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[@tdif3197]

I can't thank you enough for this video, and I can't tell you how happy I was when you clicked on "Blank Project". Every damn Unreal C++ tutorial starts with a third person controller and introduces so much complexity right away, that nothing structural ever gets explained. It's great to strip it all down, and have an actual foundation of knowledge to build off of.

[@LötwigFusel]

Thank you for your Komment! I'm glad it helped you.

[@ProdbyHway]

Yeah this is going to be a good watch.@@LötwigFusel

[@mariangelheredia1991]

I love being alive just because this comment exist

[@youneeck]

Legend has it, this guy is still making the next episode! hehehe, seriously, I am waiting for the next episode :) This video was very nice and really de-tangled UE5 for me (a c++ vet but new to ue5)

[@LötwigFusel]

Thanks for the Comment! Since UE5 is out now and I got the IntelliSense issue fixes (... well bought Visual Assists) the next videos will be out soon. It will be more Tutorial like but also start again with the basics. This video here was more or less just me being curious how to program for UE while recording it :-)

[@goggins8471]

@@LötwigFusel can't wait!

[@idkwhattoputheretbhbuthere]

@@LötwigFusel I don't know if you have this problem still, but Jetbrain Rider is very good with unreal. IntelliSense seems to work fine

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

As of 5.3 the changes I had to make to follow this tutorial were, I had to make a new game mode base class, and I had to remove some landscape and create an appropriately sized floor myself. The names of a few parameters have changed in the engine but it's obvious prima facie which they are. In short, good tutorial, still in date. :)

[@TheAzraf123]

Thanks for your comment

[@splendidpluto]

I am having trouble with this part, do I need to copy how the file is supposed to look like?

[@ric8248]

you are so right.. even the blank project comes with sooo much trash already; it's 4.5 GB from the start

[@hiroten]

If anyone wondering, the easiest way to remove landscape and recreate the floor scene from video is to click 'CTRL + N' and select 'Basic'. It will create almost identical set-up as in video without wasting time.

[@kamranbigdely]

Thanks, but the texts are too small to read easily. Can you please change your resolution in future videos to have bigger characters and UI elements?

[@Thomas-br3jg]

Same request here ^^

[@Cryadisify]

If they do that, how will you know that they have a 4K monitor? That's really important for us to know! Not UE5 pfft. I'm here for the 4k monitor content

[@vladyslavk]

+1

[@Athousandson1]

+1

[@dorant4286]

Thank you, I spent hours reading docs, could not really understand the structure of everything, this video explained everything in a way that made sense!

[@purpledude4207]

This is the only tutorial that actually clicked with me, every other tutorial nobody explains what anything does and expects us to know what it does even though the video states its for "beginners"

[@callmedeno]

I really like you're approach here, explaining the core game class concepts is soo important!

[@god_ozai828]

If you're working in ue5.3 or higher I believe it doesn't show a base game mode in visual studio automatically, so go to the tools tab in ue and click new c++ class (game mode base) name it and then it should load visual studio (may ask you to reload).

[@god_ozai828]

I also found out that in order to attach a camera to the pawn you need a root component, //Create New Components RootComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject(TEXT("Root")); Camera = CreateDefaultSubobject(TEXT("Camera")); Camera->AttachToComponent(RootComponent, FAttachmentTransformRules::KeepRelativeTransform);

[@MisterpersonVR]

thank you, i was wondering why it wasn't showing up

[@clairdelignestudio]

​@@god_ozai828 Thanks ! it allows to attach the components to the pawn. But if we want to use the enhancedInputSystem we have to use a character class, and then this gives an error while compiling. Do we have to attach the components in the blueprint by hand or is there a C++ solution ?

[@KavanBahrami]

Thank you for leaving in your pain at 1:16:55... we're all there at some point - thank you for making this tutorial, it's been very helpful as i step into C++ from the world of blueprint

[@dpm2213]

40:33 holy crap that little side tidbit about dynamically initialized actors probably saved me a whole day of headaches I'm so glad I caught it, thank you.

