[REQUEST] Archetypes

[DomusLudus]

I’m due to look into creating Pickups in a similar fashion to what you’ve got listed above, but Epic recommend the parent / child Blueprint method. So I would create a Parent generic pickup with an enum that lists all the types it could be (extra health, extra armour, extra ammo of type) as well as default value for that pickup type and an empty mesh slot for that pickup type.

yes, it work, but you don’t need the enum. Create the childs and change the values.

I touched archetypes only briefly in my time with UDK, but wouldnt the concept of archetypes be analogous to the concept of materials and material instances?

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If you create a Blueprint and only modify the default properties, it is considered a ‘data-only’ Blueprint and uses a fast path for execution. These are essentially archetypes from UE3. These used to open in a simplified editor that just showed the properties. Is that really what you are asking for here?

Really o_O, but the documentacion is soo litte https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Blueprints/UserGuide/Types/ClassBlueprint/index.html#data-onlyblueprint How you get that? I want get double click and open the simplified editor. How about right click -> Create a Blueprint data only based in this blueprint.

Saving an instance to a new child Blueprint while keeping the properties intact might be nice as well.

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