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How To – Create a simple In-Game decal system
What you’re building & why This guide documents a reusable runtime decal placement and removal system. The goal is to allow players to place decals on surfaces using line traces, and remove them by looking at them and triggering an input. This system is built to be reusable across projects, easy to extend, and safe
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How To – Create a simple plugin in Unreal Engine 5
What you’re building & why This guide explains how to create a simple content-only plugin in Unreal Engine 5, and how to reuse it across multiple projects by pointing Unreal to an external plugin directory. The goal is to: A content-only plugin is the cleanest way to share gameplay building blocks without introducing code or
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How To – Reusable Overlap Box Blueprint
What you’re building & why This guide covers the creation of a simple, reusable, multifunctional overlap box that can be dropped into any level to drive gameplay logic through overlaps. The goal is to provide a clean, designer-friendly Blueprint that: The result is a single reusable actor that acts as a signal emitter, not a
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How To – Building a Modular Minimap in Unreal Engine
What you’re building & why This guide walks through a modular minimap architecture built around a Child Actor Component, where: – The minimap camera logic lives in its own Actor – Any character can opt into having a minimap – UI is owned by the HUD / PlayerController layer – Core behavior is data-driven and