[@assaku]

This feels way more fleshed out than any other tutorial! Thank you

[@hrirks]

Ich habe letzte Woche mit Unreal Engine 5 angefangen, wobei ich vorher mit Unity was getan habe. Ja, ich danke dir für diese einfache Erklärung.

[@LötwigFusel]

Gern geschehen! :)

[@OrfWare]

This is a "Goldilocks" tutorial. Just exactly tuned to what I needed, thank you Lötwig!

[@aryamukasyaf146]

I will spread ur good work to everyone ik, May the pillow u sleep with everynight is cold. May when u ever work on the game u never experience compiling error

[@lohitsai12]

Great tutorial vid but the problem is that the resolution of this video is too high for FHD 1920*1080 laptop user like me. But still one of the best tutorial for c++ unreal

[@ric8248]

This is going great already and l'll be happy to follow this playlist now. The only thing though is that the actors were created manually here, not with code in runtime as l expected.

[@samafshar]

Thank you for the great tutorial. It was really helpful. To improve the quality of your videos, beside increasing scale of the screen, it would be better to not randomly move the camera in the scene when it's not necessary. :)) For example at 11:34 It gave me a bit motion sickness.

[@dino_xor]

This ⬆

[@Ionixx9]

Danke for this. This is extremely useful. I've been trying to find a decent UE5 starter tutorial for the C++ side of things.

[@azzydevelopment4467]

This video is absolutely stellar. THANK YOU LOTWIG!!!

[@MieysoFelix]

Echt hammer starkes Video… wusste nicht was ich mit dem ganzen cpp zeug anfangen sollte

[@chadwilliams4373]

So happy to find your channel mate. Thanks!

[@TheMesoria]

question from 55:33. Save your work, compile it or enable live code, and then right click blueprint and follow up with 'assets action > reload'

[@LötwigFusel]

Thank you :-)

[@MartinzW]

Thanks for making this, really useful. This is my second tutorial and based on my previous tutorial knowledge I was already able to deduce to add GetRightVector in movement input so the GameCharacters Left movement would be independent of map's axis: ... const FVector LeftVector = Camera->GetRightVector()*-1; NewLocation += LeftVector*movementDelta*MovementSpeed; ... I believe a future refactor would require me to swap and rename MoveLR to MoveRL input names and swap opposite 1 and -1 values respectively (I.e. make Right = 1) as there is no reason to have Left movement as 1 and then using GetRightVector times negative.

[@LötwigFusel]

Thank you! Yea... I think I would do this as well next time XD

[@vladyjijo]

if you have a 4k or 8k resolution monitor, its fun since I also have a 4k monitor but would you set the scale and layout settings (change the size of text, apps, and other items to at least 150% or 125% but not 100%)................... man I feel like plucking out my eyes

[@dennistja656]

Thanks for this tutorial. Next time it would be nice if the font was bigger so it's easier to read.

[@LötwigFusel]

Thank you :-) I have another UE5 series on my channel that has the UE5 UI scaled up. Edit: Oh saw your comment on the new series XD

[@koki10190]

so i accidently compiled UE5 code instead of UE4 but gotta thank you brother for making this video All the UE4 C++ tutorials i watched are so fucking comlpex cause they use templates and adds so much complexity to it adn they dont even explain what it does but this one actually teaches you

[@LötwigFusel]

Thank you! Yes, UE5 C++ is mostly the same then UE4. Of course they changed a few more advances things, but the basics are still the same

[@Darkfault]

Finally a video without indian accent!

[@tomtomkowski7653]

What a shame I can't watch this. On 15" 1080p laptop everything is so tiny that I can see nothing :/

[@LegitoTV]

Just what I was looking for, thank you sir!

[@LötwigFusel]

Thank you for your super. I’m glad the video helped you!

[@user-ez7ls2du9c]

great tutorial but i cant read anything on 1440p its just too small

[@lordskeletorde]

Very nice tutorial, but it would have been better to lower your desktop resolution to about 50%, so people can read stuff.

[@Tropicaya]

Nice, but the TEXT is soo small. I can't see anything.

