UnrealScript Game Programming Cookbook

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• Preface


• Chapter 1: Development Environments
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Using UnCodeX
  
  
  • Dungeon Defenders to save the day
  
  
  • Unreal Script IDE
  
  
  • nFringe
  
  
  • Unreal X-Editor
  
  
  • Editing runtime values with Remote Control
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 2: Archetypes and Prefabs
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Constructing a leaking pipe prefab
  
  
  • Adding particles to our prefab
  
  
  • Adding audio effects to our prefab
  
  
  • Creating a PointLight archetype
  
  
  • Creating a subarchetype from an archetype
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 3: Scripting a Camera System
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Configuring the engine and editor for a custom camera
  
  
  • Writing the TutorialCamera class
  
  
  • Camera properties and archetypes
  
  
  • Creating a first person camera
  
  
  • Creating a third person camera
  
  
  • Creating a side-scrolling camera
  
  
  • Creating a top-down camera
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 4: Crafting Pickups Table of Contents
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Creating our first pickup
  
  
  • Creating a base for our pickup to spawn from
  
  
  • Animating our pickup
  
  
  • Altering what our pickup does
  
  
  • Allowing vehicles to use a pickup
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 5: AI and Navigation
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Laying PathNodes on a map
  
  
  • Laying NavMeshes on a map
  
  
  • Adding a scout to create NavMesh properties
  
  
  • Adding an AI pawn via Kismet
  
  
  • Allowing a pawn to wander randomly around a map
  
  
  • Making a pawn patrol PathNodes on a map
  
  
  • Making a pawn randomly patrol PathNodes on a map
  
  
  • Allowing a pawn to randomly patrol a map with NavMeshes
  
  
  • Making a pawn follow us around the map with NavMeshes
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 6: Weapons
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Creating a gun that fires homing missiles
  
  
  • Creating a gun that heals pawns
  
  
  • Creating a weapon that can damage over time
  
  
  • Adding a flashlight to a weapon
  
  
  • Creating an explosive barrel
  
  
  • Creating a landmine
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 7: HUD
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Displaying a bar for the player's health
  
  
  • Drawing text for a player's health
  
  
  • Displaying a bar for the player's ammo
  
  
  • Drawing text for the player's ammo
  
  
  • Drawing the player's name on screen
  
  
  • Creating a crosshair
  
  
  
  


• Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Recipes Table of Contents
  
  
  • Introduction
  
  
  • Creating an army of companions
  
  
  • Having enemies flash quickly as their health decreases
  
  
  • Creating a crosshair that uses our weapon's trace
  
  
  • Changing the crosshair color when aiming at a pawn
  
  
  • Drawing a debug screen
  
  
  • Drawing a bounding box around pawns
  
  
  
  


• Index