Send Commands to your App from the feature ''Parameters to Pass to App'' upon initialization.
Prepare to execute instructions
For this document, you need :
Instructions
Step 1. Prepare the setup
1. Create a new Config
The name of the Config can be anything, in this example we will name the Config ‘CmdLineDemo’.
2. Download our E3DSFeaturesTemplate
download our E3DSFeaturestemplate UE Project, find it here.
3. Upload the E3DSFeaturesTemplate UE Project on your Control Panel
Your Control Panel should now have the E3DSFeaturesTemplate App and a new Config for testing.
Step 2. Send Commands to your App when it initializes
Go to : Control Panel > Step2: Config Selection > Edit > Developer Option > Parameters to Pass to App.
1. Add -green into the text box. Click Save
DO NOT add the local pixel streaming commands in this parameters field.
Such as:
-PixelStreamingIP=localhost -PixelStreamingPort=8888 they are added Automatically by our system.
2. Open the E3DSFeaturesTemplate App. Run to the 12th booth
Test the command by running the game.
UE4 has received your Command on runtime and has changed the sphere’s color to green.
3. Enter ‘-blue -pink -white' in the text field. Click Save
Enter 3 other commands in the field of Parameters to Pass to App for further testing.
4. Open the E3DSFeaturesTemplate App. Run to the 12th bay
Run the game to see the changes made after inputting the commands from the Control Panel.
The sphere color has changed to blue. The cone to pink and the cube to white.
UE has received the commands during runtime and has changed the colors.
5. Enter -blue -red -green in the text field. Click Save
To further test the feature, enter these commands -blue -red -green in the field.
6. Open the E3DSFeaturesTemplate App. Run to the 12th bay
Run the game to see the changes of colors.
UE has received your commands during runtime.
The color of the sphere changed to blue, the cone changed to green and the cube to red.
Pro-tip:
Check the UE Blueprints in our sample project to see how these commands are being received by UE.
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