Incorporating our own C++

[Bob_Gneu]

@Dune;5584

I was wondering if there was a way to begin going about this without having to link things like a DLL. Really, I want my C++ code to run normally as it does, by working out player/game information and then using the Engine as a way to render the game. The idea being that I use our own calculations but use Unreal’s classes for things like actors and such to move the game objects based on what we calculate.

Or would this require use to go through our own code and begin to incorporate the likes of UCLASS(), UFUNCTION() ect to our classes and incorporate them that way?

You can incorporate your DLL in the standard way. We are now all working with C++ directly and although it may not seem like it the build system works pretty well. You can load up a DLL at any time using the standard methods. If you are working with MSVS you can actually just follow the MSDN. I will be putting together a tutorial along the lines of what I wrote for static libraries, but I have a game and V8 to bind, which are taking priority atm.

You do not have to go through your code to add in those macros, and I’m pretty sure you cant do that to expose your objects. You will need to write the header / interfaces etc to gain access to them in the same way you would need to without UE4 sitting behind you.