Hello dear community.
This is my first post on this forum, and today i embark on one of my thoughest project yet, the development of a third person shooter game, wich envols mechanics, lets say, “standard” for a AAA shooter, such as “Uncharted” or (let’s keep it “Epic”;)) “Gears Of War”. I’m looking for examples from here and there, and all of them are ok (but still I feel there’s something missing), and I ended up looking at the Shooter Game project provided by Epic on the Marketplace. I believe is the best example i have found (at least for free), but taking a deep look at the c ++ examples, i find it kinda messy, to say the least, i mean, i’m not a fan that one of my c ++ code ends up whit more than a thousand lines (heck I even cry when ends up over a hundred lines), and the example is still a very basic character.
So, after so much writing, my point is to look for opinions, on wich could be good practice to tackle this matter, based on the Unreal Shooter Game, Is it ok to write almost all the logic of a character in a single c ++ file ? Is it better to divide it’s functionality on multiple components (Actor Component)? Should I manage inputs on a Player Controller or in the Main Character? I am aware that this is a very wide and ambiguous subject, but I find that talking about this matter will be good , not only for me, but for all the UE developers community.
Thank a lot.
For me its easier to first do it quick and dirty but with a bit of extensibility in mind and later on rework it if its needed.