Unreal Engine 4 Tutorial - Main Menu with Start / Load Level + Exit Game
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- NEWS: Check the new, improved main menu-tutorial instead: • UE4 Tutorial | Main Me...
Learn how to create a main menu with three buttons: Start Level 1, Load Level 2, and Quit Game. The buttons will change color and make a sound when the mouse pointer hovers over them, and when being clicked. The main menu will also have a game logo / banner on top. In the follow-up to this tutorial I how you how to disable the Player Controller completely while in menu mode, and vice verse. The tutorial is here: • UE4 Tutorial - Disable...
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Man your tuts are the shizzle. Love em. You're holding a lot of people's hands on game development dude. Love your vids.
The mouse down color is a tint, which means that it's tinting the color you already have. In the case of the green button (mouse over) you tint it solid red, which means that only the red channel comes through, and since there was no red in the green-blue color, the tint made it all black. Cool tutorial. :)
Great tutorial. I have a few games that don't have any menus. Now I am going to be able to make these games have really nice menus!:)
Second time watching that:). Pretty exciting:). My games had no life but when I add them to my game at different areas of my maps perhaps I will be super powerful and it will be so much fun:). Thanks again:)
Hi, Nice tutorial to learn. I am using UE 4.16, there I am not able to find "remove from viewport". Please help
Awesome! Thanks for this tutorial!
Great Tutorial mate, really helped me a lot. Have a nice day!
Great tutorial thanks for making the video!
very nice tuto! thanks :)
Thanks a lot for the video!
'Remove from viewport' didn't show up for me but 'remove from parent' seemed to do it. Great tutorial btw :)
I have two problems: Firstly, the game appears to load prior to the menu, so whenever I click anywhere on it apart from the buttons, the mouse disappears and I can't click on the menu, only in-game, as I can still hear the shooting sound.
Another problem I have is that when I do click Start Game, the menu refuses to leave, despite the fact I can still hear gameplay. This is really annoying me, is there anyway I can resolve it apart from setting the start game button to just get rid of the menu?
+MiniMetaller Thanks.
Thank you very much.
Your teaching very helpful to me
I want to know how to make objects change color inside UE4
Can you tell me some simple teaching
Hasegawa Naoki Greets! Here's a change / animate color in-game tutorial for ya: czcams.com/video/0XoFKCoU6-0/video.html :)
The smallest explosion ever 2:20 Boom! =D
THX this is very helpful
Excellent many thanks :)
Thanks for the tutorial,!! it really worked
Cool..Thanks lot..It worked
''I am using 4.21 version, and can't seem to find the ''remove from viewport'' option either. Need help. Also, while I can move while the menu stays there. How can I stop my movements when I am in main menu.
Thanks so much
Thank you
Hey! I try again your tuto but with the new version of UE4, my menu work but when i press start my menu dont disapear my menu respawn after 0. second evertime i press play.. :/ but the exit button work XD. whith the older version i had not this problem. :o Thanks!
Hi people! Thank you for the tutorial, but how i do to package many levels?🤔
OMG I'm trying to add a simple press enter and change the level! why are all CZcamsrs explaining it this way! I don't want to click I want to press is so simple!
I have a problem, I made a menu. No problems there, but the problem is when I start a level, the mouse does not interact with the level, and that's what's making me from moving my character... I need help
Hi when i press play level 1 (which is linked to my example_map) the buttons dont dissapear, but when i click play level 2 it works, and quit works so what have i done wrong?
Wrexhammama add ”Remove widgets” to button’s code
Hi Ben, great tutorial, you're awesome. I have a question for you, when I package the game my "quit"button doesn't works and the game still in my monitor crashed. I hope you can help me. Regards.
Holy shit Thanks bro
Hi Ben, this is a great tutorial. It is short, easy to follow and effective. But I have to post this comment because I am having problems and the results are not the same as what you show in your video. Apparently, the "Remove from Viewpoint" is not working. The buttons remain on the screen during the game. But the main problem I think, is that over all, when I click the "Play the level in the editor viewpoint", I can play the game without pressing the newly created "Level 1" button. The "Quit Game" button works along with the change in colors and the "hover over" effect. I need your help, please let me know if there is something I am missing. Thank you in advance and I hope to hear from you. :)
I'm having the same problem and remove from viewport doesnt seem to be in 4.6 preview :) tried with remove from parent but still same result as carlos is experiencing thanks in advance ^.^
Hey Carlos! Thanks for letting me know :)
If you really do -everything- I do in the video, then I have no idea why "Remove from Viewport" isn't working. Have you tried setting it up once more? Sometimes I find myself doing something and not getting it to work, and then when deleting it and trying one more time, it suddenly works - and I don't necessarily even know why, hehe.
