User Interface (Progress Bars)

To further develop my understanding and capabilities within Unreal engine 4, i decided to follow some tutorials for creating a RPG game. The first thing that was within the tutorial that was new to me was a User Interface.

HP (Health points) and MP (Mana / Magic points) are typical properties found within the RPG and JRPG genres. In order to add them into the game, a User Interface Widget Blueprint is created. When opened, a new screen with a box border will appear. Within the Border is where you place the elements of the HUD.

A HP and MP gauge are made using the Progress Bar element, as these allow the bar to increase/decrease when the variable bound to their percent is changed.

In order to link the bars to the Player a blueprint is needed:

Finally, The UI must be connected to the game: