Gameplay Containers Setup Guide ‐ Unify Demo Project

Getting the demo project

To get the demo project, you can either clone the repository here or manually download it, currently its for unreal engine version 5.3 or higher

Downloading and Locating the Gameplay Containers Plugin

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Step 1: Download the Gameplay Containers plugin from the Epic Games Launcher for whatever engine version you wish to use from 5.1 and above.

Step 2: After downloading, you can find the plugin in the following directory:

{EngineDirectory}/Plugins/Marketplace/GameplayContainers

Step 3: Make sure your project is closed (the editor is not running), then copy the GameplayContainers plugin folder to your project and paste it inside the Plugins folder.

• Note: Create the Plugins folder if it does not exist already, and paste the GameplayContainers folder in there.

See the image below for reference:

Step 4: Open your project in Unreal Editor, and go to Edit > Plugins > Gameplay category. Ensure that the plugin "Gameplay Containers" is enabled. If it's not, click on the enable checkbox to the left, and you might be prompted to restart the editor.

See the image below for reference:

Step 5: Right click Unify.uproject file and click on Genereate Visual Studio project files

Step 6: Open the project solution in your favorite IDE, I use JetBrains Rider IDE for UnrealEngine.

Step 7: Implementation, we will need to change few things to implement the plugin.