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Quod Soler ☀️

4 months

If you want to learn more about GAS I share more tips in my newsletter:

Join other game developers in our weekly newsletter. Each week you'll get 1 piece of info relating to an Unreal Engine feature to become a better developer and improve your career in just 4 minutes.

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Some time has passed, let's see if something changed. Unpopular opinion: You don't need to be a great programmer to make great games. What's your take on this?

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Masking the landing lag with a little slide feels much better. It also helps to convey the momentum of the action. #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #ue5

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Unpopular opinion: You don't need to be a great programmer to make great games. What's your take on this?

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I now always recommend Godot instead of Unity to people starting out in Gamedev. Unreal is cool, but can be incredibly heavy and complex, specially to someone starting out.

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When blue VFX appears it means a flurry of attacks is incoming. You better block! Combat is starting to take shape. Now with a more powerfull enemy. #ue5 | #ScreenShotSaturday | #MadeWithUnreal | #IndieDev | #GameDev

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Sometimes you just want to make a game with tons of enemies. But that can cause your performance to suffer due to all those skeletons animating and updating. That is where the Animation Budget Allocator comes to the rescue.

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1 year

Some quick root motion dodges! Still need to add tons of markups to them, but they are feeling nice even with the runtime retargeting. #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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1 year

I have published a new article about how to create Unreal Engine Plugins. You will learn how to create a simple plugin and the different plugin configuration types. ( Also took some time to improve my "article image" style, now it's AWESOME style)

How to create an Unreal Engine Plugin: A Step-By-Step Guide with Examples | Quod Soler

Unreal Engine is a powerful tool and one of its key strengths lies in its extensibility, facilitated by plugins. From amplifying core functionalities to adding new features, plugins are game-change...

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Base locomotion is ready! It's a simplified version from the Unreal Engine Lyra sample. #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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GAS isn't just a system, it's a superpower for your Unreal project. But that initial setup? It's a mountain that stops most devs in their tracks. I'm considering creating an Intro GAS Course to cut our setup time by 80%. Interested? Let me know, and maybe I'll make it happen.

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2 years

Jumping was too OP so added a little bit of landing lag when reaching the ground. But something still feels off... #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #ue5

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Do you want your melee attacks to track to targets like in Kingdom Hearts? I have written a new article on how to do that using the Motion Warping plugin of Unreal Engine 5.

How to use Motion Warping for Character Attacks using Blueprints ( No C++ required ) | Quod Soler

Learn how to use Motion Warping to make your attacks always hit the target using only Blueprint programming. In this article we will implement a motion warping attack system using only Blueprint.

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New Article about IK Retargeting using Unreal Engine! A quick intro on how to set it up so you can also share animations between characters.

Mastering IK Retargeting: How to Efficiently Share Animations in Unreal Engine | Quod Soler

Learn how to use the IK Reteargeting system in Unreal to share animations between characters.

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1 year

If you are trying to learn GAS, tackle concepts in this order: 1. Gameplay Tags 2. Attributes 3. Gameplay Effects 4. Gameplay Abilities 5. Gameplay Tasks 6. Gameplay Cues With this order you should have a gradual understanding of concepts that will make your journey easier.

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This is what's happening under the hood right now. The Runtime IK Retargeter is taking care of transfering the animations to the cat. That way for now I can work with a single set of animations for all of the skeletons. #uneralengine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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If you are using Unreal I recommend you integrate ImGui into your game. There are many integrations. If you want something simple use UnrealImGui. If you like having things out of the box then govwith Cog. ImGui will make debugging things much easier.

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Character Movement settings are useful if you want to prevent your character falling off ledges. I tweak the perch radius as well as bCanWalkOffLedges to prevent the player sliding off during a jump landing to not frustrate the player. #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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I make the enemies disappear when they die to not have to deal with their bodies. Unreal Engine is powerful, but I prefer to err on the safe side. (PS: Don't focus on how the arms of the enemies are now completely broken ) #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #ue5

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If your UE5 game has poor tick performance due to ticking tons of actors I recommend this talk by Rare at 2019 Unreal Fest. Their approach to aggregation ticks is really useful in those situations:

Aggregating Ticks to Manage Scale in Sea of Thieves | Unreal Fest...

