Learn Unreal Engine C++ In One Hour 

I'm programming for already like 15 years, and also doing games, but for some reasons I still have this first time amazing feeling of accomplishment when I see something instantiated and moving on the screen. I guess that's what keeps me motivated :)

Blown away by the interest in the C++ Survival course! Amazing to see a few people already signed up. To clear up any confusion, you don't need to know C++ well to follow along. I show you how to install Unreal and Visual Studio, and from there we build the game and I show you how to package it and create a linux dedicated server where we host the game with steam matchmaking.

I find this more useful than any other video simply because you explain your approach and how things are supposed to be done in Unreal with C++ or in general. Most videos are focused on making a single thing and don't really explain the bigger picture and that's very important! Thanks, man!

Coming from Unity to Unreal after 8 years of C# and the way you explain things here is fantastic. It helps me greatly to learn how things work in-depth. Thank you so much!

I'm a noob to UE 4 and c++, I' m amazed at how interesting and accessible you make this topic. Thank you 😊.

You sir, are amazing. About 14 days into my UE-life and you just taught me more in 1 hour than what I’ve learned over the last 14 days spending anywhere from 1-12 hours a day following a course. Again it just proves the point that having the right teacher will make all difference in the world. I’m so glad I found your channel. From having a feeling of - This is tough. I can do this. I’m a UE developer (getting the affirmations going there). I am now super excited because you made a lot things just click in my mind.. Thank you SO much. Please keep it up. Cheers.

Yeah, Part 2 Please... and Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 etc.

The most useful 1 hr about Unreal Engine I've seen so far. Thanks

This video really deserves more then a million views. The information is so helpful and clear. And it's a recent tutorial. GOATED. I can barely contain my excitement at how much I understand the concepts and want to code more now. Thank you, lifetime subscriber earned.

I have the answer to 2 of your questions. The reason the engine calls it "possessed" goes back to UE 1 days with Unreal. The devs had intended to allow the player to control pawns, such as the monsters or animals, live in game and be able to change monsters. This game mode was cut when Unreal 1 missed its launch date and needed to reduce the number of planned features. This game mode was finished by a mod called MCoop. CreateDefaultSubobject also goes back to the old days of version 1. This replaces the old DefaultProperties {} section that used to be at the end of every class. These were addable and editable through UnrealEd script editor but could also be edited by decompiling and exporting the UnrealScript to . uc files editable by a text editor.

The way you get your editor to look like that, with the extra info, is with Visual Assist. I figured some people would wonder why their visual studio doesn't autocomplete and the colors don't match those from the video. Super useful!

Great job, Reuben! Really! Very concise and useful. Thank you so much! In *Unity 4.25+* the *"Role"* part is actually *"GetLocalRole()"* (53:19), otherwise you get a compile error. Besides, you have to set *"Net Mode"* to *"Play As Listen Server"* (47:43), just after setting the number of players.

The only guy (literally) that explained what an actor is perfectly. Thank you

my god this is head and shoulders above other tutorials. it's a quickstart, real code, tight loop in explaining and demonstrating. A+

12:10 Note here, Unreal Engine is NOT Open Source, there's a distinction between making the source available to the public and being open source. UE uses a custom license by Epic and not an OS license.

Programming makes me hungry. I need to order a pizza.

Unironicaly the best UE tutorial for learning even the basics of the engine. I went in to the video knowing Unity terms like GameObjects and prefabs and came out jealous of how easy networking looks : / Thanks so much for this!

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm an experienced Unity developer who has been trying to wrap my head around Unreal for the last few days. This video really explains a lot of important concepts well. I feel like I have a massively better understanding of how UE works now and I feel like I can finally start taking my first baby steps on my own.

Very amazing tutorial. I'm now changing from unity to unreal and with this tutorial all seems to be more simple. Thank you very much for posting!

A PART 2 WOULD BE FRIGGIN AWESOME 👏 CAN YOU DO IT PLEASE?

dude i normaly don't understand any code tutorials but in this video however, i understood way more than i usually do. this is really good explaning for new beginners. Thank you so much and please keep it up i want to see more. you got one more subscriber now

This is exactly what I was looking for. Having read through a lot of code provided by Unreal by default, I was deeply confused by how C++ scripts interacted with Blueprints. This finally helped me figure that out, and made it all make sense.

Damn, we need more of these!

