Unreal Engine 5 | Blueprint For Advanced Users

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Hello guys and welcome to my Unreal Engine 5, Blueprint For Advanced users Course. In this video I will explain and cover over more advanced topics in Blueprints. We will cover over what are Blueprint Interfaces, and how to use them. And we will compare using blueprint interfaces vs casting, and why casting can be bad for performance. We will cover over many other advanced topics in this video, things like functions, macros, ticks, and much more! Let me know what you guys think about this blueprints series, this is the 3rd and final video in this series.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
2:49 - Creating The Project
3:49 - Door Blueprint That Uses Casting
13:35 - Door Blueprint That Uses Interfaces
18:42 - Creating Interact Interface
27:55 - Casting VS Interfaces Explained
29:30 - Reference Viewer
31:30 - Size Map
38:10 - Can You Still Use Casting?
40:30 - Creating A Intractable Lamp
46:00 - Creating A Blueprint ATM Machine
1:01:00 - Creating A Blueprint Slot Machine
1:20:00 - Event Tick and Engine Ticks
1:30:00 - Functions
1:47:40 - Macros
1:54:52 - Debugging Your Blueprint
2:02:30 - Unreal Class Framework
2:07:00 - Summary And Outro
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[@SmartPoly]

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[@UnlessItsCrap]

Instead of the E-key at 7:44, why aren't you using Input Action? Isn't that better and more manageable? I see that you do it later on, but isn't the way you did at 7:44 bad practice now? Or only the one in Project settings? Thanks for your great vid though! You explain well.

[@hasstv9393]

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[@wantedscroll1365]

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[@IFalkeI]

I started with Unreal Engine 5 about a week ago and already completed your awesome beginner and intermediate blueprint videos. Perfect timing to the weekend :) Thank you so much for your work!

[@sonic45325]

I took a Month lol, Damn ADHD

[@AlexDicy]

One note on the "don't use cast nodes for everything because you're loading more memory": sure, but it's fine to use casting if you're checking for the player, for instance, because the player blueprint is already going to be loaded in memory anyway. Avoid the opposite: casting weapons/other stuff from the player blueprint, because it's going to load 99% of your game at the start, like Smart Poly said in the video. Casting is not "very bad", it's useful and can be performant

[@LaynaStambaugh]

This is true, but there are also other potential issues; when you "cast" a specific blueprint of a character, you're essentially forcing yourself to ALWAYS use that blueprint if you don't want to refactor all the casts that reference it (which, in a large project, could easily number in the dozens.) Casting is a scalability time bomb just waiting to happen. Interfaces are both simpler AND more versatile

[@AlexDicy]

@@LaynaStambaugh good point

[@neederimasGG]

This tutorial is the best ever since I studied BP. It's amzing that all of these can be covered in two hours

[@velikanskaglava2087]

I would like to see next: How to create assets within the game, the player, how to export it outside of the game, or whatever is as close to this process as possible

[@climatiseur_3853]

I've just betrayed Unity and get started with ue5. It was hard to move from code to blueprint but you did a great job because I understood everything. Thank you so much for this tutorial! I can't wait for the next one.

[@SpiritGear]

is it really a betrayal when they betray us first

[@21GunGaming]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm glad someone is out there doing these video's again/still. Often times people familiar with blueprint forget to mention key details because they're so simple and common, that beginners get a little lost. So it's always good to see several perspectives of individual processes.

[@lordcola-3324]

I was soo looking forward to this video! You are doing amazing work!

[@Psycked]

I just started your BP series yesterday and the timing couldn't have been better that you dropped your third video. Awesome job!!

[@kyokobm6866]

I was waiting for this so MUCH! 🔥

[@Justlivin00]

Been waiting for the advanced video for about a year now. Looking forward to this very much. Thank you.

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Can't wait for you updated course!

[@Mr.P3rsonMan]

Legendary! I'm super excited. 🔥

[@virtualhug105]

I was waiting for this, thanks!

[@Haigotron]

For the door timeline at 10:56 isn't it better to use play and stop instead? That way if the door is interacted midway through the rotation, it will reverse immediately, instead of causing the door to snap to start or end angles?

[@LaynaStambaugh]

Yea that's what I did

[@ricardobaeta3184]

I was waiting in anticipation for this one

[@COlvisca2]

Really excited to follow this and your other vids

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Wow not gonna lie SP but i wasn't expecting you to come back after everything you've been through and get right back in the swing of things! Glade your doing well bud

[@itsmishki7005]

As a programmer first time learning UE5 your videos helped me through a lot!! when I first started programming everything seemed like a long stretch but with previous experience learning this was an outstanding experience! It showed me how skillful I am. Thank you!!

[@skully3661]

I'm excited to get started on this part of the series. Your videos really helped when I was getting back into using unreal. I hadn't used it since my college days which was over a decade ago now, so you've been a great help!

[@skully3661]

No ATM texture in the zip file

[@SmartPoly]

I updated the zip file, you should be able to download it now

[@skully3661]

@@SmartPoly Got it, thank you!

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Nice! Can't wait to get started!