This Unreal Fest Europe presentation by Rare's Senior Software Engineer Jon Holmes covers the techniques employed to efficiently manage the scale of Ticking ...

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Godot really seems like an amazing Engine to move fast. The way that scripting is directly integrated into the Engine makes it feel like a full standalone tool that requires nothing else to be productive.

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Here is a list of 10 incredibly useful Unreal Engine Plugins to improve your Game Development experience:

Best Unreal Engine Plugins to speed up your Development Time | Quod Soler

List of Unreal Engine Market plugins plugins that will improve your game development speed and give you an advantage over other Unreal Developers

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if you struggle finding documentation for some Unreal Engine feature... Remember. The .h files are the docs.

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You can do SO Much in Unreal using only Blueprints. If you are a Designer or an Artist don't feel discouraged by Unreal being a C++ Game Engine. You can create full games using BP.

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✍️ Gameplay Ability System Tip! ✍️ You can use this command to display the value of any attribute on-screen: AbilitySystem.DebugAttribute <NameOfYourAttribute> This will allow you to see the Current Value but also the Base Value. Useful when debugging complex modifications.

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If you want to implement some attack magnetism in your attacks you can use Unreal built-in motion warping system to do so. Here I will explain you how to do it:

How to use Motion Warping for Character Attacks using Blueprints ( No C++ required ) | Quod Soler

Learn how to use Motion Warping to make your attacks always hit the target using only Blueprint programming. In this article we will implement a motion warping attack system using only Blueprint.

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2 years

Having two weapons allows you to create your own combos! You can get creative on how you want to combine them. #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #ue5

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And now hurt reactions + hitstop are back! Next, it's time to add some VFX and SFX to make the hit impact FEEL as it should. #unrealengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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I have recovered the motion warping based slide when you reach the floor. You will slide longer or shorter distances based on your speed. As with previous proto, it allows to mask the jump landing lag needed for gameplay balancing. #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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The joy of restarting your project from scratch. #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Stylish Dodging of a Fireball Barrage! #UnrealEngine #gamedev #IndieGameDev #screenshotsaturday

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1 year

Once again analyzing the glorious Lock-On camera of Kingdom Hearts. Camera modifiers in Unreal are the way to go!

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2 years

Tried a little bit the new @UnrealEngine 5.2 Procedural Content Tools. For now a simple forest by sampling the landscape, the simplest thing. I'm liking what I'm seeing, want to see how extendable the system is.

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The way you are using Unreal Engine is WRONG! But we can fix that. Here are the top 5 things you are doing incorrectly and what you can do about it 🧵:

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Advanced movement techniques to reach the last platform! The air-dodge implemented the other day feels so good to use. #screenshotsaturday #unrealengine #indiegamedev

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You may think that the Unreal Sequencer is useful only for cinematics. But in the end it's a way to animate actors in the world. You can use it to create moving platform paths, to drive a day-night cycle system or to create any kind of animated sequence of events that you need.

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Omce you have GAS setup in your project it is AWESOME. Bit that initial setup can be intimidating. Would you be interested in a template project with GAS setup as an example? Something simplier than Lyra.

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Would you be interested in Game Design analysis of different enemies in action videogames?

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1 year

As some people prefer text-based articles.... ... here is a text overview of Component Visualizers in Unreal:

Unreal Engine Component Visualizers: Unleashing the Power of Editor Debug Visualization | Quod Soler

Component Visualizers are a set of tools in Unreal Engine 5 that enable game developers to visualize and interact with specific components within their game world. These tools are designed to help...

