Pro Unreal Engine Game Coding

Learn to create c++ classes in the Unreal editor, derive from pawn for a ball bearing, enable tick and physics, and build a blueprint with a static mesh called materialsphere.

Explore Unreal Engine's native dynamic arrays (TArray), learn how to declare, access, and modify elements with Add, Emplace, Insert, Remove, and Reset, iterate with ranged-for, and sort with simple lambdas.

Unreal engine's actor life-cycle includes construction, initialization, the main loop, and destruction. Initialize variables, create subobjects, use post initialize components and begin play, then tick each frame and end play.

Construct a test level in Unreal Engine by setting a player start, adjusting lighting and post-processing, and building obstacles with starter content shapes.

Conclude by reviewing Unreal Engine project basics: actor life cycle, properties, blueprints and C++ integration, level design, input and physics, debugging HUDs, and next steps in math.

Learn how the C++ compiler evaluates expressions in a fixed order, from parentheses to multiplication and division before addition and subtraction, and use parentheses to remove ambiguity.

Master ratios as a parametric 0-to-1 scale used in game math, including interpolation and distance-based volume attenuation with logarithmic falloff. Clamp ratios between min and max values to drive calculations.

Learn how abs and sign manage magnitude and direction in game coding, restoring the original sign after power or modulo operations, and distinguishing unit sign from sine.

Explore 3d vectors in Unreal Engine, using x, y, and z coordinates for positions and directions in a left-handed system. Master length, normalization, and vector addition, subtraction, and scaling.

Explore coordinate spaces as frames of reference in Unreal Engine, and learn to transform between world space, vehicle space, and parent-child hierarchies using transform and get component transform.

Explore magnetism in Unreal Engine game coding by making level goals attract ball bearings, computing direction and distance, and applying a tunable magnetic force in the tick loop.

Learn to use the Unreal Engine console to issue commands, set variables, and configure console variables in config files for rapid testing and default state control.

Finish the game by detecting end states when all goals have ball bearings, using a goal check loop. Add background music and applause audio, and implement finish timer with restart.

Create your second Unreal Engine project in C++, load the starter setup, and build a test level. Configure gravity, surface types, and object channels with missile and vehicle presets.

Modify Unreal Engine physics to support vehicle collisions by updating five core files, adding contact modification, inertia tensor, and center of mass controls for realistic balance.

Download and install the GRIP source code and data incrementally to keep up with each lecture, overwrite updated folders, and regenerate Visual Studio project files for interactive learning.

Build a custom vehicle dynamics model in Unreal Engine using a skeletal mesh and physics asset. Learn about center of mass, inertia overrides, and tuned mass to achieve stable handling.

Master the GRIP code in Unreal Engine by studying a minimal, progressively built vehicle and camera system, data assets, and modular blueprints, all while adhering to coding standards.

Learn how diagnostic checks and Unreal Engine macros guard code with check and verify, log issues to the output, and decide behavior across debug and shipping builds.

Explore implementing realistic vehicle suspension in Unreal Engine by using wheel contact sensors, line sweeps, and optimized estimation to control axle dynamics and maintain gameplay stability.

Explore Unreal Engine logging to diagnose issues by sending messages to the editor output log or Visual Studio, using a shared log category, verbosity levels, and the log macro.

Explore how physics materials control friction and restitution, and how combined modes like min, mean, max shape interactions with surface types such as asphalt, metal, and rock.

Explore how to control game timing with global and per-actor time dilation, using base time dilation and custom time dilation to slow or speed time, and the physics considerations involved.

Explore textures, materials, and particle systems in Unreal Engine, learn how textures feed materials, how materials act as shaders, and how data assets drive driving surface effects.

Learn how driving surfaces and wheel effects are implemented in pro Unreal Engine game coding, using per-wheel data structures to drive regular and fixed particle effects with dynamic dust color.

Enable continuous collision detection (CCD) to prevent tunneling of fast-moving bodies. Set max substep delta time to 0.01 for 100 hertz, and attach a small CCD sphere to vehicles.

Explore audio data assets, sound cues, and sound waves in Unreal Engine, then use attenuation, overrides, and the master sound class hierarchy to shape vehicle sounds with volume and pitch.

Learn to implement realistic vehicle audio in Unreal Engine using attached audio components, per-vehicle global volume, camera locations, and bell-curve attenuation to prioritize nearby vehicles.

Discover how autonomous bots navigate with pursuit splines, compute ahead aiming points, and switch splines at junctions using weaving offsets and speed data to drive smoothly along tracks.

Discover how Unreal Engine bots use layered driving modes—from general maneuvering to recovering control and J turn reorientation—driven by local-space collision analysis and adaptive decision making.