I’m not a programmer only a 2d/3D artist. I’m looking for a template that lays out a on rail shooter in the likes of Panzer Dragoon or Star Fox 64. Also, how would I incorporate the aiming system? Also, would like to integrate 3rd person on foot levels between flying (on rails) levels where the character would explore towns/hubs to upgrade stats.
In a nutshell I’m looking for:
How to tutorials / templates for on rail shooter
How to tutorials/ templates for RPG character stat/upgrade system
How to tutorial/template for 3rd person mode/ fixed camera angles/ and NPCS
Is it possible to do all this in Blueprints alone?
Last question first - Yes, you can do all of this in Blueprints.
(and I have been for a while now. I haven’t written a line of actual code in weeks - for game purposes)
It won’t be as simple as finding a tutorial on each of the main aspects of the game and linking them together, but don’t be discouraged.
I don’t have an “Answer” here - but I can offer advice.
Start with the UI tutorial, not the Game Tutorials.
If you’re constantly stopping to ask yourself how you move the screen/rotate it - which key switches to Scaling or Rotating an object, you are wasting time and getting frustrated when you don’t need to be.
Learn to use W, E and R, learn that holding Shift while dragging an object ‘Follows’ it in the scene, learn that holding Alt while doing so makes a copy of the object…
These things will save you a ton of time and effort later.
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Then start on what looks like the simplest tutorial on the video tutorials section.
Don’t worry about how much you ‘learn’ from it, just follow it and move on.
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After a few tutorials you’ll realize you’re doing things before they tell you to.
You’re understanding what the components you’re adding actually do, and why you’re using them.
A few more and you start to wonder ’ wouldn’t it be better to do it this way? ’ and testing your alternatives.
The Starting Point
Basic Blueprints
BP Shorts
These series will get you started and give you enough of a foundation to grasp some of what is being covered in the more involved “game” tutorials.