Unreal Engine AAA Spellcasting System

In this Article you will read about:

• Course Disclaimer

• Which programming methods we will use to improve our game performance

• Which Blueprints to avoid, to prevent your game of crashing, low FPS and more

In this lesson we will learn:

• Why "Casting" node is bad

• Check how file size is increased when Casting

• Use Collision/Trigger Boxes properly

• Which Blueprint should we use instead

In this lesson we will learn:

• Why "Event Tick" is bad for performance

• Which Blueprint should we use instead

In this lesson we will learn:

• Why "Delay" node is bad for performance

In this lesson we will learn:

• Why "Delay" node is bad for performance

• How to use Custom Event + Timers instead

In this lesson we will learn:

• Avoid using "Bind Event" for Progress Bars !

• Why "Bind" event is bad

• Which method we should use instead

In this lesson you will learn:

• Why you should AVOID using Canvas Panel

• What you should use instead of Canvas Panel

• What is a "Draw call"?

FREE Assets Resources to follow along with this Course, and to create something truly unique and original.

In this lesson you will learn:

• Create New Project

• Create New Level

• Create "Powers" Blueprint and add VFX

• Create 2 Cameras to setup Player Entrance

• Attach Cameras and Blueprint to our Character

• Prepare the Character for Dramatic Entrance

In this lesson you will learn:

• Start programming in the Level Blueprint

• Download Free Animations from FAB Marketplace

• Easily Retarget Animations in few clicks

• Customize the Animation to fit our game design

• Create our first Anim Montage

• Apply Animation Montage to our Character

• Character slowly Falling with low gravity

• Blend between Cameras

• Play Dramatic Background Music

In this lesson you will learn:

• Download Custom Character + Animations

• Import Custom Character + Animations

• Retarget Animations from different Skeleton

• Camera Fade In/Out

• Stop Background Music

• Player disappear with VFX when lands

• Start Game after Player lands

In this lesson you will learn:

• Add Sounds within Anim Notify

• Add VFX within Anim Notify

• Attach VFX to Character's hands

• Create and add Custom Anim Notify

In this lesson you will learn:

• Create Player HUD (Widget Blueprint)

• Show Player HUD on the screen

• Optimize UI/UX using Overlays, Vertical Boxes etc

• Import Spells and Avatar icons into our Project

• Design Spells UI/UX

• Hide Mouse Cursor when game starts

• Create and use Functions

• Use Functions to Enable/Disable Spells

In this lesson you will learn:

• Use Mouse Wheel Up/Down to scroll through Spells

In this lesson you will learn:

• Use "Switch On Int" node to test Spells

• Press Right Mouse Button to test selected Spell

• Create Macros for Cleaner and Optimized Code

• Create Comments for more readable Code

In this lesson you will learn:

• Which Blueprints is affecting your game's performance

• Which Blueprints we will use to optimize performance

• Why almost every Tutorial is made with bad Blueprints

• This lesson is super important - PLEASE READ!

In this lesson you will learn:

• Create new Blueprint Actor "LiftRock"

• Add Component: Projectile Movement

• Add Component: Rotation Movement

In this lesson you will learn:

• Download free Animations from Mixamo

• Import and Retarget Animations

• Create and use AnimMontage

• Play Animation when Lift+Throw Rock

• Adding VFX to our Spell

• Using Timelines

• Attach/Detach Projectile

In this lesson you will learn:

• How to debug your code

• Find and fix the bug

In this lesson you will learn:

• Event Hit

• Spawn VFX/SFX when Event Hit

• Destroy Actor when Event Hit

In this lesson you will learn:

• What is a "Life Span" of an Actor

• How to self-destroy Actor after time (sec)

In this lesson you will learn:

• How to add Tags on an Actor

• How to use "Actor Has Tag" node

• How to destroy any Actor of a specific Tag

In this lesson you will learn:

• Create Sound Cue

• Add Sound Waves in Sound Cue

• Play Random Sounds in Sound Cue

• Play Random Sounds when Casting Spell

In this lesson you will learn:

• Work in AnimNotifiers

• Enable/Disable Player Input inside AnimMontage

• Expose Variables for modular development

• Self-Destroy Projectile using "Life Span"

In this lesson you will learn Camera Shake in detail:

• Create Camera Shake

• Configure Camera Shake

• Amplitude, Frequency, Duration, and Scale

• Play Camera Shake when Cast a Spell

In this lesson you will learn:

• Create and set up Box Collision Component

• Play AnimMontage and show Box Collision

• Box Extent when Cast Spell (Debugging)

In this lesson we will configure Anim Montage in detail:

• Create Complete Spell Design

• Download Free VFX/SFX Assets

• Create Custom AnimNotify (Camera Shake)

• Implement Custom AnimNotify

• Add SFX/VFX within AnimMontage

• Attach VFX to Character's hands

• Enable/Disable Player Movement

In this lesson we will learn Collision Box Events:

• Adding Tag to an Actor

• Set Mobility to "Movable" (Overlapped Actors)

• Add Impulse to Overlapped Actors

• Setting rule for "Actors Fly In Air or Destroy?"

