing, around pawns / Drawing a bounding box around pawns, How to do it..., How it works...
• Bullet Hit / There's more...

C

• Camera class
  • about / Understanding the camera
• cameras
  • about / Understanding the camera
• canvas
  • about / Introduction
• CheckCrosshairOnFriendly() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• CheckCrossHairOnFriendly() function / How to do it...
• CheckTargetLock() function / How to do it...
• class
  • creating, for archetypes / Camera properties and archetypes, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • creating, for properties / Camera properties and archetypes, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• class browser, UnCodeX
  • about / How to do it…
• class tree browser, UnCodeX
  • about / How to do it…
• color, crosshair
  • modifying / Changing the crosshair color when aiming at a pawn, How to do it..., How it works...
• Complain Friendly Fire / There's more...
• CorrectedHudPOS() function / How to do it...
• CorrectedHudPos() function / How it works..., How to do it..., How it works...
• CorrectedHudPos function / How to do it...
• crosshair
  • about / Creating a crosshair
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
  • creating, for using weapon's trace / Creating a crosshair that uses our weapon's trace, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • color, modifying / Changing the crosshair color when aiming at a pawn, How to do it..., How it works...
• custom camera
  • editor, configuring for / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • engine, configuring for / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

D

• Damage Impulse / There's more...
• Damage Over Time (DoT) weapons
  • about / Creating a weapon that can damage over time
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it...
• DDDK
  • about / Dungeon Defenders to save the day
  • Steam client, downloading / Getting ready
  • Steam client, installing / Getting ready
  • downloading / How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• DebugMenu class / How it works...
• debug screen
  • drawing / Drawing a debug screen, How to do it..., How it works...
• DefaultGame.ini file
  • about / Getting ready
• DefaultGameEngine.ini file
  • about / Getting ready
• defaultproperties block / How to do it...
• DrawAmmoBar() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• DrawAmmoText() function / How to do it..., How it works..., How to do it..., How it works..., How it works...
• DrawBoundingBox function / How it works...
• Drawcolor parameter / How to do it...
• DrawDebugText() function / How to do it...
• DrawHalthBarText() function / How to do it...
• DrawHealthbar() function / How to do it...
• DrawHealthBar() function / How to do it..., How it works..., How to do it...
• DrawHealthText() function / How to do it..., How it works..., How to do it..., How it works..., How to do it..., How it works..., How it works...
• DrawHUD() function / How it works..., How to do it..., How to do it...
• DrawHud() function / How to do it..., How to do it...
• DrawPathCache() function / How to do it...
• DrawTile() function / How it works..., How it works...
• DrawWeaponCrosshair() function / How to do it..., How it works..., How to do it...
• Dungeon Defenders
  • about / Dungeon Defenders to save the day

E

• editor
  • configuring, for custom camera / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• engine
  • configuring, for custom camera / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Explode() function / How to do it...
• explosive barrel
  • creating / Creating an explosive barrel, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

F

• feedback
  • providing, in game by flashing enemies / Having enemies flash quickly as their health decreases, How to do it...
• FindPathToward function / WayPoints
• first person camera
  • about / Creating a first person camera
  • creating / How to do it...
• FlashDevelop
  • about / Introduction
• FlashDmg() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• FlashDmgTimer() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• flashlight
  • about / Adding a flashlight to a weapon
  • adding, to weapons / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

G

• GametTypegametype class
  • about / Configuring the engine and editor for a custom camera
• GetActorEyesViewPoint method
  • about / How to do it...
• GetAdjustedAimFor() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• GetAdjustedAimFor function / How it works..., How it works...
• GetBaseAimRotation() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• GetBaseAimRotation function / How it works..., How it works..., How to do it...
• GetBB() function / How to do it...
• GetEffectLocation() function / How to do it...
• GetPhysicalFireStartLoc() function / How to do it..., How to do it...
• GibPeterbation / There's more...
• guns
  • about / Creating an explosive barrel
• guns, creating
  • for firing homing missiles / Creating a gun that fires homing missiles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • for healing pawns / Creating a gun that heals pawns, How to do it..., How it works...

H

• HitActor variable
  • about / How to do it...
• HitLocation parameter / How to do it...
• HitLocation variable
  • about / How to do it...
• HitNormal variable
  • about / How to do it...
• HpAmountMax variable / How to do it...
• HPAmount variable / How to do it...
• HUD
  • about / Introduction
• HudOffset() function / How to do it..., How it works..., How it works..., How it works...
• HurtRadius() function / How to do it...

I

• IDEs
  • about / Integrated development environments
  • UnCodeX / Using UnCodeX
  • Dungeon Defenders / Dungeon Defenders to save the day
  • Unreal Script IDE / Unreal Script IDE
  • nFringe / nFringe
  • Unreal X-Editor / Unreal X-Editor
• InstanteFireStartTrace() function / How to do it...
• InstantFireStartTrace() function / How to do it...