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2 years

Want to have custom icons in your Unreal editor? I have written a new post on how to do that:

Customize your Unreal Class Icons | Quod Soler

Use your own icons to customize how Unreal Engine classes look and feel.

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If you want to make cool Cameras in Unreal take a look at the Camera Manager. The camera manager has a stack of Camera Modifiers that can be used to alter the behavior of the camera. These modifiers can also be added or removed at runtime to do specific camera changes.

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To new game developers: Play tons of games with an analytical approach. Try to see why you are having fun when you play certain games. This is something I wish I knew when I started. What advice would you senior devs give to those starting out?

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You know you're an Unreal Game Developer when... .... .... .... ... Compiling Shaders ( 87,452 )

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How do you handle dealing damage in your games? Do you use a hitbox system? Some traces? Direct damage? Do you use Unreal Damage framework, GAS, something else?

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If your game hitches or stutters in Unreal you may be reaching your Game Thread time limit. You can check is how much time you dedicate to Async Loading. The Engine by default allocates 5ms, but that is about 30% of your frame at 60fps. Try to lower it and see if it works.

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And now basic VFX + Sounds are in! This gives the combat a more grounded fill, such small details can really make a difference. Next, weapon trails. ( For this video hitstop has been increased to 10f ) #unrealengine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev

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Great games start with a vision. Uneral Engine GAS allows you to make that vision a reality. Are you interested in more posts about the Gameplay Ability System? ( Potential Happy New Year btw )

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I am really grateful for @_benui UPROPERTY and UFUNCTION pages. It's really the Unreal Engine reference that we need. Would love for Epic to do even more things like this.

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2 years

I've posted a new article as a little text intro to Unreal Procedural Content Framework: Thanks @amathlog for the info needed to learn the PCG Framework.

Intro to Unreal Procedural Content Generation Framework | Quod Soler

Learn the basics of the new Unreal 5.2 way to create procedural content in a visual scripted way

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Since Unreal 5 Epic added some pre-made Gameplay Cues that are super useful. Their Burst, Burst Latent and Looping cues make it easy to combine VFX, SFX, Rumble and Camera Shake into a single asset. It's really convenient.

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2 years

Found out you can change the icons of Unreal Engine classes for the editor. Will now have to spend some time customizing everything! 😺

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1 year

People liked the idea of youtube videos, but instead of GAS I ended up doing one for Component Visualizers in Unreal. It ended up being a little bit long, but I think it has info that will help out people. Let me know what you think.

Unreal Engine Component Visualizers: Unleashing the Power of Editor...

Learn how to use Component Visualizers in Unreal Engine 5 to enhance the way you work in the editor.✏️If you want to learn more Unreal Engine visit my site:h...

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If you are a solo dev... You don't need to use C++ if you don't need it. If Blueprint is your tool of coice, you can create amazing games with it.

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What topics in Unreal are lacking good Tutorials? Blueprints? Artificial Intelligence? Core Engine Programming? Procedural Content Generation? What do you think?

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Blueprints are so powerful! You need to avoid the spaghetti of course. But then you gain incredible power. Suddenly artists and Designers don't need programmers anymore. Such is their power.

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I'm now in the position of Lead Gameplay Programmer for an awesome game company. But when I started long ago I did not set out to create games. Initially, I wanted to do Visual FX for movies. Life can take really interesting turns.

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Timers are powerful in Unreal. But they are also a little bit misunderstood. I should write an article about them. What do you think?

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An Air-Dodge a day, keeps the Damage away. #IndieGameDev #unrealengine #screenshotsaturday

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Data Tables are such a good way to store game data. Here you can find how to create and use them. ( It's only a simple introduction but should get you started )

How to use Unreal Data Table assets to store Game Data | Quod Soler

DataTables are a convenient way to store static data inside Unreal and be able to access it at runtime. Here is a quick introduction to them.

