Learn to make games in C++ for UE4! In this intro to C++ tutorial I will quickly take you through the setup of Visual Studio and then dive straight into programming C++ with some step-by-step examples!

To skip Visual Studio setup go to: 1:45 minute marker

Visual Studio Download: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

Windows SDK v8.1 Download: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive

Configure Visual Studio for UE4 Guide: https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Programming/Development/VisualStudioSetup

(Optional) Visual Assist Plugin: https://www.wholetomato.com/downloads/

Project Template: https://github.com/tomlooman/SimpleFPSTemplate

Some of the topics covered:

Setup Visual Studio and dependencies

Overlap queries for find nearby actors

Creating material instances to change material parameters

Spawning particle effects

Creating new C++ Actor class

Exposing variables to Blueprint using UPROPERY

Spawning of Actors (And destroying)

Scaling Actors when hit by projectile

Binding user input to a function in C++

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