[@NolanNonprivate]

this is exactly what i was looking for.. awsome.

[@mav45678]

Awesome tutorial. Small tip for future tutorials: pointless movement of camera around the scene while you talk is distracting from what you're saying.

[@gokusaiyan1128]

which version of UE5 was used here ? i guess 5.0 ? , 5.3 looks very different.

[@spilltoon]

nice tutorial, deserve follow. i'll be watch all your c++ tutorial

[@reipalacio]

Thank you. I appreciate a font a lot of bigger. Good videos

[@chuck327]

Great video, only complaint is that you should have adjusted the scale of your editor for the video so the text was easier to read. (ctrl + shift+ w on windows for anyone curious)

[@Ryanflees]

Thanks for the tutorials. Finally here for UE5. I don't know how many times I've tried UE tutorials. My first game dev learning was in UDK very long ago, but mainly I work in Unity... Hope I can transfer to UE this time.)oh no

[@LötwigFusel]

Thanks for your comment! Yea UE is always kinda special ;-) Hope it helps. There is also a full UE5 tutorial series on my channel.

[@kylejensen6022]

Great content but the resolution is too damn small. Might I suggest zooming in or using a lower resolution when recording? I spent half the time squinting trying to read fonts

[@dieelitezwerge7622]

thans for another nice video, its very helpfull

[@gokhanaksoy6112]

OMG, it really worked. Thank you so much!!

[@buennyo]

Thank you so much for the video! Please more!❤

[@vozala723]

What If I created blank project and dont have the file you show at 6:22 TutorialGameModeBase.h and TutorialGameModeBase.cpp ? I am on unreal engine 5.3.2

[@Amavenn]

same thing here

[@AliElZoheiry]

Could you explain a bit why you're using pointers instead of references (e.g UCameraComponent* instead of UCameraComponent&)?

[@yoskokleng3658]

Now, you got a new subs.. from me ❤. Thanks you for this couse. I am from full stack dev. very interesting in game developing...

[@respawnvalclips]

This was just awesome! Thanks a lot!

[@kevinwilkes2672]

Nice video! I am having trouble following because when I try to build in Visual Studios I constantly get an error that I can't build without live coding but I click alt+ctrl+f11 and it boots up saying I got it working but still it says it's not working. Would you know why this error is happening? Also I can build it without EU5 open then reopen to see the changes but it's really time consuming and disheartening to start this side project.

[@LötwigFusel]

There is currently some realy odd stuff going on with C++ and UE5... My new tutorial project is loosing all code (+ related object links in actors, the level, ...) every time I restart the editor. It will only reconise the code again after recompiling. The UE5 Early Access was way more stable then the official stable release lol. Here is how you can currently get this working without issues: 1. Open your C++ visual studio project 2. Make sure the Unreal Engine is closed 3. Switch the visual studio configuration to "Development Editor" 4. Start debugging from visual studio 5. When changing the code use the button "Recompile and reload C++ ..." on the bottom right of the engine or the ALT+CTRL-F11 shortcut in the editor.

[@kevinwilkes2672]

@@LötwigFusel Thank you that really helped! The only issue that I face is that compiling my code doesn't change blueprints even when I compile them in the BP editor. I don't mind restarting if I have to do some small changings to blueprints so this was a great step up. Thank you for putting me on a good path to learn how to code in unreal!

[@companyreviews294]

@@LötwigFusel I lost you at: 3. Switch the visual studio configuration to "Development Editor" Where do i do this? and in which program and menu, do you have some context?

[@tanc4635]

@@companyreviews294 in visual studio, at the top just left of the debug button (the green play button) there is a dropdown box to choose the configuration

[@vithovorka4269]

@@LötwigFusel "5. When changing the code use the button "Recompile and reload C++ ..." on the bottom right of the engine or the ALT+CTRL-F11 shortcut in the editor." You're talking about UE Editor, right ? Because I just switched to UE Editor window (and left VS IDE running) and hit ALT+CTRL-F11 and it worked like miracle :-) (I'm using UE 5.0.1.)

