I tried a hybrid approach where I implement low level stuff on CPP and high level on Blueprints. However, Blueprints are really not stable. For one they break if you make any refactoring in CPP code while other CPP code gets automatically refactored. Second, even for simple stuff CPP code seems to be better organized than blueprints. Third you can get various problems with blueprints when making version upgrades but CPP is almost always flawless. I once spend 2 days fixing a blueprint related problem that occurred on version upgrade, and fix was appearantly "renaming variable to something, compiling it and renaming it back to its original name"

So yeah, now I'm just slapping CPP at everything I can wtih minimal blueprint interactions. Not because i'm "real programmer that does everything on CPP" but because I had much more stable experience working with CPP than blueprints.

I still setup paths and references by extending classes via blueprint. I just try to keep blueprint "code" to minimal.

I wish there was a way to "code" blueprints. Blueprints are in background just code organized in graphical manner, It shouldn't be too difficult to expose underlying code in a nice manner in text form for us to write blueprint scripts.

I really like the concept of having high level scripting language and low level C++ for performance but I don't think blueprints - from programming perspective - work that well. Stuff that I can code in 20 lines of CPP end up taking massive visual area and turn into spaghetti with blueprints. Yes my lack of visual organization has role to play on that as well but still. I really wish we had Python instead of blueprint

If 5% of youtube would be structured like this, gaming industry would be so much better, specially for indie dev teams.👍

3 years later and still the gold standard of Unreal learning content! Huge loss to the community that this is not ongoing - but I am thankful for the time and effort put into what is here.

I pray you're at LEAST the head of engineering at your company. So few people have the capacity to delivery complex topics this coherently.

The quality of this video is exceptional, the pacing is incredible, the information is invaluable, and your explanations and included examples are extremely helpful. I am so glad I found this video, and I still can't believe that this quality of video is available for free. Thanks for making this.

I'm really glad you humored the "real programmer" because I never saw the real value of blueprints until this video.

How is this video not behind a paywall is beyond me. Wealth of knowledge here explained in exceptional clarity that every one can understand even with out programming knowledge is shocking.

You make the best content by an extremely large margin, and this includes the official UE4 stuff imo :D

I learned more from this 45 minute video than Ive learned from hours of other tutorials. thank you

This video is so high quality, I've never seen such a high quality video before explaining UE topics.
Please guys, give him at least one month of patreon support! I'll be doing it now too. (edit it's actually per release of video, not per month)

Please come back we need you. Teach us more explain more please

I can't believe this video exists. Never in my life have I found a more clear, concise, well laid out and enjoyable explanation than in this video. Thank you Alex!

This video is incredible! It answers a vast array of questions about game development in UE4, all in a compact packaging. The voice of the narrator is pleasant, the animations are extremely good and fit the content perfectly and the subjects that are covered are exactly what I was looking for. Look no further! All the answers to your questions as a beginner game developer in Unreal are here!

At exactly :29 into this video I saw a Cursor duplicate and someone started writing two functions at once and knew I had stumbled onto something special here. How does this have so few views?! This is the single best unreal video I've seen (and yes I'm including their official videos in that comparison). The production quality, pacing, everything is A+ top tier. For the love of God I hope you keep making these--this channel deserves way more credit than it's getting currently.

Another advantage of C++ vs Blueprints: game debuggability outside of Editor. This is a major one for me, importance of this grows with the scale of the project and the number of supported platforms. You won't be able to debug blueprints directly anywhere outside of Editor.

Best Unreal Engine teacher! Can’t explain how good this videos are. Best mix of “How’s made” tv show and game development 😆

For anyone wondering about Blueprint Nativization. It was removed from Unreal.

Your content is unbelievably unique. There is quite literally nothing like it. Nor the quality you produce.
You're the Bob Ross of unreal engine. Losing you is the day we all lose a part of unreal engine.

As a beginner in Unreal Engine . I needed this today . Vielen Dank !

Uhhh. This is the best unreal engine video on the internet. You are amazing, dude.