Creating a Wheeled Vehicle in Unreal Engine
Throughout this Unreal Engine tutorial we'll learn how to create a vehicle that can be used in a third-person action game. Software required: Unreal Engine 4.5.
What you'll learn
Throughout this Unreal Engine tutorial we'll learn how to create a vehicle that can be used in a third-person action game. Some of the key takeaways from watching this course include learning how to create a Wheeled Vehicle Pawn from scratch and how to implement a system for having a player character enter and exit the vehicle. By the end of this Unreal Engine training you'll have learned how Wheeled Vehicles are created, how they operate, and how Pawn possession works in Unreal Engine 4. Software required: Unreal Engine 4.5.
Table of contents
- Importing Vehicle Skeletal Mesh and Applying Materials to the Imported Mesh 9m
- Setting up the Physics Asset for the Skeletal Mesh 12m
- Creating Assets Necessary for a Vehicle 10m
- Setting up Animation Blueprint for Our Vehicle 6m
- Setting up the Tiretype Data Asset and Vehicle Wheel Blueprints 7m
- Bringing Everything Together in Our Wheeled Vehicle Blueprint 11m
- Setting up the Wheels in Our Wheeled Vehicle 8m
- Overview of Input Axis and Action Mapping, and How to Setup New Mappings 12m
- Setting up, Testing and Adjusting Vehicle Movement 10m
- Creating a System for the Character to Enter and Exit a Vehicle 9m
- Adding Variables to the Character and Events to the Vehicle 11m
- Scripting the Character to Enter a Vehicle 10m
- Scripting the Character to Exit a Vehicle and Basic Troubleshooting Techniques 11m
- Fixing Issues When a Character Exits a Vehicle 11m
About the author
Jonathan Daley is an indie game developer with a passion for game design, programming, and storytelling in games. He is the CEO, Lead Designer, and Lead Programmer of Nacelle Games, LLC, an independent game studio who is 'Making The Games We Want To Play'. Jonathan has two college degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from UNC Charlotte, and an Associates in Applied Sciences in Simulation and Game Development from Central Piedmont Community College. He has created over a dozen games,... more