{"id":481,"date":"2024-03-01T14:34:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lloydmills.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/?p=481"},"modified":"2024-03-01T14:34:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:34:20","slug":"bsc2a-hypercasual-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lloydmills.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/03\/01\/bsc2a-hypercasual-c\/","title":{"rendered":"BSc2a – Hypercasual C++"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following up from my previous C++ practice, I need to start applying that knowledge to my hypercasual game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at my game, I’ve got two choices, I either take a copy of the prototype blueprint and try to swap the controller blueprint with C++ files or make the game in C++ and add the blueprint widgets to support it. I think it would be good to start simple and make a separate C++ prototype for the barebones mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making a new project from blank, I found it confusing where to start from blank since you don’t have the same details panels that blueprint comes with, looking through online tutorials few people seem to even bother setting up C++ projects with a C++ game mode file over a blueprint one. My first task is setting up the player but I’m already having some trouble, I set up the blueprint version with all the player’s functionality on player controller but I can’t find online any resources instructing how to setup a controller on a C++ gamemode class, I looked at the third person template and set up a character blueprint instead of a controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see I have a choice between pawn and a character for implementing input, as the player will not need to have a mesh, collision or movement I can use a pawn instead of a character file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made a ‘TestActor’ with a print string running on beginplay and tested it to make sure I have a working function for testing of the player has managed to load in the level. I added to the player pawn so I had a good way of knowing it has loaded into the game which it did not, it took a moment to remember that since I’m using a player pawn, I need to place it in the world first. Upon testing this I got my first good news for the C++ game, the player character has loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up is functionality, these are the primary tasks to get the core functionality going:<\/p>\n\n\n\n