Photo Mode¶

Warning

In Unreal Engine 5.5 Shipping builds screenshots will not be captured properly due to an engine bug, this does not affect any other UE versions but if you are using UE5.5, you need to change the Screenshot Capture Method in the Global Config to Render Target, you can use the High Resolution Capture Method for higher quality if you don’t plan on enabling the photo mode in shipping builds.

Photo Mode Setup with the Demo Player Controller¶

If you are using the provided BP_EGUI_DemoPlayerController, everything is already set up for the photo mode, by default you can open the photo mode through the pause menu or with the following inputs in game

Photo Mode Setup for custom Player Controller¶

Inside your Input Mapping Context containing all the main inputs of your character, setup an input to open the Photo Mode using the IA_TogglePhotoMode

Feel free to use any keys you want, you can find this setup example inside EasyGameUI/DemoContent/Inputs/IMC_MainGameInputs
Once done, inside your Player Controller, add the IA_TogglePhotoMode input action event
Then, retrieve the HUD Class reference with the Get HUD function

Note

If you are doing this outside of the player controller, you must add a connection to the Target pin with a Get Player Controller function for example. You can also use the system function GetEasyGameHUD
Then from the HUD reference, call the Open Photo Mode function
Finally, link it to the Started pin of your input action event
Be careful, by default only the Triggered pin is visible in some versions, you need to click on the arrow at the bottom of the input event node to display the Started pin

If you wish to add any logic when the photo mode is opened/closed, you can do so with the provided event Photo Mode Closed, you can use it with the following setup:

Here is the code for these nodes:

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Info

The Gallery UI is accesible directly from the Photo Mode system, no implementation is required.

Additional Utilities¶

Inside the EasyGameUI/EasyPhotoMode/Core/VolumeBlueprints folder you will find several blueprints that can be useful when setting up the Photo Mode

BP_EPM_CameraBlockingVolume

When placed in the world, this blocking volume will prevent the camera of the photo mode to go beyond, acting as an invisible wall which can be useful to block off some areas that would be off-limits.

You just have to place it down and in your world and scale it in the wanted location.

The blocking volume will only be enabled when the photo mode is opened by the player so you don’t have to worry about it affecting normal gameplay
BP_EPM_PhotoModeDisablerVolume

This volume can allow to block the activation of the photo mode in select areas, let’s say you don’t want the player to be able to open the photo mode while in a house or in a boss arena, then just place this volume to cover the blocked are and it’s done!