[@madhanmohan4921]

Thank you soo much! This helped a lot! ❤️

[@RSSpeacemaker]

I'm having this issue where when I build my code, ue5 doesn't take those changes instantly like it does for you. Instead I have to close ue5 and open it up again after building. How did you get yours to operate like that? It's such a pain on my end.

[@jandynotaloca]

If you get build errors turn off live coding just a heads up

[@RSSpeacemaker]

Good god man thank you so much for posting this. I was deep in that exact rabbit hole and thought I would never get out haha!

[@selinozdemir1305]

Thank you! That stuff work on windows 11.

[@nathanielsicard]

trying to get into game development with UE5 and so much changes constantly that no matter how decent a tutorial is even months old its no longer up to date and I have to spend hours solving one issue from bricking the whole thing up. I'm beginning to think that Epic doesn't want people to learn this engine, and just wants us frustrated so we keep playing fortnight for the dopamine hit or whatever.

[@l_t_m_f]

I was stuck for so long trying to figure out why my JumpActor tick loop wasn't triggering. I had forgot to include him in the ProjectBase.

[@justtrim]

I recommend Rider for Unreal Engine over VS, its nicer but paid =)

[@LötwigFusel]

Alternatively you can also use Visual Assist

[@d4rkv3n0m9]

You have no idea how grateful I am for tNice tutorials series

[@EDSSgamer]

Thank you, this is indeed helpful

[@yananliu2902]

thanks for doing tutorials

[@erin1569]

Great vid! I only wish you scaled up the text/ui

[@VonchkynProduction]

Very helpful

[@i486dx2]

Resolution too high bro.. I can't read anything.

[@LötwigFusel]

Please go and watch the videos in this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWrHhmObeN5riKs Starting with video 2 (where the important stuff begins) The Engine and the code will be zoomed in. The series will cover everything shown in this video + explain it in more details.

[@auchucknorris]

good vid for those with coding knowledge

[@mlbbtoday9222]

you are the best dude

[@hashemobaid3082]

Thx for this amazing tut

[@OktatOnline]

You need to increase the size of menu elements for the next tutorial, it is impossible to read them. Otherwise, really great video!

[@jokers_336]

You make my day

[@antonstirner1506]

Great stuff

[@dejanpopovic7903]

When importing the blue box, I left it scaled to default (1) and not 100 as per author. Scaling it to 100 makes the box so large that you dont see it and your entire world Floor turns blue. Im using 5.2.1

[@uliveulearnandregret]

when I make the camera it builds the camera just never shows up and I can't move anything around I'm using UE 5.0.3 the build never says it suceeds and I can cancel the build anytime I want, I tried turning off live coding and nothing works from this point. I can make the class but adding anything to the class in visual studio virtually doesn't transfer over because build hangs it just says "ready"

[@siete-g4971]

thank you for this nice tutorial :)

[@antythesis751]

is this only for people who already know Cpp or can I expect to understand and learn Cpp with just a beginner understanding of blueprint visual scripting?

[@dylansmith5264]

You must be on some big ass resolution, this is hard as hell to read but if the comments are this positive ill thrive on!

[@ghostmoonk5863]

Hi, I'm struggling with an issue when I want to edit the Static mesh root component. It's said that "Native components are editable when declared as Fproperty in C++". I've skrimed forums but didn't found any working solutions.

[@ghostmoonk5863]

Ok so the cause is because I was using Live coding. I didn't know and still don't understand why it's related

[@aryamukasyaf146]

What is the difference between game mode and Game state? if they both are the same and do the same thing why not just have one of them?

[@Mando_2700]

I get stuck when u write new commends in vs in levels. Build is not succesful

[@TheKr0ckeR]

Thanks mate, one thing i didnt understand is, how you can compile from IDE when the editor is open? Is your live coding enabled? If so, I have the error of "Unable to build while Live coing is active" when try to compile from IDE. Well, when i disable live coding, i have to close the editor to compile it. How you are doing it actually? I am unity developer and started to learn UE5. Having this problem is quite counter-intuitive for me.

