GASShooter VS GASDocumentation

I'm working on an TPS and trying to implement parts of https://github.com/tranek/GASShooter.

Maybe this is a noob question, but I always seem to have consistent issues with C++ projects that I download off of the internet. I'm trying to use the Gameplay Ability System shooter project from this github, but it doesn't open or compile correctly in Visual Studio.

The best overview and comprehensive documentation is found here, it's sister project is also a huge resource other YouTube videos by epic from the last two years will give you some great insight as well. GAS companion is a fantastic plugin if you're using primarily blueprints. An additional great overview. Anyway I hope this helps!

GAS Shooter

As far as i know the all the functionality of the "Character" and "Character Movement Component" work for both single player and networking, both of those classes can be extended to include other functionality like epic does on the Valley Of The Ancient demo of unreal engine 5 or how is made for the tranek: GAS Shooter on both cases you can see the code and what they do.

GAS Documentation is the single best source of information on GAS. Read it too to bottom, then read it again. Unreals documentation on GAS is.... lacking.

It has a quite steep learning curve at first so expect some time to learn and experiment with it. https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation this is highly recommended with great examples and explanations on what GAS is about and how it works.

The GAS system is a severely overcomplicated command pattern with networking, and it's absurd what we shoehorn into it because we don't have something simpler. I get that it's configurable or whatever, but frankly I hate it. It has too many edge cases and caveats, and the community had to figure it out on their own.

tldr; This is your best friend: https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation GAS is very complex and hitting walls constantly is probably normal in this case. It handles edge cases around multiplayer so even if its implemented, you need to understand concepts to be able to use it properly.

Core concepts would be events, animation notifications, behavior trees, navigation system and likely the gameplay ability system

The bible : https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation

GAS Companion provides a bunch of template classes (pawns, player controllers, etc.) that are already set up with Ability System Components and Attribute Sets, so you don't have to write all of that complicated code yourself. You can just pick one, and immediately start creating abilities for your characters. The classes are structured similarly to the ones in tranek's GASDocumentation project, so they'll look familiar if you've ever checked that out.

If you go to the page 'https://github.com/tranek/GASDocumentation', the tutorial is well made.