# How to start

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132>\
**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [August 29, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132 "2015-08-29T19:34:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![CrispyTurtleAlligator](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@CrispyTurtleAlligator](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/CrispyTurtleAlligator)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132/1 "2015-08-29T19:34:08Z")

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Hello everyone,

I’m learning C/C++ for some time and I’ve just looked into UE4. The questions is how do I get started? I am missing an introduction in things like “How do I get the characters position?”, “How do I change the speed of movements?” and stuff.

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**Author:** ![arbopa](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@arbopa](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/arbopa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132/2 "2015-08-29T19:57:44Z")

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**Author:** ![CrispyTurtleAlligator](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@CrispyTurtleAlligator](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/CrispyTurtleAlligator)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132/3 "2015-08-29T21:08:41Z")

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> [@arbopa;367464](#):
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> [A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki - Announcements - Epic Developer Community Forums](https://wiki.unrealengine.com/First_Person_Shooter_C%2B%2B_Tutorial)

Thanks for that one! I hope I’ll be able to work with that.

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**Author:** ![arbopa](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@arbopa](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/arbopa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132/4 "2015-08-29T21:12:01Z")

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I am going through that one now, some things are different due to the tutorial being older than the most recent version of the engine, but so far it seems easy to pick up on …

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_310f40df](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_310f40df](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_310f40df)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132/5 "2015-08-29T22:23:24Z")

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Thanks for that link, arbopa! I’m also learning C++ and that will definitely be useful for me in the future.

Do you have any other resources?

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**Author:** ![arbopa](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@arbopa](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/arbopa)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-start/40132/6 "2015-08-29T22:35:22Z")

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go up to the top of the page where it says ‘learn’… that has links to documentation and tutorials… all sorts of stuff.