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Unreal Engine 4 Scripting with C++ Cookbook
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Unreal Engine 4 Scripting with C++ Cookbook

by Stephen Whittle, William Sherif
October 2016
Intermediate to advanced
452 pages
9h 47m
English
Packt Publishing
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Adding Axis and Action Mappings from C++

Axis Mappings and Action Mappings can be added to your game via the UE4 Editor, but we can also add them directly from C++ code. Since the wireup to C++ functions is from C++ code anyway, you may find it convenient to define your Axis and Action Mappings in C++ as well.

Getting ready

You need a UE4 project to which you'd like to add some Axis and Action mappings. You can delete the existing Axis and Action mappings listed in Settings | Project Settings | Input if you are adding them via C++ code. To add your custom axis and action mappings, there are two C++ functions that you need to know about: the UPlayerInput::AddAxisMapping and UPlayerInput:: AddActionMapping. These are member functions available on ...

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