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Picker

NexusPicker
Module Name:
NexusPicker / NPicker
Initial Release:
0.1.0
Description:
Selection functionality for points and other items.
BP Category:
NEXUS > Picker
Area Owner:
@reapazor

This plugin provides a suite of tools for generating random and deterministic points within various geometric shapes and along splines.

  • Multiple Shape Types: Generate points across a wide variety of shapes and specialized components.
  • NavMesh Projection: Points can be projected to the nearest NavMesh.
  • Various Strategies: Different number generating strategies allowing developers to define their own "random".
  • Blueprint Integration: Full Blueprint support through mirrored function definitions.

Essentially solving the common game development problem of "how do I randomly but intelligently place things in my world" with a comprehensive, performance-oriented solution.

Architecture​

Picker docs are grouped by distribution rather than the conventional types/-flat layout because each shape has its own FN<Shape>Picker / UN<Shape>PickerLibrary / FN<Shape>PickerParams triple, and the Blueprint Help button on every UFUNCTION points at /distributions/<shape>/. See Distributions for per-shape pages; the base PickerParams lives under types, and the projection defaults are configured in Project Settings.

Samples​

NPicker

The DEMO_NPicker sample map is available once you have enabled the NEXUS Samples: Picker plugin. This is found in the NEXUS Samples category in the Edit > Plugins window.

The map shows at runtime all of the different distributions available through the different picking methods.