Timers in C++ - Unreal C++ Course #8

Unreal has very good tools for visual scripting with blueprint but of course, there's always those who want to write their code. unreal offers scripting in c++. and while that might sounds like a nightmare, it's not as bad as you think. So come along and let's find out all about C++
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[@jamescleave7024]

What's bad in default top-down character rotation setup? // Don't rotate character to camera direction bUseControllerRotationPitch = false; bUseControllerRotationYaw = false; bUseControllerRotationRoll = false; // Configure character movement GetCharacterMovement()->bOrientRotationToMovement = true; // Rotate character to moving direction GetCharacterMovement()->RotationRate = FRotator(0.f, 640.f, 0.f); GetCharacterMovement()->bConstrainToPlane = true; GetCharacterMovement()->bSnapToPlaneAtStart = true; With that it rotates towards moving direction already

[@iskandarus69]

If bullet does not move CollisionSphere = CreateDefaultSubobject(TEXT("Collision Sphere")); SetRootComponent(CollisionSphere); BulletFx = CreateDefaultSubobject(TEXT("Effects")); BulletFx->SetupAttachment(CollisionSphere);

[@secret.message.]

Is this shooting mechanic relevant for the latest version of UE5 or is there a better way to create a shooter?

[@thegamedevcave]

the code is pretty basic and doesn't really use any fancy unreal features so the version shouldn't make a difference.

[@klovvin]

Ty ❤

[@StonegazeSteam]

Which plugin exactly was needed for timers?

[@thegamedevcave]

no plugins needed for any of this!

[@StonegazeSteam]

​@@thegamedevcave Another issue. The shooting timer works but the prjectile kill timer gets angry when I copy-pasted the timer delegate that previousy worked. FTimerDelegate Delegate = FTimerDelegate::CreateUObject(this, &ABaseProjectile::BulletHit, true); Which leads to this; no instance of overloaded function "TDelegate::CreateUObject [with InRetValType=void, ParamTypes=, UserPolicy=FNotThreadSafeNotCheckedDelegateUserPolicy]" matches the argument listC/C++(304) BaseProjectile.cpp(85, 29): argument types are: (ABaseProjectile *, void (ABaseProjectile::*)(), bool)

[@quadriproduction]

👍github?

[@SaschaRobitzki]

Yeah, it would make debugging easier. Though, I would learn less.

[@pr1meKun]

Unreal c++ so hard to learn

[@zanagi]

You sure thats not just c++ by default? Lul