Digital Workshop - Fall 2025

Technical blog of skills learned in Unreal Engine

Blueprint Fundamentals

Blueprint is Unreal Engine's visual scripting language
Store blueprint in "VisualScripting" folder in content browser
Blueprints can be created in Create Basic Asset > Blueprint Class
Components contains the visual elements of a blueprint object
Event Graph is the main space to script the functions of a blueprint
Events can be strung together between execution pins to make an execution chain
Blueprints must be compiled and must exist in a scene to execute
Visual objects can have a duration parameter
Emitters and systems can create particle effects
Return value can be modified with nodes (like offset) that have Target pins to change parameters
Delay and other nodes can be added inline with the execution chain
Chain connections can be straightened with [q]
Double click to add reroute node to a link for visual organization
Components can be dragged onto the event graph to make a "handle" node that enables scripting of its properties
Components can be given parent/child hierarchies
[Alt+RightDrag] to zoom event graph