How to use Blueprints across multiple Projects - BP Plugin Development Unreal Engine 5 Tutorial

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If you're tired of creating the same blueprints over and over again you can use this tutorial to learn how to develop blueprint plugins. This will allow you to use your blueprints across multiple projects and concentrate on what really matters.

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0: 33 Creating the base plugin
1:17 Making the launcher blueprint
2:50 Using the plugin in a different project
3:56 Making a spring plugin with meshes, animations and sound

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[jomesias]

Recently I had to create a c++ plugin to call the replay system. Apparently it’s only available in c++ so I had to bite the bullet, fortunately I figured it out.
BUT THIS! being able to make plugins in Blueprints is just awesome! For reusing functionality, at least!!
Thanks!!!

[ScoutOW]

Woah! Nearly 10 years of using UE and i never knew this! Id just usually migrate and try to fix errors, usually having to manually re-write the macros!

[Suthriel]

Thats awesome, this will absolutely become very handy for many blueprints :)

[songoku]

Good stuff, it's easier than I thought. I recently thought a lot about it since I like to make my code reusable but I was really hesitating between migration and plug-in. Thanks to you it's all clear now!

[YahyaDanboos]

Yoooo!! I didn't know you can make plugins without coding 😲

[tastysnak]

I think you just changed my entire workflow in one 5 minute video! 😅

[esotericgamedev]

Is there a clever way to make sure none of the references are broken when you package the plugin? Whenever I try to use the plugin in a new project sometimes things get left behind (like meshes)

[InakiIrizarJauregui]

Hi! Good video, but I would like to know if you modify the plugin in one project if it is modified in all projects that I install it as the ones from the marketplace. Or because I'm copy-pasting it, it wouldn't affect the rest?

[KnivesFrank]

Wow, I have actually never used this..
But how is it different from just migrating needed BP to other game?

[ty]

So could I do this with my third person character? It has had a lot of work put into it with custom idle, walk and run cycles, it has a flashlight, can crouch, has a camera boom (for a first person view) with custom camera shake and other bits and pieces

[lucascavallari]

There is a node I am creating that I wish to turn into a plugin, do I first need to turn it into a blueprint? If so, what kind of blueprint? It is a collection of fuctions inside another, but I'd rather not turn it into a function library. I'm using only blueprints yet. Also, is it really needed to create a new project just for the plugins? And do they stay private or are uploaded?

[achreftlemsani]

can i use plugin contains contents only (WBPs & Enums &Structs) in older Engine versions ?,
because i am using Unreal 5.3 And i Want To Distribute the plugin on marketplace

[stormsowards]

I tried this and there was nothing in the folder in my project after restarting. The plugin was active but no content was in the folder.

[Lootboy]

bro nice video but it would be nice to know why you do some of these steps

[DailyPaily]

from ue4 to 5 i guess it need to transform all shadows etc

[bumbum]

Hi, First I want to congratulate you for doing such a good job of explaining and making the best tutorials for unreal engine, I was inspired by you to start working on a 2d game, I encountered an issue and I saw on internet a lot of people struggling to understand how to control 2 characters with only one keyboard in UE5 (is only local multiplayer), it will be much apricated if you want to create a tutorial for this issue, and if you don't want to create a tutorial can you leave at this message a comment on how is the best way to do it, pleas, and thank you for all of your work so far.