Struggling to get started - Perhaps UE4 isn't what I'm looking for?

[anonymous_user_27ba584c]

Thanks guys.

@DanglinBob;328127

Well, there’s a humble bundle on right now with some gamedev tools Nothing anywhere near as complex as Unity or Unreal, but maybe just having a chance to create something is the motivation you need to continue expanding your skillset into the more complex engines?

Yeah, I know about the Indie Bundle, I know the Wolfire guys so it’s always nice to support their efforts, they’re really nice guys. I don’t have interest in any particular item of that specific bundle though.

@Martin Bean;328131

C++ is a bit like the first time you drink beer. At first you think ‘ugh, out of which horse did this came??’ but then, after the third beer you’re thinking ‘you know what, this is actually quite nice’.

I dont think you should focus on C++ in UE4 but on C++ itself. Learn the dark side of it, know where it has pitfalls. With a little bit of googling you can find plenty of C++ tutorials. Also know you can do alot with blueprints. At first you dont need C++. A widely used workflow is to build something in blueprints first and then optimize it by converting it to C++ code.

I heard more complains about mobile development with UE4. But since I’m not doing anything with mobile I cant help you on that.

I know a little bit of C++ and I know a lot of languages (incl. C) so I don’t think I’ll have any problems with the language itself. I’ve done some stuff in the past in C++ (Irrlicht) and didn’t have any problem. The problem I’m having is specific with the UE API. There’s the Entry Level Guide, and the Programming Quickstart, but after that I find it hard to do other stuff, specially because I didn’t find it very intuitive like the Unity one, when I started using Unity I just had to get familiar with the way gameobjects and their components works, and everything else was pretty much natural for me, autocompletion was very useful and the names are all somewhat self-explanatory.