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If you need a very simple Blueprint Save System here you can learn how to implement it:

How to build an Unreal Save System in 10 minutes using only Blueprint | Quod Soler

How to create a simple Unreal Engine Save System using Blueprint in 10 minutes. You will learn that it's quite simple to create a Save Object in Unreal Engine and how to set its values and finally...

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Use Gameplay Tags in Unreal. They are that useful. Thank me later.

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1 year

Rider has changed so much how I approach Unreal Engine C++ programming. It really makes it feel right at home. It felt similar to when I switched from 3ds Max into Blender. Unfamiliar at first, but when you get the hang of it it rules.

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I have started walking every day. Being a game developer can become a really sedentary activity. Take time to take care of your body.

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Gameplay Programming is more than coding. It requires bridging the gap between designers, artists and the ideas they have inside their heads. You can make all that things inside their heads a reality. Understanding your peers is one step to become a better gameplay programmer.

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The trinity of super useful build-in Unreal Engine gameplay plugins: 1. Gameplay Abilities 2. Enhanced Input 3. Motion Warping It would be difficult for me to now make games without them.

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I think I will add an "Solo/Indie games spotlight" on my newsletter to help small developers get visibility. Do you know of any solo developers that are currently developing their game?

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Motion Warping useful functions in Unreal Engine 5: • Add from Location: Set target to specified location • Add from Component: Sets target to location of component ( Optionally tracks it and uses a bone ) • Remove Target: Removes previously set warp target

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In Unreal 5.3 Gameplay effects now are created in a modular way. This is incredibly powerful, as you can now extend GEs with new modules created by yourself! This way you can for instance modify the movement mode of your character directly with a Gameplay Effect.

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9 months

What would you be more interested in? RT: Gameplay Ability System Course Like: Enemy Combat AI Course Let me know!

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4 months

Here is a list of 10 incredibly useful Unreal Engine Plugins to improve your Game Development experience: Link in reply down below 👇

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If you want to learn about simple Save Systems I will be explaining this in my newsletter in about 1h. How I built a simple save system for my horror game in Blueprint. You can subscribe here:

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This is a really great GDC talk regarding action combat design implementation. Really worth watching.

Dreamscaper: Killer Combat on an Indie Budget

In this GDC 2022 session, Afterburner Studios’ Ian Cofino walks through the process of creating a satisfying combat system on a small, indie team—focusing on...

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I have added a list of resources related to Unreal Gameplay Abilities System to my site May update it with more things in the future.

Unreal Gameplay Abilities System List of Resources | Quod Soler

A list of useful links related to the Unreal Gameplay Abilities System

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Indie GameDev isn't about making the perfect game. It's about making the game some very specific people will want to play.

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Unreal comes with a set of tools called Data Validation. These functionalities allows you to check for errors when you save an asset or even when you want to commit it. Prevents content creators from making errors as they will be warned while they are editing the assets.

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Have been testing double jumping. I have some ideas how to incorporate it with the combat mechanics. #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #indiegames #ue5

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When you create Enemy AI, always remember this! The goals of your enemies is not to be the perfect player. The goal of an enemy AI is to make the game fun, to provide interesting challenges and still be fair to the player. Even Dark Souls paces it's enemy attacks with tickets.

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Don't be afraid to experiment with Unreal Blueprints. They might seem scary at first, but the payoff is worth it. You'll be surprised how quickly you can learn. What's your experience with Blueprints?

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In two hours I will send a quick newsletter about what are some undocumented topics in Unreal Engine. You can receive the article for free here:

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Join other game developers in our weekly newsletter. Each week you'll get 1 piece of info relating to an Unreal Engine feature to become a better developer and improve your career in just 4 minutes.

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Our game has gone gold! So excited for the approaching release date!

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Lampbearer, we offer glad tidings for Lords of the Fallen has officially Gone Gold, launching October 13th. To mark this momentous occasion, next week we'll open the HEXWORKS Dev Journals, when we’ll endevour to answer your burning questions.

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Sometimes you need an AI agent to know something more than the player location. Maybe you need cover positions or where to best attack the player from. This is where the Environment Query System comes in.

