Grid Plugin

An UE4 plugin for grid-based game

• SampleProject
• A more complicated project: SRPGTemplate

Features

• Support square and hexagon grid
• Support multi-level grid
• Grid-based pathfinding and movement
• Multiple grid rendering method: Decal and Outline(XCom2-like)
• Grid sensing component¹
• Blueprint support
• Editor integration
• Customizable classes
• PathGuide for rendering path

QuickStart

• Set pawn's default controller to AAIController or its subclass²
• Add UGridNavigationComponent to your pawn³
• Add UGridSensingComponent to your pawn (optional)
• Spawn GridManager at game startup⁴
• Write game logic

Customizable Classes

• UGridInfo: inherit from this class to add game-specific information
• USquarePathFinder and UHexagonPathFinder: customize pathfinding logic
• UGridNavigationAgent: inherit from this class to implement special movement, e.g.: jump, climb and so on
• UGridPainter: customize grid rendering⁵

Install

1. Clone this project to ${YourProject}/Plugins/
2. Generate project file
3. Compile

Donate

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1. plus a component visualizer for debug and level design↩

2. we need it to implement default grid-based movement↩

3. if you have custom UGridNavigationAgent, add it to Component's 'AgentClasses'↩

4. if you have custom class, set it properly in spawn parameter↩

5. Default is UGridDecalPainter which using decal component to rendering grid↩