K

• Kismet
  • used, for adding AI pawn / Adding an AI pawn via Kismet, How to do it..., How it works...

L

• landmine
  • creating / Creating a landmine, How to do it..., How it works...
• leaking pipe prefab
  • constructing / Constructing a leaking pipe prefab, How to do it...

M

• Make Splash / There's more...
• map
  • PathNodes, laying on / Laying PathNodes on a map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • NavMeshes, laying on / Laying NavMeshes on a map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • pawn, wandering around / Allowing a pawn to wander randomly around a map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • PathNodes, patrolling on / Making a pawn patrol PathNodes on a map, How to do it..., How it works..., Making a pawn randomly patrol PathNodes on a map, How it works...
  • patrolling, with NavMeshes / Allowing a pawn to randomly patrol a map with NavMeshes, How to do it..., How it works...
• MoveRandom() function / How to do it...
• MoveTo() function / How it works...
• MoveToward() function / How it works...
• Muzzle Flash Socket / There's more...

N

• navigation meshes
  • about / Introduction
• NavigationPoint
  • about / Pickups
• NavigationPoints
  • about / WayPoints
• NavMeshes
  • about / NavMeshes
  • benefits / Benefits of NavMeshes
  • laying, on map / Laying NavMeshes on a map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for patrolling map / Allowing a pawn to randomly patrol a map with NavMeshes, How to do it..., How it works...
• NavMesh properties creation
  • scout, adding for / Adding a scout to create NavMesh properties, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• nFringe
  • about / nFringe, How to do it…
  • downloading / Getting ready
  • installing / Getting ready
  • project, setting up / How to do it…
  • working / How it works…

O

• Open Dialect
  • about / Introduction

P

• 3P Mesh / There's more...
• package browser, UnCodeX
  • about / How to do it…
• particles
  • adding, to prefabs / Adding particles to our prefab, How to do it..., How it works...
• pathfinding
  • about / Introduction, WayPoints
• PathNodes
  • laying, on map / Laying PathNodes on a map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • patrolling, on map / Making a pawn patrol PathNodes on a map, How to do it..., How it works..., Making a pawn randomly patrol PathNodes on a map, How it works...
• pawn
  • wandering, around map / Allowing a pawn to wander randomly around a map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • PathNodes, patrolling on map / Making a pawn patrol PathNodes on a map, How to do it..., How it works..., Making a pawn randomly patrol PathNodes on a map, How it works...
  • map, patrolling with NavMeshes / Allowing a pawn to randomly patrol a map with NavMeshes, How to do it..., How it works...
  • following around map, with NavMeshes / Making a pawn follow us around the map with NavMeshes, How to do it..., How it works...
• Pawn class
  • about / Understanding the camera, Configuring the engine and editor for a custom camera
• pawns
  • about / Understanding AI
  • bounding box, drawing around / Drawing a bounding box around pawns, How to do it..., How it works...
• PawnSocketName variable
  • about / How to do it...
• PickupFactory
  • about / Pickups
• pickups
  • about / Pickups
  • creating / Creating our first pickup, How to do it..., How it works...
  • base, creating for / Creating a base for our pickup to spawn from, How to do it...
  • animating / Animating our pickup, How it works...
  • using, in vehicles / Allowing vehicles to use a pickup, How to do it...
• pickup variables
  • altering / Altering what our pickup does, How to do it...
• Pixel Mine
  • about / nFringe
• player's ammo
  • bar, displaying for / Displaying a bar for the player's ammo, How to do it...
  • text, drawing for / Drawing text for the player's ammo, How to do it..., How it works...
• player's health
  • bar, displaying for / Displaying a bar for the player's health, How to do it..., How it works...
  • text, drawing for / Drawing text for a player's health, How to do it..., How it works...
• PlayerController class
  • about / Understanding the camera, The PlayerController class, Configuring the engine and editor for a custom camera, Creating a side-scrolling camera, Understanding AI
  / How to do it...
• player name
  • drawing, on screen / Drawing the player's name on screen, How to do it..., How it works...
• PlayerSpawned() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• PlayerStart
  • about / WayPoints
• PlayerStart navigation point / How to do it...
• PlayHit() function / How to do it...
• PointLight archetype
  • creating / Creating a PointLight archetype, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• PoisonDmg() function / How to do it...
• PoisonPlayer() function / How to do it...
• PostBeginPlay() function / How to do it..., How to do it..., How to do it..., How it works...
• PostBeginPlay() method / How to do it...
• PostBeginPlay function / How to do it...
• PostRender() function / How to do it..., How it works..., How to do it...
• PostRender function / There's more...
• prefabs
  • about / Editing runtime values with Remote Control, Prefabs
  • leaking pipe prefab, constructing / Constructing a leaking pipe prefab, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
  • particles, adding / Adding particles to our prefab, How to do it...
  • audio effects, adding / Adding audio effects to our prefab, How to do it...
• ProcessInstantHit() function / How to do it...
• properties
  • class, creating for / Camera properties and archetypes, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...