[@LötwigFusel]

When this video was filmed UE5 was still in the beta. They changed many things for the real release. You need to start the editor form VS but not by selection the default Debug button. You need to start it with "Start without Debugging" (or something similar). Then you can recompile the code from VS and it should reload in UE. You can also disable livecoding (but also start without debugging) and click the recompile button in VS (somewhere at the bottom left). Maybe you want to checkout my other UE5 Tutorial series. Its in general better produced and more recent: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWrHhmObeN5riKs

[@cooperthegrandkid5639]

I'm trying to follow along but my intellisense isnt showing all paths such as "GameFramework" I've been looking around for hour's can somebody help?

[@LötwigFusel]

Intellisense is not usefull at all when you work with Unreal Engine projects. It's just not able to cape with the size of the engine. I would recomment to use Visual Assist. It's specificly designed to handle UE

[@cooperthegrandkid5639]

@@LötwigFusel Thank you, If you don't mind can you give a link?

[@slhx8956]

having an issue with moving the pawn. it only budges a cm in either direction.

[@moorthimadesh6565]

i am 12 and use tNice tutorials software because there is no age restriction to so good s!

[@overlord461]

you are great, thanks

[@Raziaar]

Thanks for the video, though all the random movements, orbiting, panning etc while explaining things is incredibly distracting.

[@ethanwebb2035]

Good video, but the UI is soo small its hard to see.

[@joshua42777]

did they ever get ue or vs fixed where good code doesn't break?

[@Ytomany]

I am not gonna lie the biggest problem with this video is that you never state what your making when the video starts so I am just kinda following along without any kinda goal or objective.

[@erth8096]

Thanks for this

[@ashkewww7365]

It's a really good tutorial but it's very hard to read in 1080p

[@LötwigFusel]

Maybe you want to tryout the „new“ ue5 series on my Chanel. It’s easier to read and better explained.

[@etta777]

Unfortunately this is unwatchable on 1080p monitors :(

[@eyesyt7571]

For my reference: 10:52

[@quadtychgort6485]

haha - amusing

[@cybercrystalgaming]

My visual studio is not opening automatically

[@uliveulearnandregret]

52:50 I have a camera component root connecting to a camera component, and that just throws up a warning, no red flags root component cannot be attached to other components in the same actor. Aborting.

[@henryharrison5927]

The Unreal Editor instance just plain doesn't open for me...

[@vladyjijo]

I feel pain in my eyes. I think I need to see a Doctor.

[@xenopholis47]

so is a complete game: game states in a complete game state?

[@coolbrando1]

So I have an issue. Im taking a C++ course with Unreal and im having some technical hiccups. Maybe I installed both Visual Studio and Unreal wrong. I go to open a blank project in Unreal but it doesnt open Visual Studio at the same time.

[@LötwigFusel]

Try to open the gennerate solution file manually. Located in the directory of the UE5 project.

[@yongsanchia2440]

my default pawn class is not assigned to AGameCharacter after following the steps up to 41:30...

[@yongsanchia2440]

problem solved. i realized my game mode base in my level is not the correct one that i created.

[@colmantrasscinniro2901]

@@yongsanchia2440 THANK YOU!!!!!!! You saved me. I didnt figure it out!!!

[@tonye8587]

good job！

[@siny3446]

I don't have the C++ Folder like in 8:06 in the Menu..

[@jialinzhou779]

Found this gem which teaches based on UE5 + MVS 2022!!! Can you please recommend me the monitor used in this tutorial, thx :]

[@LötwigFusel]

Back in the day this video was recorded I used the ViewSonic XG320U as my main display. However I did not realy liked it due to various reasons... and because it was a bit to big for my desk. Now I use the LG 27GN950 and I can realy recomment it! Its a perfect monitor!

[@barreto9391]

awesome, tnx lady :>

[@loutrepolemique5951]

Hi, really good tutorial so far, but Im facing an issue while setting the camera pawn, i get this error after compiling Tutorial : "class AActor has no member SetupPlayerComponent". Do you have any idea how to fix it ?

[@bhuvanchandrainampudi6824]

Check if your includes are in the right order. cpp files should corresponding .h as the first include.