Plugin architecture review

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hi everyone!

I want to write a plugin to control Actors through a 3rd party application. Communication should be bidirectional and low latency.

For now the idea is to have a TCP Socket send and receive Protobuf messages to communicate with the remote application.

I’m new to Unreal Engine, so I have some questions:

  • Am I going in the right direction?
  • Is there a cross platform wrapper for sockets that I should use?
  • How to control Actors via LiveLink?

Thanks for your help!

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Maybe this can help:
Getting Started with Unreal Engine and Remote Control API | Unreal Fest 2022

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Thanks SolidSk,

Maybe I can learn something by looking at the Remote Control API repository.