If I want to make a POS system using Unreal Engine, how should I manage products and their stock?
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First, you would probably want to use the SQLite plugin, since the standard native datatables can be a bit of a pain to update. The trick there though is the core SQLite plugin is mostly intended for c++ projects. And if you’re working in c++, it would probably better just to make a standalone c++ app using a regular OS api to draw the interface. Granted, there are other plugins that expose more SQLite functionality to blueprints, though I wouldn’t know where to start on those.
In either case a PoS/inventory system is mostly just a matter of inserting a row when a new sku is added, +1’ing the row for each unit added to stock and -1’ing when it’s sold. Trying to do this in UMG sounds like an absolute nightmare tho, so, again, I’d recommend just making a standalone app. Not only would it be less of a nightmare to make, but the PoS terminal wouldn’t be using tons of cpu/ram loading 3D/game-related sub-systems. Unless of course you want to make it fun, like some sort of self-checkout with a minigame on it.
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