UE-9293 - Should offer 'Create BP' when right clicking on C++ class in Browser
There is now a "Create Blueprint class based on X" option alongside the "Create C++ class derived from X" option when viewing the context menu for a C++ Class in the Content Browser. This allows you to create a new Blueprint asset from C++ classes that are marked as blueprintable.
[CL 2447345 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
This is needed for UBT to update its makefiles when we add new code via the editor.
Updating UBT makefiles is more typically handled by re-generating project files, however on Windows we use DTE to inject new files directly into Visual Studio in an attempt to avoid re-generating project files (as it produces modal popups that block operations), so we need to perform a gather instead so that UBT knows things have changed.
ReviewedBy Mike.Fricker
[CL 2446903 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
Generalized "Add Code to Project" dialog to allow creation of both c++ and blueprint class types.
The add component option when blueprintable components is enabled, now opens up this dialog rather than the parent class picker.
UE-8491 - IWCE: New C++ Component and New Blueprint Component should prompt you for a component type to subclass
[CL 2446735 by Matthew Griffin in Main branch]
Revised starter content so it is inserted into projects using feature packs.
Removed StarterContent source data from rocket build.
[CL 2438072 by Matthew Griffin in Main branch]
Fixed adding a new class via the editor reaching 100% while it was still compiling the code
An extra step had been added to the task, but the number of sub-tasks had been left at 6.
[CL 2437768 by Matthew Griffin in Main branch]
Added a way to use DTE to add new files directly into VS without having to generate projects
This avoids the annoying "Do you want to reload?" dialog that appears in VS when projects are externally changed, and also saves us the cost/time of having to run UBT to generate projects.
[CL 2435515 by Matthew Griffin in Main branch]
Improvements to naming of newly-created C++ and BP components through SCS tree
- Strip off "_C" suffix on newly created Blueprint classes
- Don't strip "Component" from Blueprint class names unless it is the suffix
- Changed prefix for newly-created C++ components from "My" to "New"
- New Blueprint components default to the name of the class unless they are Blueprints of UActorComponent, in which case the name is just "NewComponent"
- New C++ components default to the name of the class unless they inherit from UActorComponent, in which case the name is just "NewComponent"
#codereview matt.kuhlenschmidt
[CL 2425794 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
Fix regression with Class Wizard-generated source files not compiling sometimes
- Now, only AActor, USceneComponent and UActorComponent get "special" generated source
- FObjectInitializer constructors are no longer used in code generated for these classes
[CL 2419738 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
Added an experimental method to add a new C++ class derived from ActorComponent to an actor. The purpose of this is to add scripting support directly on an actor without subclassing the actor.
[CL 2419710 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
Fixed failed C++ hot reload not displaying an error to the user (UE-8241)
- Also added slightly better progress reporting to hot reload when adding code to a project
[CL 2419709 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
Allow C++ class template source files to have cursor location markup (not just header files)
- This feature is not currently used but will be in the future
[CL 2419695 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
New C++ code templates for Actor and ActorComponents
- When using "Add C++ Code" in the editor, you'll now get nice starter classes for common class types
- Classes that inherit from Actor will get a constructor, BeginPlay, and Tick (and will tick by default)
- Classes inheriting from ActorComponent will get a constructor, InitializeComponent and TickComponent (and will tick by default)
More improvements coming soon...
#codereview matt.kuhlenschmidt, james.golding
[CL 2419674 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
UE-7184 - Show game c++ classes and engine c++ classes in the content browser
The Content Browser now has extra entries for "Game C++ Classes" and "Engine C++ Classes" (with "Game" and "Engine" being renamed to "Game Content" and "Engine Content" respectively). These new folders serve as hosts for the list of available C++ modules, with each module internally mirroring the folder structure on disk.
For example:
- Game C++ Classes
- ShooterGame
- Classes
- Bots
- ShooterBot
- ShooterAIController
- [...]
- [...]
The Content Browser allows you to navigate and search these classes like you can with assets, and provides convenient access to either edit an existing class, or create a new class (either within a selected folder, or derived from a selected class).
As the Content Browser only shows you known UClass types, any new classes need to be compiled into a loaded module before they will appear. This means that adding a new class will now automatically hot-reload your target module. Should you prefer to handle building and loading your modules manually, you can disable the automatic hot-reload via "Editor Settings" -> "Miscellaneous" -> "Hot Reload" -> "Automatically Hot Reload New Classes" (see UEditorUserSettings::bAutomaticallyHotReloadNewClasses).
[CL 2409386 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
* Multicast delegate Add* calls now return FDelegateHandles, and Remove* calls are now all deprecated, except for a new Remove function which takes a FDelegateHandle.
* New FConsoleManager::RegisterConsoleVariableSink_Handle and UnregisterConsoleVariableSink_Handle functions which work in terms of FConsoleVariableSinkHandle.
* Timer calls which don't take FTimerHandles are deprecated.
* FTicker::AddTicker now returns an FDelegateHandle and is removed by an overloaded Remove function.
* DEFINE_ONLINE_DELEGATE* macros now define _Handle variants of the Add/Remove functions which return/take handles.
* Various other handle-based registration changes.
* Some unity build fixes.
* Some simplification of delegate code.
* Fixes for lots of existing code to use handle-based registration and unregistration.
#codereview robert.manuszewski
[CL 2400883 by Steve Robb in Main branch]
- CDO property values that have changed after hot-reload will now be propagated to the existing instances
- Adding code to a non-code project will no longer require restarting the editor to be able to work with new code (the new module will automatically be compiled and loaded)
[CL 2385307 by Robert Manuszewski in Main branch]
