Python for Unreal Engine Editor Tools Scripting

Name: Python for Unreal Engine Editor Tools Scripting
Rating: 4.3 (120 reviews)

Step by step into the new editor Python API of the Unreal Engine towards a new world of productivity tools development

Created byMuhammad A.Moniem

Last updated 6/2022

English

What you'll learn

Create Unreal Engine tools & Helpers with Python
Understand the Unreal Engine new Python scripting API
Learn how to build UI tools that is Python based for Unreal Editor
Be able to create unique tools for Unreal Engine 4 or 5

Course content

5 sections • 24 lectures • 4h 8m total length

Introduction5:40
Prepare the working Environment11:54
Understand the API Reference10:10

The multiple ways to Execute Python scripts18:59
Logging to Console9:37
The Unreal Engine Python Modules5:05
Make the best out of the Output Log4:13
Access asset files through Python10:38
Access world actors through Python10:57
Factories & asset creation12:39
Progress Tasks8:38
Create new assets through Python10:34
Create new actors through Python13:11
Editor UI window for Python scripts5:02
Read/Editing properties for assets or actors through Python15:52
Advanced UI Python based Editor window20:09
Python Editor tools launcher7:43
Support Unreal Python tools with Python native functions5:48

UE4.27 & UE5.0 compatible files0:07
Since late version of UE4.27 there were slight changes in some of the scripts, not big things, but things that would block running few scripts. This lecture is only to include the compatible files with UE4.27
For UE5.0 the same files still going to work. In fact, there isn't big change for the Python API between UE4.x and UE5.x except exposing more functions and types and making python scripting enabled by default in the editor within any new projects. Apart from that, all the examples of the course and all the methods are still 100% valid, useable and the way to go with UE5.0 cycle.

Requirements

Familiar with Unreal Engine (4 or 5)
Basic knowledge of Python syntax
Passion to the topic!

Description

Epic games taking huge steps into allowing python for editor scripting, while it was experimental for the UE4.x cycle, it is now a turned ON by default for UE 5.x, and it is massively growing everyday. This opens a huge door for an entire new world of possibilities, starting from automation tools, ending up with full UI tools. In this course we will be going step by step from nothing into the mastery of the Unreal Editor Python scripting in a 4 hours journey.

With python editor scripting, you are not only going to create very productive tools, but also will save your time from the slow process of plugins creation and get new opportunities in the game industry that you never though about before. Python is an important language nowadays in the game industry, and using it with Unreal Engine (4 or 5) is a win at all aspects. And that's the main target for that course!

Regardless if you're targeting Unreal 4 or Unreal 5, the knowledge in that course is 100% applicable at both of them. The course been recorded with Unreal 4, but it was fully revised again with Unreal 5 and made sure that everything covered is still valid.

Who this course is for:

Existing Unreal Engine users who want to start using the new Unreal Python API to build editor tools & helpers
New Unreal Engine users who want to start with the Editor tools development through Python

Python for Unreal Engine Editor Tools Scripting

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 28min

Learning and Mastering the Unreal Python API15 lectures • 2hr 39min

Full Examples4 lectures • 58min

Conclusion1 lecture • 3min

Updated Project Files1 lecture • 1min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: