Book Image

Building an RPG with Unreal 4.x

By : Steve Santello
Book Image

Building an RPG with Unreal 4.x

By: Steve Santello

Overview of this book

Now that Unreal Engine 4 has become one of the most cutting edge game engines in the world, developers are looking for the best ways of creating games of any genre in the engine. This book will lay out the foundation of creating a turn-based RPG in Unreal Engine 4.12. The book starts by walking you through creating a turn-based battle system that can hold commands for party members and enemies. You’ll get your hands dirty by creating NPCs such as shop owners, and important mechanics, that make up every RPG such as a currency system, inventory, dialogue, and character statistics. Although this book specifically focuses on the creation of a turn-based RPG, there are a variety of topics that can be utilized when creating many other types of genres. By the end of the book, you will be able to build upon core RPG framework elements to create your own game experience.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building an RPG with Unreal 4.x
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting up Visual Studio for Unreal


After you've installed Visual Studio, there are some steps you can take to make it easier to work with C++ code in Unreal. These steps are not at all necessary, and can be safely skipped.

Adding the Solution Platforms drop-down list

On the right-hand side of the toolbar is a drop-down arrow, as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on this button, hover over the Add or Remove buttons, and click on Solution Platforms to add the menu to the toolbar.

The Solution Platforms drop-down list allows you to switch the project between target platforms (for instance, Windows, Mac, and so on).

Disabling the Error List tab

The error list in Visual Studio shows you the errors that it detects in your code before you even compile the project. While normally this is incredibly useful, in Unreal, it can frequently detect false positives and become more annoying than helpful.

To disable the error list, first close the Error List tab (you can find this in the bottom pane, as...