But your other problem, yes, I experience it too. When clicking outside of the buttons in the menu it somehow activates the player character. Thus, I'm on it. I'll let you know if/when I figure out how to fix it!
Daniel Schofield
Hi Daniel, I haven't jumped on to 4.6 yet, as I prefer waiting until it's not just a preview version, so don't know how it works there yet. However, I'll surely check it out when I do switch to 4.6 :)
I figured it out that is not in 4.6 preview but if you remove by parent make sure you remove after the level load dont event begin play :)
I see, cool, thanks for sharing!
Mine keeps restarting the entire level so the menu just stays there they way i got around this is a bit sloppy just instead of open level replace it with remove from parent and it will work bad thing is the game will play in the back ground so if you have enemies etc make sure to put them on a delay.
hey good tutorial but i had question for you i am using firstperson character camera and i copying it multiple time and place it to the next upper floor and some other place so i want to jump it ussing menu
Do you have a tuturial on a layered menu? For school I am creating a menu that has popups and different screens but cant find a tutorial anywhere for it... :S
Mine messed up....
The buttons pop up and everything, but I cant click them.
And theres this weird ticking noise in the background when playing...
But no error messages....Maybe its because I dont have an Actual level 1 like u do??
I came here to see how do u make the menu disappear, the option you showed didnt work for me 4 some reason
I want to put an image for buttons. How I do this? Please help me!
Question: should the main menu be in itself a separate level from the main game level? I'm looking into UMG for a fancy main menu with animation and makes me wonder if this is for a new level and having the menu load the main game menu instead. Also, for a pause menu, I would like for the quit game button to not quit the game itself but to return to the main menu. Is this a simple case of loading the menu menu from the button widget itself? Would the state of the game reset if I went back to the main menu and started the game again?
AnimeRPGFreakKenny There is no "should" or "shouldn't" - it's more about what suits your project the most, but a guy named "Revaro" had something smart to say about it in the UMG section on my tutorial-site, check it here: unrealtutorials.com/unreal-engine-tutorials/unreal-engine-4-tutorials/umg/
Otherwise, I haven't had too much time to delve deep into menu creation yet, so I would advice you to take your questions to the Unreal answerhub, where you can get answers directly from the Unreal staff :)
Hey Ben it would be awesome if you make a video tutoring how to change a player using Menu system in UMG. I am really struggling with it.
Roshan Lamichhane Hi Roshan! Could you perhaps explain a bit more what you mean by changing a player?
As per say, I have two players (gunman with shotgun) and (a guy with a knife) , how could i be able to switch between these two characters using an options menu of UMG. It would be even better if you could show how can i control that menu with Xbox controller. Thanks
Roshan Lamichhane As of now that sounds like a bit too complex thing for me to know how to set up. I'll probably get there in the future, but not just yet. Controlling the menu with a controller, however, shouldn't be too hard. I'll look into it when I'm getting to that point in the creation of my own game. Will let you know when it happens :)
Ben. Thank's for the tutorials. How would I actually save High Score. Is there a way to save Text Block info in to Game Save. Lets say my text says 22 connected to game instance how would I save that in to my Save Game. Thank you Ben.
I love this tutorial but would it be possible to find the sounds you used somewhere?
Arno Dom Greets! Yup, I just recently uploaded a soundFX package to the site, and the effects used in this tutorial are included. Link: unrealtutorials.com/downloadable-content/sound-effects/
hey sorry for noob question but i'm very new to this. what is the main differences between brushes and Static meshes. and when is it appropriate to uses brushes over meshes?
No problem. There are many differences, but the main difference? Hm. Maybe think of it like this: Brushes are like painting broad strokes with little detail, while meshes are like highly specified often rich in detail stencils. Surely this isn't too accurate, but it isn't completely wrong either.
More direct explanation: Brushes are good to block out the general size and structure of levels, while static meshes are objects you place in the level either for decoration or practical use to the player. Skeletal meshes, on the other hand, are used for doing something active with, like the game characters, weapons etc.
