Work in progress: Beginner-friendly tutorial on multiplayer, using C++. Feedback welcome

rubm123 · October 29, 2022, 11:54pm

rubenmoor/TutorialMPBasics/blob/main/README.md

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# Introduction

This is a newby-friendly tutorial for the use of Unreal Engine with C++ (as opposed to BluePrint).
It covers a basic file setup that is useful for really any type of game, but especially if you want to implement any sort of multiplayer.

## What this tutorial is about

Unreal Engine documentation is often incomplete.
With regards to multiplayer, this was/is especially annoying.
There is information on the power of [Actor Replication](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Networking/Actors/),
great, and I can learn about the role of different classes of [Unreal's Gameplay Framework](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Framework/),
but try to get multiplayer going for a fresh C++ project and you are up for a rough start.

The setup that I am going to present here will have you prepared for any of the following scenarios:

* Singleplayer
* Split or shared screen
* LAN multiplayer

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In this repo you find a readme to read through and a working sample project for a basic set-up for multiplayer.

Details on EOS or Steam integration are still missing, but there is enough stuff in it that it might be useful for beginners already.

You can help me a great deal by providing feedback:

Is the information correct?
Am I using best practices?
Is the information complete to solve your (multiplayer-related) questions?
Is the text easy to understand?

Thanks

~~Please note that there is still a weird bug in that sample project~~ EDIT: fixed.