• Overlapped Actors flying all around the place

• Reduce "spaghetti" nodes and improve Blueprints

• Create bug with "Simulate Physics" and fixing it

In this lesson you will need to:

• Find the bug and fix the code

In this lesson:

• You will see the solution of the Challenge

In this lesson you will:

• Wrap Vertical Box with Overlay element

• Add Cooldown Text

• Use the Transform tool to adjust Text position

• Learn UI Optimization tips and tricks

• Create and setup Core Functions for Cooldown system

• Convert Text into Number (Float)

• Split one text into two text (Append)

In this lesson you will:

• Create a complete Cooldown System when casting spells

• Easily change Cooldown time in 1 click

• Learn how to use Custom Events with Timers

• Show/Hide "Spell Ready" text accordingly

• Change "Cooldown Text" in 1 click

• Extract Functions and Variables without Casting

• Detect a bug and fixing it

• Expose Variables for more modular systems

• Create Blueprint Categories for better workflow

In this lesson you will:

• Learn how to Collapse Nodes to Graph

• Learn how to use Comments and Node Comments

• Cleaning and organizing Blueprint Nodes

Your Challenge is:

• Create a Cooldown System for "Ground Rip" Spell!

In this lesson you will:

• Create a complete Cooldown System for Spell 2!

In this lesson you will:

• Create the Earth Bender Rock Blueprint

• Add Projectile Component

• Create Event when we hit something

• Add SFX, VFX, Camera Shake when Hit

Your Challenge is:

• Download "Stomp" Animation

• Download "Inside Crescent Kick" Animation

• Import the Animations to your Project

• Retarget the Animations to your UE Skeleton

In this lesson you will:

• Spawn Earth Bender Rock

• Play Animations when Earth Bender Rock is spawned

• Attach Actor to Component

• Detach Actor from Component

• Work with Functions, Timers, Animations, Timelines

In this lesson you will:

• Collapse nodes to Macros and Functions

• Clean and organize your code for better readability

In this lesson you will:

• Add VFX, SFX, and Camera Shake to the Spell

Your Challenge is:

• Create a Cooldown System for "Earth Bender" Spell!

In this lesson you will see the solution of the Challenge!

In this lesson you will:

• Create the Meteor Blueprint

• Add Particle VFX (Fire)

• Add Projectile Movement

• Setup correct Projectile Velocity

• Setup correct Collision

• Simulate Game for Testing/Prototyping

In this lesson you will:

• Destroy Meteor upon impact

• Random Camera Shake upon impact

• Use "Random Integer/Float in Range" nodes

In this lesson you will:

• Spawn Meteors at a random location

• Blow up objects around you when initialize spell

• Meteors Meteors and MORE Meteors!

Add elements to the Anim Montage of "Meteor Shower" spell!

Create a Cooldown System for the "Meteor Shower" spell!

In this lesson: Solution for the Anim Montage.

In this lesson: Solution for the Cooldown System.

In this lesson you will:

• Create a complete "Dash" Ability

In this lesson you will:

• Create a "Hadouken" Blueprint

• Add Impulse At Location to knock down objects

• Event Hit programming

• Simulate game to test/prototype/debug

In this lesson you will:

• Spawn Hadouken wave

• Add Animations, VFX, SFX

In this lesson you will:

• Create "Thunder Strike" Blueprint

• Programming with Event Hit

• Thunder Strike Test & Prototype

In this lesson you will:

• Create Area Of Effect (AOE)

• Damage/Destroy Objects affected by AOE

• Learn how to work with double Boolean condition

• Add Impulse at Objects with double conditions

• How to use "Is Valid" node

In this lesson you will:

• Download Hammer 3D Model (FREE)

• Attach Hammer to Character's right hand

• Make the Hammer to follow Character's Animations

• Freeze Character to adjust Hammer's position accurately

• Prepare "Thunder Strike" Hit Location

• Create Anim Montage with SFX and Sound speech

In this lesson you will:

• Create the complete "Thor's Hammer" Ability

• Use the "Sequence" node for cleaner code

• Call the Hammer from afar back to Character's hands

• Get Hammer coordinates

• Use those coordinates for Timeline node

• Hide/Unhide Hammer during Ability Casting

• Spawn "Thunder Strike" and damage Objects with AOE

• Polish Animation and VFX, SFX

Your task in this Challenge:

• Find the bug in the code and fix it.