Hope that helps :)
Hi bro,I do same thing you but in my computer it's not show "remove from viewport and set show mouse ".
And then main menu are show while playing game.give me solution bro plz.i am waiting for your reply
Thanks for the tutorial, but I'm having some problems.
First, the mouse is not visible, despite the visibility box being checked.
Second, clicking the button that would load the level (I have it set to change color when moused over) only stops the gameplay simulation.
+GamingForTheGamers Forget about this old video, hehe. Today I uploaded a new, improved main menu-tutorial. Check it instead, and hopefully you won't have any problems with it: czcams.com/video/SPzjL-j4Aas/video.html :)
please Ben,help,i have ue 4.9,im trying to make a main menu, buts something goes wrong,when i click "start game" the game still in ui mode ,and the button stin in ui,if a made a mistake..,please tell me.
Instead of remove from viewport, use remove from parent
I don’t have the remove from view port button
3mn 20 .... drag "textbox" in button, is not possible for me .... why ?
im a using the engine 4.10.1.
i tried so many way to get this working :(
i think Remove from Parent is broken.
am i the only one ?
Can you do a video on how to put an intro at the beginning of your game?
it looks like in unreal engine 4.24.0 there is no remove from viewport option
I like your tutorials. You had done a greate job , But i have some problem in this toturial , When I press/click on Start Game, It doesn't load my level. Can you please help me... Thank you.......
My game crashes when I click New game or w.e Level 1... No idea why
can any one help me...i make 1 next button which is going for next level.. either is 10 level game or 20 level game...
Whenever I press launch, it just puts the three buttons on the screen and I cant press them, also I can walk around. Any way around this, and did I do something wrong?
Christopher Benedicto Hey man! I would suggest checking no elements in the UMG editor is covering the buttons and thus making them un-clickable. Or maybe just set up the menu again, from scratch, paying very close attention to every step of it. Also, I have a lame kinda fix for the walking around problem here: czcams.com/video/rMUkVL9UPoI/video.html
Hi ^_^ ..
I Have Q about Widget Blue..
My UE4 V is 4.4.0 and i go to the same menu that u went in video to create widget Blue..
but i didn't find the widget Blue
How can i make a next level button?
I alrady make a button which give me "Given Level BP Tag" where i can load only one next level.
But in games their are multiple levels.
For all those levels we don't make multiple next levels buttons.
So if i'm in level 1 i go to level 2.
When i'm in level 2 go to level 3.
I want to know that process.
If any one know then plzzz help me.
+Dibyendu Chowdhury Now I'm no expert, but I'd try to figure out how you'd go about putting your levels in an array, having the menu check where in the array you are (example- array returns 3, so you're in level 3) and add one, then open that level. Let me know how it goes!
when i start the game the menu is there but i am already in game and can walk and play
+ETzocker90 This is what I did:
Creat a new empty level and call it MainMenu. Copy the level blueprint you made and paste it in your new level. Now delete it in your old level. This way it should work
+Mitch Manders i will try ty
The main menu doesn't remove
The main menu shows but i dont see my mouse and i just control my player any help?
AstroFX i got it to work but now when i start game my mouse doesn't disappear
Thanks for the tutorial! It works perfectly other than 1 problem. It does not disappear. Any way of fixing this?
Could I assign it to open/close when I press a button?
+General Gaming Central - GGC Check the newest main menu-tutorial instead: czcams.com/video/SPzjL-j4Aas/video.html - Hopefully that will work even more perfectly, hehe.
Go Flash Devs!!!
When I click play level the game starts and the menu reopens instead of being removed from parent, any ideas?
Hey guys I figured it out with some help from a friend, you have to have you're game scene and your menu scene separate. Just open up a blank scene and build it there and you should be good to go.
cute guy again
Hey Ben, im having a little bnit of trouble, i have an assignment on this however i have to use 4.3.1 and there is no widget blueprint, do you know any workarounds?
Hi Kriss! I don't have access to 4.3.1 anymore, and so I can't look into it. Thus, I would highly suggest you upgrade to the newest version, but if that's simply not possible at all, then the next best thing would be to post your question on the UE4 AnswerHub-site and let some of the UE staff help you. Good luck!
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Thanks for the fast reply! Im upgraded, but the college systems arent so for my work to be marked it has to be 4.3.1 unfortunately, but i will post or see what i can figure out. Thanks :D
Kriss Barton
Then sue your college! Mwahaha ;)
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Might be an option! :P
So I am using unreal 4.6 and I don't see the User Interface - widget blueprint? Any help?
nvm, im an idiot.
codingWithHambone :D
Players are able to move around when in the menu screen. Any solutions ?