As someone who has worked with Blueprints for years and now moving to C++, this was really good. You have great pace and explain things clearly. I'll be getting your full course very soon :)

It awesome that you talk about all those topics i am really interested and no one doesn't talk about much like how everything works ❤️

This video was a perfect 1hr intro to Unreal for me. I particularly like that you explained the Default GameMode and demonstrated best practices using the editor with UPROPERTIES + BP prefabs. I'm coming from Unity so it felt very familiar. Only issue for me was the capitalized local variables... bruh, that's gonna take some getting used to.

This is really awesome. I've been doing Unreal on my spare time for 5 years now, but I still see myself forgetting stuff if I stop here and there. This is an amazingly small video with everything in it. Good job! On my part, I'm stuck with server traveling and keeping the player state. I'm trying to do a lobby system and then launch the game. An hour long video would help 👀! Haha Keep up the amazing work! I'll go buy your serie!

About the class forwarding at 27:41, the cleanest way to forward stuff like this is just to forward right under the includes. In that case you would just need to do class UStaticMeshComponent; and you're done. Then you wouldn't have to slap the class behind any member of that kind.

Been trying to wrap my head around UE4 for years, and this video just about cleared up ALL questions I had. Jesus I wish I saw this sooner!

this was one of the best explained tutorials ive watched since ive started on Unreal. Good job!

The best video I've watched on the basics of unreal and c++ together. Thank you. Was having a bit of trouble grasping concepts but after watching all of this I feel excited to use unreal

Thank you so much! This is hands down the best unreal tutorial I've ever seen (including paid courses). You explained everything incredibly clearly

Your video is exceptional. I learned more core concepts in a half an hour watching this video than i have over the past week jumping around other sources. You really hit a lot of the points i needed answered. also, the speed at which you speak is ideal. this is one of the few videos i did not have to speed up to get through. Thank you very much, i look forward to more content from you. perhaps you can get an epic megagrant to assist in further tutorial development. I have been through literally several hundred GB worth of tutorial videos, and this was by far tops.

I want part 2. This is the best c++ UE4 tutorial for beginners I've watched. Thanks a lot!!!

Amazing video for refreshing C++ and UE4 skills! Please make part 2 :)

Thanks mate, took me a whole day but you were rushing

This answered all my questions about Unreal coming from Unity. Thanks so much! You're great at explaining things.

Best beginner (like me) Unreal Tutorial I've ever seen!

Thank you so much! I'm new to UE and in the first hour you helped me learn so much! I was able to follow your steps and things went smoothly!

Good stuff so far. I've been learning Game Development in Unity for a while now and I can finally see the similarities between C# and C++. C++ seems a bit more complex but the way you explained it made the basics seem more manageable. Thank you.

Thank you!, I can only attemp to imagine how much work it must be to put these tutorials together! However, can you link us to a completed project to download (this would be very helpful for getting through the very hard-to-read parts.)

Possess is actually a really good term for what’s going on when you really think about it.

Thank you so much for giving us all these free and amazing tutorials, it's all thanks to you that I'm learning

You are amazing at teaching that to us. So far one of the few tutorials that goes to the point while explaining the details that matters! Thank you so much!

As a fed up Unity developer for 4 years, thank you for this

Very good tutorial! Fast but still on a level so you get everything. Well spent time.

This is really good. Very well explained. Not sure if you did a part 2 but the networking side would be good for me.

Thank you for this. Dipping my toe in unreal after many years as a unity developer. This helps a lot. If you have the time I have a question: I make non-game content, and rely heavily on custom inspectors, and editor scripting.. I rarely press play. Is unreal as ‘set up’ for this kind of workflow as unity? I very much like the idea of creating core mechanics in cpp and then having the ease of the blueprint system to stitch them together on the fly.

Hey man thank you very much for the video. It helped me get comfortable doing c++. A whole hour of good instruction.

What is the difference between using the C++ constructor and calling CreateDefaultSubobject, and using the AddComponent button once you've created the blueprint class? Are there any reason to prefer one or the other?

I would absolutely love a part 2! This was absolutely amazing and I learned so much from it! Please make more!

Great video. Basic but some great points. Would love to see more on this especially the replication system for multiplayer.

They call it possess probably because in the movie The Exorcist the evil spirit took control of the protagonist's body. The term "possessed" was used then.

in 3 minutes 30, I already have a better understanding of UE5 than after hours of lesser tuts

I've been looking for a video like this forever.. high leveled, easy to understand, interesting and helpful. Thank you so much Reuben.

