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Mostly just repackaged for 4.27, with a pull request that adds unicode support. I intend to fix some of the outstanding issues on this github when I can, but have not done so yet. Please bear with me.

• Repackaged for 4.27
• Now supports unicode ink text properly.

No significant changes, just upgraded to Unreal 4.26.0, recompiled and repackaged.

Another chunky update to the plugin brings this plugin inline with the full featureset of the ink C# api. I'm considering it "done" at this point, though note that there are still improvements that can be made. It has everything you would want to make a game with.

Changes

• Added BuildStringOfHeirarchy function
• Added support for querying global tags
• Warnings are now properly reported while running the story
• Added background thread saving functions
• Added function to get path string from story state
• Maybe added Mac support? Everything is there, need someone to test it for me.
• Added variable state structure for querying or setting any variable state in the story
• Added HasFunction and EvaluateFunction calls for executing code inside the story
• Added external functions which can be bound to delegates. Don't know how to make this work in blueprints nicely, but it's exposed to C++ for now.

This is a significant update to usability of the plugin, allowing release packaged builds, proper error handling and includes the new version of Ink.

Changes

• Changed project structure so that you can easily compile the plugin yourself without needing engine source code. Simply download the repo and open the solution file. A dummy host project is provided
• Plugin now works when placed in the project's plugin folder and not just the engine's plugin folder
• Upgraded Ink runtime to 0.9.0
• mono sgen library and all required mono assemblies are now automatically copied to the output directory when doing packaged builds. Packaged builds should no longer crash
• Implemented asset reimport for story assets
• Choice functions are now pure blueprint functions
• Error message handling for the ink compiler has been implemented. Get warnings, author messages and errors sent to the unreal message log when compiling ink scripts

Barring a couple of advanced Ink api features, this library is now suitable for publishing games with. I will be implementing the other missing advanced features soon.

Recompile for Unreal 4.25.3.

Recompiled for Unreal 4.25.1, and upgraded the example project to run in Unreal 4.25.1.

Recompiled for Unreal 4.24.3, and upgraded the example project to run in Unreal 4.24.3.

Just recompiled for Unreal 4.23.0 and upgraded example project.

Should work perfectly fine on latest versions of Unreal.

First Release!

To install, unpackage the plugin and put inside the plugins folder of your engine (Engine/Plugins).

Make sure you have all the binaries included in the ThirdParty folder, they're important.

Run the Example Project and you should be good to go.