Unreal Engine 4.x Scripting with C++ Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

For this simple example, let's create a variable to store how many times each player jumps within the game:

1. Open up Visual Studio and open the definition for your character for your project (in my case, it is Chapter_12Character.h). Add the following property and function declaration to the file:

UPROPERTY(Replicated, EditAnywhere)uint32 JumpCount;void Jump() override;

2. Then, go to the implementation file and add the following #include:

#include "UnrealNetwork.h" // DOREPLIFETIME

3. Afterwards, we need to tell the SetupPlayerInputComponent method to use our version of Jump instead of the parent class's:

void AChapter_12Character::SetupPlayerInputComponent(class UInputComponent* PlayerInputComponent){ // Set up gameplay key ...