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[@Axel0689]

Glad to be able to continue with this part of the course. I really like the topics covered. I wonder: are you by any chance going to cover something for VR as well? That would be great. Anyway, keep up the good work. 💪🏻💪🏻😎😎

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[@RationalBike]

This is absolutely amazing.

[@cronopoly344]

Awesome series. Thank You!!!

[@gail_blue]

I've been waiting for this one, thank you!!!!! p.s. thanks again!!!

[@nudtanunwarnnissorn]

Thank you! I've watch your vids and it help a lot! I wonder where could I learn the extra nodes that I don't know without scattered information

[@NEWART_]

thanks your detailed explanation about engine

[@PrinceGaetan]

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Right on time sir! Thank you :)

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Finally, thank you man

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[@officialprinz]

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[@johndoe35717]

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[@MikeyBison]

agreed, reminds me of Davis Nixon over at Udemy

[@asdfghjklaa784]

Great! A video about enemy AI or implementing AI for npcs in general would be awesome

[@popularmusiccorporation7353]

Great video!! thankss!! Would be nice to have bookmakrs inside the video

[@SmartPoly]

just added them! refresh the video

[@RationalBike]

FINNALLY thank you.

[@MikeyBison]

THANKS MAN.

[@zakariafasla5782]

Well done

[@Floriantamm93]

I saved this for later when my game gets performance issues :D

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[@muneebhero1159]

Please don't end this series 😔

[@SmartPoly]

what would you like to see next?

[@rehman0077]

Make video about vehicle 🚑 game tutorial video

[@muneebhero1159]

@@SmartPoly thanks for asking and I also want vechile game like to replace default vechile to other

[@muneebhero1159]

@@rehman0077 I want vechile system please

[@MRBERO0]

​@@SmartPolynetworking and multiplayer stuff

[@carlosrivadulla8903]

pls talk about game design patterns like the mediator pattern

[@Hossein-hd7dq]

finaly part 3 :)

[@albinodino.stevied3976]

FINALLY… 🎉

[@gamethingstuff]

I feel not enough tutorials mention the SizeMap. I looked at my current project and found I was using so much memory from when I used casting just to quickly debug, I saved so so much space disk space from simply deleting a few unnecessary blueprints functions.

[@PolyF0rge]

yoooooooooooooooooooooooo thanks a lot!

[@Asaf1351]

Fist thanks you so much for this tutorials!!!! And I have a question, can you make serie about how to make mascot horror game?? Because i know is there many people that want to make mascot horror game and they not know how 😅✌️ thanks 😊

[@user-db2si9bv2n]

BEST

[@IAMTHEARMAGEDON]

Why draw a debug sphere when the trace has one built in?

[@DylanComas]

How come my reference viewer only shows the two meshes of the door for the Casting one?

[@beanutgames]

If you use a blueprint interface but then save that reference as a variable, does it retain the entire actor in memory still? I assume it does, right?

[@beanutgames]

Does that also affect what the reference viewer displays?

[@rancheraosborne]

Yes, doesn't matter the use of it or if it is a variable or not, if you cast it inside of the blueprint, it creates a hard reference and will always be loaded. In the video I think h doesn't explain it well, casting is not necessarily bad, depending what you are casting from and to. Casting from character to animation blueprint or game mode is totally fine. Casting from a door blueprint to the character, it is fine because the character will always be loaded in map/screen anyway. The problem comes when casting FROM the player to any other random blueprint like a door, a weapon, a lever.... your character will be creating hard references to objects that might not be used in this level. Making the character blueprint quite heavy for no reason.

[@wexordante]

Good time! I want create turn-based strategy, but all people made tutorial about rts games or very hard examples and not full. Please, if it's interesting , create video tutorial. Thank you!

[@zakariafasla5782]

whats the next video on this serie of ue5 learning

[@kilo4139]

hey i'm just getting started on unreal engine and i noticed the interaction system used in this video fails when there are objects such as walls inside the checking sphere near other blueprints, why does this happen and how could we fix it?

[@SmartPoly]

because we are getting the first index in an array, just do for each loop instead

[@kilo4139]

@@SmartPoly thank you

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[@sonic45325]

No event Dispatchers ?

[@at1965]

Finally

[@tenium2912]

Cant wait for #4 Blueprint Professional!

[@SmartPoly]

interesting idea

[@MoistStache]

I want this to get more views

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auto subscribe

[@user-uh4fs6fr4l]

I need to Chinese subtitles!!!

[@johndoe35717]

Please do some c++ tutorials, I understand a good bit about blueprint but I find it difficult to get into c++

[@Adil-vi8xw]

Pls make a video on a pirate ship game, i want to see how u make ai pirate ships and how u make buoyancy. Also i would like to see the ship game similiar to sea of thieves

[@ryanjdevlin87]

I'd like u to learn how to Google and stop wasting my time reading your pointless comments

[@blackred9571]

I wish there was timestamps

[@SmartPoly]

just added them, refresh the video!!

[@pleasantlygrim6712]

ur a legend m8

[@Milkfather69]

FINALY !!! YESSS

[@drakouzdrowiciel9237]

👌

[@user-uh4fs6fr4l]

I need to Chinese subtitles!!!