Create your first Dungeon
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Install Dungeon ArchitectInstall Dungeon Architect from the Unreal Engine Marketplace
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Setup Dungeon ActorCreate a new Level and drop in a Dungeon actor
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Assign ThemeA theme file defines the assets to use to build the dungeon. Assign an existing theme to the dungeon actor
Select the dungeon actor and inspect the Details panel
Add a new Theme entry by clicking the plus icon.
Enable Show Plugin Content
from the View Options so we can see our sample theme
Search for candy
and select the candy theme
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Build Dungeon- Select the Dungeon actor and inspect the Details Panel
- Click
Build Dungeon
button to generate the dungeon
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Randomize Dungeon- Select the Dungeon actor and inspect the Details Panel
- Click
Randomize Seed
- Click
Build Dungeon
to generate a new dungeon with a different layout
The Randomize Seed
button is a helper function which simply changes the Seed
value in the dungeon configuration. Changing the Seed
value changes the layout of the dungeon. If you assign a random value to a seed and build, you'll get a new dungeon layout
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OrganizationWhen you build a dungeon, all the spawned dungeon actors are placed under a folder named after the dungeon actor's label