Can someone explain why, when he makes the server shoot function it is necessary to add the _implementation to the function name, I am finding this quite confusing especially when this wasn't done for the Shoot() function

Thanks for the video. It really helpful in understanding the basic concepts..

This is an excellent quick run down

I've learned more in 1 hour than I have in a whole 50 hour course that's "top rated"

Brilliant stuff. I am very interested in the Server and Multi player mode of working so more videos on that would be great. Thank you for Sharing this.

Nice overview - it's good to get that system level overview for C++ integration with blueprints - thanks!

Great job, I especially enjoyed the explanation on replication at the end. It probably would have been more appropriate to title this "Learn Unreal Engine C++ In Your First Hour"

Nice work man , after watching your video I got a job in 1 hour , thx a lot )

Thank you for your help, can't wait for more!

Perfect tutorial, I got many things to start play with.

That was such a great tutorial. I have never seen a one hour long video in one go. Please make more like these!

Great tutorial, waiting for part 2

When I saw you doing the stuff in the header files, it was just an incredibly discouraging moment. I don’t think I would ever have enough time to memorize all this.

reubs, thank you so much, a lot of essential and useful tips and helpful explanation

Wouldn't it be good practice to include the StaticMeshComponent.h and ProjectileMovementComponent.h files in the bullet.h file? Then everything works without the "class" keyword, and you only need to add the #include statements in one place.

When you opened up the Visual Studio , my brain jumped out of my head 😵⚰️⚰️⚰️

Sir I could not thank you enough! Cant wait for part 2

Very well done, very concise, exactly what I was looking for!

I vote for part 2! and 3 and 4 and 5+ :)

Coming from unity to unreal, its not that difficult but its like doing simple things in a complicated way. Names of functions and classes doesnt make sense.

Great video! So could you pretty much make your entire game with the blueprint feature and do no coding? I'm all about saving time and using zero code when possible.

Excellent breakdown. Excellent video. Hats off to you

Great job! This rly helps me a lot. Well still i get compilation error C2248 = AActor::Role cant a get acces to the data (In function Shoot when trying to check if is authority or not).

Yeah well be happy to see part 2, part 3 and many more

*Where were You... I found only one video in the whole RU-vid fr detailed explanation*

27:30 Awesome explanation! It would have sound stupid if nobody undarstands nothing

Very informative, love to see it pushed a bit beyond the basics, focusing on the framework. :)

I've learned more in 1 hour about UE4 than in 3 years and you've explained better some C++ for UE4 basics than a course that I've bought on Udemy

Great video, Reuben! Keep 'em coming :P

This is so great, I wished I found your video earlier

Watched your other C++ tutorials and still there were some nuggets in here like why you use TSubclassOf.

Best UE4 C++ Course Hands Down! Also I was able to compile my Bullet CPP Class without forward declaring, I noticed I forgot to, is that due to a change? I did not include the #include in the .h file as you mentioned it was bad practice, but it somehow still compiled. I went back and added the class prefix just to stay on course though.

incredible video, really useful!! Congrats and thank u

In the 'learningCharacter.cpp' file, on line 56 the function being called 'check(PlayerInputComponent);', comes up as an error with red lines under 'check'. Everything is working as it's supposed to but I wonder if you know why this could be happening? it says that "identifier, '_nop' is undefined"

@Reuben I am loving this tutorial, but your code screen captures using Visual Studio are hard to see (the fonts are too small for me--black on white would be an improvement too (in my opinion.)

very intense and useful, 5 star

Following along in UE5, which I recognize has some differences which I'm looking up and resolving along the way. For the 43:20 mark, I'm trying to compile and execute the "Spawn an actual bullet code" - GetWorld->SpawnActor(BulletBP, SpawnTransform, SpawnParams); . But I'm seeing a build failure - error C2227: left of '->SpawnActor' must point to class/struct/union/generic type . What needs to be different, and why?

Does anyone know how to make modular characters out of Reallusion's Character Creator 3? I would like to make my own custom meshes/clothes for the survival tutorial

This was really well explained! Thanks!

Very well put together...!!!

now I know why moded objects in gta 5 don't always show for everyone because it has to replicate and that person has to be host for everyone to see it networking and server sounds so meta

What theme are you using? it looks good.

Even this Tutorial is a bit to hard for me. I am a COMPLETE newbie. Is your patreon Course the right choice or should i first learn the basics?

Sup man! Finally something new :P

Any tips for someone brand new to c++ trying to make a fighting game. Specific types of code to learn about that will help me accomplish this. Thank You