What are 'Typed' Gameplay Tags?

30 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2022 by ubyte.dev by ubyte.dev Topic: Unreal Engine 5 C++

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[{"selector":"#anim-bf63a6e2-1930-4544-9a6f-cafa3fda3a3f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":800,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-300c4fc8-8adb-4873-82e8-500088216617","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] It was first discovered in UITag.h (CommonUI) It was first discovered in UITag.h (CommonUI) Can you see where this is going? Can you see where this is going?

These are Gameplay tags with type safety These are Gameplay tags with type safety And it's absolutely brilliant! And it's absolutely brilliant!

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Previously, Gameplay Tags never benefited from any kind of type safety in C++ Previously, Gameplay Tags never benefited from any kind of type safety in C++ But it always intuitively felt like the right thing to have But it always intuitively felt like the right thing to have

That's why ubyte.dev made a (temporary) standalone plugin out of this That's why ubyte.dev made a (temporary) standalone plugin out of this To grasp its potential in any other project To grasp its potential in any other project

It's available on GitHub for anyone to download It's available on GitHub for anyone to download Learn more

I dare the people who invented this to keep being awesome I dare the people who invented this to keep being awesome