Question about playerstates

Development Programming & Scripting C++
1

Now, if i understand correctly, playerstate is used to keep track of value for a character(one for each character if multiplayer), suck as name, score, etc.

How do i make my own player state?

I want to create a player state that extends(i think) the current player list so it still has all the other information, but i want to create my own so i can add other things like health and mana. So how do i go about making this?

2

It is rather easy, you just need to create a new class based off a PlayerState, then specify it in your game mode:


AYourCustomGameMode::AYourCustomGameMode(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer) 
    : Super(ObjectInitializer)
{
    // ...
    PlayerStateClass = AYourCustomPlayerState::StaticClass();
    // ...
}

As for the health & mana thing, you can add it inside of your newly created PlayerState class as properties.

3

is right. The same goes for different GameModes / PlayerController (Player -> Game communication) and GameStates, basically any class from UE4, to prevent upcoming questions :smiley:

4

like this?



ASecretPlayerState::ASecretPlayerState(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer)
	: Super(ObjectInitializer)
{
	PlayerStateclass = ASecretPlayerState::StaticClass();

}

or is PlayerStateclass supposed to be SecretPlayerStateclass. Both give me an error, says it can’t get to Playerstate.h

Also, i have a gamemode class, and i made a blueprint for it too. And inside the blueprint, i changed the playerstate to my custom playerstate. I changed the default Gamemode in the settings too. Is the code the same thing i just did in blueprints? how do i connect a thirdpersonplayer to the gamestate?

5

As I understand, is Player State only for things you want to travel between clients in a multiplayer game? Like name, score, etc… That way those things show up in a scoreboard for example.

Then things like mana might need to just be in the Pawn if other players never see another player’s mana.

I think back in UDK this was known as the PlayerReplicationInfo but PlayerState.

6

It holds things like skill levels and inventory too. And people will eventually be able to see your mana and health