Dave Voyles - UnrealScript Game Programming Cookbook - 2013

Designed for high-level game programming, UnrealScript is used in tandem with the Unreal Engine to provide a scripting language that is ideal for creating your very own unique gameplay experience. By learning how to replicate some of the advanced techniques used in today's modern games, you too can take your game to the next level and stand out from the crowd.

By providing a series of engaging and practical recipes, this "UnrealScript Game Programming Cookbook" will show you how to leverage the advanced functionality within UDK. You'll be shown how to implement a wide variety of practical features using the high-level scripting language ranging from designing your own HUD, creating your very own custom tailored weapons, to generating pathfinding solutions, and even meticulously crafting your own AI.

Learn how you can fully augment your projects with UnrealScript, with the additional inclusion of specific techniques that cover disciplines as diverse as AI scripting and HUD design. Initially starting with recipes that cover tinkering with your IDE, developing archetypes, and scripting cameras, you'll soon move on to creating advanced artificial intelligence, weapons, and vehicles alongside unique HUD and inventory systems.

What you will learn from this book:

Create advanced navigation with pathnodes and waypoints  

Construct AI that follows and avoids players and other bots  

Produce custom modular weapons, like your very own homing rocket  

Develop a HUD to display essential information using the UDK canvas  

Fashion archetypes and prefabs for easy collaboration with level designers  

Script a modular camera system for a variety of perspectives  

Craft pickups for both health and ammunition  

Design weapons that perform damage over time or even heal friends  

Book Details

Language : English

Paperback : 272 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]

Release Date : February 2013

ISBN : 1849695563

ISBN 13 : 9781849695565

Author(s) : Dave Voyles

Topics and Technologies : All Books, Game Development, Cookbooks, Games

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