Ongoing C++ Gameplay Example Series: Making a Survival Game

[theknoppix]

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Yes, this bomb could have been done entirely in Blueprint - personally there is not a huge difference if I do something in C++ or Blueprint in terms of getting it to work, although I find it’s great to experiment using BP (For example I’m trying to add PhysicsContraint and finding out how to use it by experimenting in BP which is much faster than doing so w/ C++) and tweaking values in BP is simply the quickest of the two as well.

I like to build my framework in C++ as I find it easier to maintain the complexity with plain code vs. Blueprint. If every has a base layer in C++ I know I can always communicate with it from another C++ (and BP) class, if you’re working solely in BP with the Bomb for example, I don’t have any handles available in my code.

Another thing I tend to do is use C++ to bake certain features into my game. I experiment and/or tweak using BP and then move these values over to the base class to bake it in, if a new class would extend from this - all values are already available.

Thanks for the answer. As i read the api, i realize i’ll hit more walls because most of the api isn’t exposed to blueprint. I think these tutorials will help me a lot to use c++ api to back my blueprints.

And just an idea, it would be if you explain the api’s most important classes as an extra. Because as a newcomer from blueprint, it’s a little bit hard to find my way on api for some functions. Of course i’m not talking about classes like game mode, game instance, pawn, actor or character. But while using “Spawn Actor” in blueprint easily, i found that function is on UWorld class, and there are lots of functions i can use too in there. I’m sure there are more classes like this, classes those it’s better if i know it’s there.