Using Enums In Unreal Engine To Customize Lightsaber Colors For Star Wars Day (part 2)

Happy Star Wars Day! In Part 2 of the Let's Build a Lightsaber in Unreal Engine 5 tutorial, we're going to use an Enum to add some customization to our lightsaber, giving us the ability to select a type (Jedi, Sith, Windu) to change the color. This continues building out from the first video (Part 1 linked below). But if you just want to get a quick example of using enums in Unreal, check the bookmark links below for the specific aspect you want to learn about.

Let's Build a Lightsaber Part 1:    • Creating Your Own Lightsaber In Unreal Eng...  
Free Lightsaber asset download (we put it together in Part 1): https://learndigitalalchemy.com/downl...

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00:00 Introduction
00:50 Parameterizing Our Materials
01:49 Changing Colors on Materials in Blueprint
05:24 Creating Enums
06:51 Enums as Variables in Blueprint
07:53 Using Enums in Blueprint
09:24 Using Switch on Enum
10:51 Seeing it in Action
11:13 Debugging What "Should Work"
11:59 Conclusion