How do you get all the other templates listed in the docs under Templates Reference? When I create a new project in 5.1 I only have 6 templates shown but in the docs it lists about 20 or more. I’m interested in checking out the Flying or Simulation Sandbox templates.
The film and enterprise templates should be available if you select a project kind other than “Game” in the “Create new project” setup dialog.
Although you’re right; they seem to have deprecated or renamed some of the project types:
ok thanks. I just wanted to be sure you couldn’t download these anywhere. Hopefully they will make some of these templates work in 5.1.
For what it’s worth, each of the templates is super simple. There’s nothing magic at all about them. In fact, they are frequently too simplistic – the First-person and Third-person game templates decode user input right in the player character blueprint, instead of using the player controller; this approach is bad both for networked games, and for games where you can switch the player character (get in a car, etc.)
Another idea: You could install an older version of the engine, and use that as a way to create a new project with a template, and then open the project with the newer version of the engine to upgrade it.
For Blueprint projects, this should Just Work ™ whereas for C++ projects it may need some adjustment.
ok, thanks for the help!