An UE4 plugin for grid-based game
- Support square and hexagon grid
- Support multi-level grid
- Grid-based pathfinding and movement
- Multiple grid rendering method: Decal and Outline(XCom2-like)
- Blueprint support
- Editor integration
- Customizable classes
- PathGuide for rendering path
- Implement IGridPawnInterface(C++) or GridPawnInterface(Blueprint) in your pawn class
- Set pawn's default controller to AAIController or its subclass [1]
- Add UGridNavigationComponent to your pawn [2]
- Spawn GridManager at game startup [3]
- Write game logic, most function you need is in GridManager
- UGridInfo: inherit from this class to add game-specific information
- USquarePathFinder and UHexagonPathFinder: customize pathfinding logic
- UGridNavigationAgent: inherit from this class to implement special movement, e.g.: jump, climb and so on
- UGridPainter: customize grid rendering [4]
- Clone this project to ${YourProject}/Plugins/
- Generate project file
- Compile
| [1] | we need it to implement default grid-based movement |
| [2] | if you have custom UGridNavigationAgent, add it to Component's 'AgentClasses' |
| [3] | if you have custom class, set it properly in spawn parameter |
| [4] | Default is UGridDecalPainter which using decal component to rendering grid |