R

• raycasting / No more raycasts
• ReachSpecs
  • about / WayPoints
• Remote Control
  • used, for editing runtimme values / Editing runtime values with Remote Control, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • about / Editing runtime values with Remote Control
• RenderBoundingBox() function / How to do it...
• RespawnDestructable() function / How to do it...
• ResScaleY variable / How to do it...
• RouteCache
  • about / WayPoints
• runtime values
  • editing, with Remote Control / Editing runtime values with Remote Control, Getting ready, How to do it...

S

• Scaleform / Introduction
• scout
  • adding, for NavMesh properties creation / Adding a scout to create NavMesh properties, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Scout class / Adding a scout to create NavMesh properties
• screen
  • player name, drawing on / Drawing the player's name on screen, How to do it..., How it works...
• SetBodyMatColor() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• SetMovementPhysics() function / How to do it...
• SetTimer() function / How to do it..., How to do it...
• ShockRifle class / Creating a gun that fires homing missiles
• side-scrolling camera
  • about / Creating a side-scrolling camera
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• side-scrolling games
  • about / Creating a side-scrolling camera
• SpawnDefaultController() function / How it works...
• SpawnDefaultFor() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• Steam sale / See also
• subarchetype
  • creating, from archetype / Creating a subarchetype from an archetype, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...

T

• text
  • drawing, for player's health / Drawing text for a player's health, How to do it..., How it works...
  • drawing, for player's ammo / Drawing text for the player's ammo, How to do it..., How it works...
• TextScale variable / How to do it...
• ThirdPersonCam class / How to do it...
• third person camera
  • about / Creating a third person camera
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Tick() function / How to do it...
• top-down camera
  • about / Creating a top-down camera
  • creating / How to do it...
• Touched() function / How it works..., How it works...
• TripleA games / Introduction
• TutorialCamera class
  • about / Writing the TutorialCamera class, How to do it...
  • writing / How to do it..., How it works...
• TutorialCameraProperties class / Writing the TutorialCamera class
  • about / How to do it...
• TutorialGame class / How to do it..., How it works...
• TutorialPawn class
  • about / Getting ready
  / How to do it...
• TutorialPlayerController class
  • about / Getting ready
  / How to do it...
• Tut_AmmoPickup class / How to do it...
  • about / Getting ready
• Tut_HealthPickup class
  • about / Getting ready

U

• UDKEngine.ini file / Getting ready
• UDKGame.ini file / Getting ready
• UDKPickupFactory
  • about / Pickups
• UnCodeX
  • about / Using UnCodeX, There's more...
  • downloading / Getting ready
  • installing / Getting ready
  • package browser / How to do it…
  • class tree browser / How to do it…
  • Object class / How to do it…
  • Actor class / How to do it…
  • class browser / How to do it…
• Unreal Engine / How it works...
  • about / Introduction
• UnrealScript / Pickups
• Unreal Script IDE
  • about / Unreal Script IDE, Getting ready, How to do it…
• Unreal Weapon Wizard
  • about / There's more...
  • Make Splash / There's more...
  • 3P Mesh / There's more...
  • Muzzle Flash Socket / There's more...
• Unreal X-Editor
  • about / Unreal X-Editor, How to do it…, There's more...
  • features / Unreal X-Editor
  • downloading / Getting ready
• UpdateViewTarget function / How to do it...
• UpdateViewTarget method / How to do it...
• user interface (UI)
  • about / Introduction
• UTAmmoPickupFactory class
  • about / Getting ready
• UTHealthPickupFactory class / How it works...
• UTItemPickupFactory
  • about / Pickups
• UTPickupFactory
  • about / Pickups
• UTPowerupPickupFactory
  • about / Pickups
• UTWeaponLocker
  • about / Pickups
• UTWeaponPickupFactory
  • about / Pickups
• UTWeap_ShockRifle
  • about / Getting ready

V

• VehicleClassPath variable / How to do it...
• Vehicle Damage Scaling / There's more...
• vehicles
  • pickups, using / Allowing vehicles to use a pickup, How to do it...

W

• WayPoints
  • about / Introduction
  • benefits / Benefits of WayPoints
• weapon's trace
  • crosshair, creating for / Creating a crosshair that uses our weapon's trace, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• weapons
  • about / Introduction
  • flashlight, adding to / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...