I use the documentation as the first source of knowledge on the engine. If anything I use it as a portal to access other sources of information. I am a newb to the engine relatively speaking. I don’t even have an overview of everything it can do yet, I’m just going through every single page and reading it for the sake of reading it. I’d rather know my vehicle before I take it on the road. That still doesn’t count for experience, but it can give me a better idea of what to expect. I love the UE4 so far over any other solution.
That being said, I can’t learn blueprints well from the documentation, because there arent’ enough tutorials for imprelementation. It would be great to see some test bed scenarious similar to “Here’s how we did it!”
It would show me “how” to reproduce an effect, instead of just showing me the finished blueprint. Understanding the challenges behind building a blueprint are just as important as knowing how to put those pieces on a grid and hook them up.
Cheers,