First VR project- Ben Jeffreys

Devlog

• End product
  May 03, 2023 by up2115257

  After completing this project, I am happy with how this project has panned out. I believe that I have learned a lot doing this project. For example, I learned how to code locomotion elements for a VR... Continue reading
• Shooting gallery
  April 30, 2023 by up2115257

  I decided to add a shooting gallery to enhance my project. In the gallery, I want to have a random number of chairs spawn randomly in a certain area. I have been able to do this using the code in the... Continue reading

  
• Menu system
  April 27, 2023 by up2115257

  To create a menu system that opens a door to the level, I copied the actor of the door to use the existing infrastructure including the timeline. This saved me a lot of time rewriting code with no com... Continue reading

  
• Engine change
  April 25, 2023 by up2115257

  Through the process of development, we switched engines to UE5.1. This posed a few challenges as some elements of the engine were updated, the most prominent being the change to input actions. It took... Continue reading
• Door rotation
  April 14, 2023 by up2115257

  I have now started working on a rotating door. I replaced the back wall of the level with two walls, leaving a gap for a door in the middle. I then put a door frame into the level and made a blueprint... Continue reading

  
• Door button
  April 14, 2023 by up2115257

  I decided I wanted to make the button open the door on collision. I experimented with a widget blueprint, trying to use the button feature to interact with the VR pawn. However, I found a better optio... Continue reading
• Smooth locomotion pt1
  February 17, 2023 by up2115257

  Following further deliberation, I have decided to implement smooth locomotion into the project. To do this, I started off thinking that I needed to change the VR pawn into a character actor. After loo... Continue reading

  
• Task assignment
  November 10, 2022 by up2115257

  During consolidation week, I investigated which tasks I should tackle for this project. The two tasks that appealed to me are the opening door as, after deliberation with my lecturer, it allows me mul... Continue reading
• Concept
  October 30, 2022 by up2115257

  Prior to any development, my first task was to download Unreal engine 4. All of this was completed successfully and I was able to start a new project using the VR template. To start development, I had... Continue reading