Virtual Reality Dev

Devlog

• extras
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  in order for the user to know what to do un my level I decided to add some text to the level design informing them on how to use certain elements of the level in turn making the VR aspect of the level... Continue reading

  
• button 3
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  to get the button to reset to its original position after being pressed all I did was duplicate the nodes that caused the button to move down when pressed but altered the value that effects the x axis... Continue reading

  
• button 2
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  The next step n making the button was to change add to the blueprint chain so the user wasn't able to presses the button multiple times at once causing the button to continuously descend, to stop this... Continue reading

  
• Button
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  the last thing I wanted to add to my level was a button in which the user could press and an event would occur, and after sone research i found out that its surprisingly simple. first I created a cust... Continue reading

  
• Painting Mechanic 4
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  the final step in creating the painting mechanic was adding a blueprint chain to the motion controller pawn, the main section of the chain consisted of an input which was selected in the project setti... Continue reading

  
• Painting Mechanic 3
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  the next thing i added to the canvas blueprints was a draw brush function this function would allow the render target to be drawn on, using the draw material function paired with both the begin and en... Continue reading

  
• Painting Mechanic 2
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  in order to create the canvas that the users can use to draw i created a new custom blueprint and attached a plane to the default scene root and added a 3 new blueprint chains attached together using... Continue reading

  
• Painting Mechanic
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  The next task i wanted to achieve was creating a painting mechanic where the user could draw something using their motion controller. to do this made 2 materials first, one would act as the colour of... Continue reading

  
• watch menu 4
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  the final blueprint change i needed to add to the motion controller pawn in order for the watch menu to work was the chain that actually spawns the menu,. the chain starts with an input action, in thi... Continue reading

  
• watch menu 3
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  the Next step in completing the watch menu was to get the menu screen to appear when the user wanted it to. in order for this to happen i needed to add some new blueprint chains onto the motion contro... Continue reading

  
• watch menu 2
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  The next step was to add blueprints to the event path of the widget that would allow the buttons to actually have an effect on the level. in terms of the "reset" I used the "open level" as this would... Continue reading

  
• watch menu
  January 20, 2023 by up2071052

  The first step towards creating a menu that would appear in the users wrist was to design the menu interface. i did this by creating a widget component and then used the design tab to create the menu... Continue reading

  
• Door
  January 13, 2023 by up2071052

  The next thing I wanted to add to my project was a working door that would swing open when grabbed and would continue to swing until it collided with and an object or wall. I originally thought this w... Continue reading

  
• ladder update 4
  January 12, 2023 by up2071052

  The final of blueprint editing I needed to do in order to finish the interactive ladder was in the blueprints of the motion controller pawn. i created a custom event and the first thing that the bluep... Continue reading

  
• ladder update 3
  January 12, 2023 by up2071052

  The next step in making the ladder work was to edit the blueprint of the motion controllers. this was done by editing the "Grab Actor" function of the blueprint. The most important thing was to add a... Continue reading

  
• ladder update 2
  January 12, 2023 by up2071052

  When it comes to changing the blueprint of the code the first thing I made sure is that the motion controller would detect what it is grabbing on to. This is simply done by adding a "get class" and a... Continue reading

  
• Ladder Update 1
  January 12, 2023 by up2071052

  The next step o took in the towards the completion of this project was decided to get the interactive elements of the room working rather then focus in how the room looked as in my opinion the present... Continue reading

  
• Restarting the project
  January 11, 2023 by up2071052

  After a considerable amount of time away from the project as well as talking to my peers I made an important decision to restart the project using a template given to me which allowed me access to fea... Continue reading

  
• 07/10/2022 update
  October 07, 2022 by up2071052

  The first step I took towards completing the set tasks was to familiarise myself with unreal engine 4 and getting used to the mechanics of the program as I have a very small amount of past experience... Continue reading