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One of the things I find most difficult about Gameplay Programming is actually architecture systemic design. How one organizes all the systems so they can interact with each other in easy ways. I totally feel like it's a really difficult problem to solve well.

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It has been amazing to bring this game to life! I can not stop thinking about all my collegues that made this possible.

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Mournstead awaits... Out Oct 13, pre-order now:

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Do you want your melee attacks to track to targets like in Kingdom Hearts? I have written a new article on how to do that using the Motion Warping plugin of Unreal Engine 5. Link in reply down below 👇

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My Unreal Solo Game Developer newsletter just reached 300 subscribers. That is 300 of you that are interested in learning about Game Development or working with Unreal Engine. I will continue to share my knowledge weekly with you! Thanks for being interested in this! ☀️

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If you missed yesterday's newsletter about Gameplay Effect Components you can register for future ones here:

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Learn how to use Dynamic Level Instances in Blueprint and C++. They are super useful.

Using Dynamic Level Instances to Create Procedural Levels in Unreal Engine 5 | Quod Soler

Unreal Engine introduces Dynamic Level Instances, allowing for the flexible streaming and spawning of levels during gameplay. Unlike static level instances tied to the Persistent Level, Dynamic Level...

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Finally added back combos to my refactored project. And some attack magnetism like in Kingdom Hearts as well! ( Let me know what you think of little videos with captions like this to explain things in the future maybe? ) #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiegamedev

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A good AI ticket system can make or break a combat system. Even Dark Souls, that people think it's "unfair" has a ticket system. Only a certain amount of enemies are allowed to attack at a certain time.

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@QuodSoler

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Would you be interested in Youtube videos about GAS or other Unreal topics? I won't promise anything but it's good to see if people would like that or prefer text content.

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@QuodSoler

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If you have a FGameplayTag property you can use the "meta" property "Categories" to only show certain tags in the editor dropdown. In this simple example, all this tags will only show tags under "Quod.Animation.<Whatever>". It's useful to keep things organized and user friendly.

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@QuodSoler

1 year

Being a Lead Developer means that your life will become meetings. You are no longer a coder, now Google Meets / Zoom / Slack / Random Communication Software 23 flows inside your veins. There is no coming back.

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@QuodSoler

1 year

📜 Unreal GAS Mini Tutorial - Executions 📜 Executions are pieces of code that will run when an effect is "executed". That is always for instant effects or on period for periodic effects. Executions are useful as they allow you to do two main things:

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@QuodSoler

1 year

I'm so happy people are having a good time in our game. All that developmemt effort has been worth it.

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@QuodSoler

9 months

As a gameplay programmer, it's your job to make design reality: - Awesome features - Creative ideas It's also your job pointing out when something is not right: - Overscoped features - Not multiplayer-ready Gameplay Programming means that you have responsibilities.

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@QuodSoler

1 year

Using "showdebug CAMERA" will allow your camera modifiers to draw on-screen. This is useful to debug camera behavior.

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@QuodSoler

3 months

I might start a war, but do you prefer: A. if (condition) { .... } B. if (condition) { ... }

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@QuodSoler

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When starting a new big project my main priority is defining the data setup. Data is how the game content creators will interact with the system, so thinking first about that is top priority. If you have a good data setup Designers will be able to create content much faster.

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@QuodSoler

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In GAS you can use "meta-attributes" to store a temporal calculation that can still be affected by any GAS system. This is useful for damage calculation, as you can create a "damage pipeline" that allows external systems to act on it.

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@QuodSoler

5 months

Remember that you can share animations in Unreal between characters. With the IK Retargeter it’s easy to convert one animation for one character to another. I have a basic introduction to it for you in the link below 👇

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@QuodSoler

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If you want to communicate between actors in BP... ... try to avoid Casts! If you can, implement interfaces. That way everything will be implementation agnostic. If you actors implement the interface, it will work.

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