+MrMerkaHolik I would suggest creating the main menu in it's own level in order to (among others) hinder interference with the Player, in case other methods doesn't work. Then, if the same thing happens in the "main menu level", just delete the Player start.
+MrMerkaHolik answers.unrealengine.com/questions/142662/deactivate-player-controller-while-displaying-menu.html
When loading the menu in the game the mouse disappears because the game level is already loaded but only the menu is visialized. You are at the level of the game with the menu covering the screen. If I press the start button it does nothing when I would have to disappear and watch the game. If I press the exit button it leaves the game correctly. How can I do so that when I press the start disappears to be able to see the game ?.
Sebastián García Craise That happened to me also, and i was wondering around comment section for answer, lol.
I'll be waiting if you can find something, thanks again.
Sebastián García Craise I made a big invisible button that does nothing to cover up the background, so even if i click outside of the boxes nothing happens. It worked for me.
Hi Ben, when I press "play game", the widget doesn't disappear and keeps loading itself, what should I do?
UncleDolanPlays Sounds like it's looping. Have you connected it to the "Remove from Parent"? (In the old version it was called "Remove from Viewport", but not it's parent.) It might be something else wrong. If you can't figure it out, I suggest you create the menu from scratch in a fresh project.
It's actually mentioned in your next video - I had to skip something and connect it directly to remove from viewport. Thanks!
Hi!. I am facing the exact same thing. I have connected it to Remove from parent, still the UI brings me to my level then returns me back to the UI in infinite looping mode. I went through the next video but I can't figure out what you skipped and connected directly to the view port. Could you share exactly what you did?
have you done a....'player start over upon death'.....tutorial
Just Me Nope, haven't thought about it. Good idea!
Just Me Here ya go - "Restart Level when Player Dies": czcams.com/video/W1c7tsacXTg/video.html :)
When using this method it crashes my editor. How do I fix this?
A crash could be caused by almost anything, but you could try doing the tutorial one more time in a new project. If the crash keeps happening, then most likely your engine version (or something, whatever) might be buggy. If the problem continues I suggest you post it on UE4's answerhub @ answers.unrealengine.com/
If this is launched (The Game) it takes you to the base level instead (The one your greeted to at the start.) Can someone help?
My tip: Forget about this tutorial, and do the updated one instead: czcams.com/video/SPzjL-j4Aas/video.html - It's a much better approach. Just make sure to do every single step of the tutorial :)
Thanks for the support, but I managed to pick certain things off different tutorials (Some one yours too) and fix the problem.
Keep the amazing videos going, and I will be sure to subscribe :)
P.S You can see the early menu I've made on my channel (Though I have added a options menu with a moving camera to resolution options.)
Is it possible to add video on it?
+UnrealTech i think yes but i should be a gif
Hi Ben I've followed this tutorial and the only problem I'm getting is that when I press the start level, it plays the level but the menu still stays on there. Any suggestions? Thanks.
James Bytheway Same here
James Bytheway The first thing I'm thinking is: Are you removing the widget from Parent? I know I use "Remove from Viewport" in the video, but nowadays it's "Remove from Parent".
Yeah but it doesn't remove the menu when I click on the start game.
James Bytheway Weird. Have you tried making the menu from scratch in a new first person-template, in order to determine whether or not there's something strange happening in your current project?
I might try that see how it works out
how can i fade out the screen before i do open level?
Do you mean fade to all white/black? In that case create a widget blueprint with a "image" that fills the whole screen, add an animation into it and keyframe the alpha of the brush color - the first keyframe with 0 alpha, the second with 1. Then you just have to add the widget to the viewport and play the animation.
so a second widget that will lay ofer the other main widget?
Yeah. Alternatively you can put that overlay in the existing menu widget and create an extra animation there, that's up to you.
when i try it in the same widget it dosent work, the buttons are still visible and i cant change the order of the picture in bp. with other widget i have the problem that after i have to remove the widget befor level change and that caus the screen to flash the backround of the menu again befor changeing the level
i hope you understand me :D my english is not that good
Visibility of what?
Ill get some bird seed for you if you do.
Just Me I don't have the bird anymore, but that's really kind of ya, hehehe
cute guy again