Lumberyard

User Guide (Version 1.15)

What Is Lumberyard?
- Lumberyard Systems
- Lumberyard Programming Concepts
- Lumberyard Editors and Tools
- Lumberyard Asset File Types
- Navigating the Lumberyard Documentation
- Key Lumberyard Terminology
Setting Up Lumberyard
- System Requirements
- Downloading Lumberyard
- Upgrading Lumberyard
- Files to Exclude When Upgrading Lumberyard
- Using Lumberyard Setup Assistant to Set Up Your Development Environment
- Enabling a Firewall
- Using the Perforce Plugin with Lumberyard
- Uninstalling Amazon Lumberyard
Creating Lumberyard Game Projects
- Creating and Switching Game Projects
- Configuring Advanced Settings
- Understanding the Project Configurator
- Troubleshooting
- Managing Game Projects with Lmbr.exe
Building Your Game Project
Migrating Lumberyard Game Projects
- Lumberyard 1.15
- Lumberyard 1.14
  - Symlinks Removed for Third-Party Libraries
- Lumberyard 1.10
- Lumberyard 1.9
- Lumberyard 1.8
- Lumberyard 1.7
- Lumberyard 1.6
- Lumberyard 1.5
Using Lumberyard Editor
- Lumberyard Editor Interface
- Using the Menu Bar
- Using the Top Toolbar
- Using the Bottom Toolbar
- Using Keyboard Shortcuts
- Using the Viewport
- Using the Rollup Bar
- Using the Console Window
  - Console in Depth
  - Console Variable Tutorial
- Demo and Video Capture
  - Capturing Video and Audio
  - Recording Time Demos
- Customizing Lumberyard Editor
- Restoring the Default Layout for Lumberyard Editor
Using Lumberyard Sample Projects and Levels
- Samples Project
- Starter Game Sample
- Script Canvas Basic Sample
- Advanced_RinLocomotion Sample
- Simple_JackLocomotion Sample
- Multiplayer Sample
  - Gameplay Architecture
  - Network Features
- Virtual Reality Samples Project
- In-App Purchases Sample
- Woodland Asset Package – Legacy
- Beach City Sample Project – Legacy
- Legacy Sample Project (GameSDK)
Working with the Asset Pipeline and Asset Files
- Using Asset Processor
- Configuring the Asset Pipeline
- Configuring Image Processing
- Live Reloading and VFS
- Shader Compiler Proxy
- Shader Cache and Generation
- Game Startup Sequence
- Asset Browser
- Programming the Lumberyard AZCore Runtime Asset System
Working with Component Entities
- Entity Outliner
- Entity Inspector
  - Customizing the Entity Icon
- Component Reference
- Working with Entities and Components
- Working with Slices
- Converting Entities with the Legacy Converter
- Programmer's Guide to Entities and Components
- Gameplay Bus
- Reflecting Lumberyard Classes, Methods, and EBus Interfaces
Using Gems to Add Modular Features and Assets
- Enabling Gems
- Creating a Gem
- Programming with Gems
- Gems Available in Lumberyard
Input in Amazon Lumberyard
Creating Levels and Adding Environment Effects
- Creating a New Level
- Creating Terrain
- Blending Environment Probes
- Working with Layers
- Working with Database Libraries
- Adding Sky Effects
- Adding Weather Effects
  - Adding Wind Effects
  - Adding Clouds
- Adding Vegetation
Working with Shaders and Materials
- Concepts
- Shader Rendering System
- Shader Reference
- Selecting Material Surface Type
- Setting Material Opacity
- Setting Material Lighting and Color Settings
- Material ID Mapping in Autodesk 3ds Max
- Working with Textures
- Working with Substances
- Working with Blend Layers
- Parallax Mapping
- Using Vertex Colors
- Customizing Post-Processing Effects
- Toon Shading (Experimental Feature)
- Order-Independent Transparency
Adding Lighting and Shadows
- Environment Lighting
- Environment Shadows
Creating Screen Effects
- Temporal Antialiasing and Supersampling
- Voxel-based Global Illumination (SVOGI)
- Fog Systems
  - Standard Fog
  - Volumetric Fog
- Render Nodes
- Generating Stars .dat File
- Building DirectX 12 Supported Applications
Working with Rendering Cameras
Creating and Animating Characters
- Animation Editor Concepts and Terms
- Animation Editor User Interface
- Animation Editor File Types
- Getting Started with the Animation Editor
- Animation Editor Components
- Using Morph Targets to Deform Characters
- Customizing State Machine Routing with Sparse Motion Sets
- Creating Blend Trees
  - Creating and Visualizing Blend Spaces
  - Blending Poses with Blend Nodes
- Simplify Node Groups with Hub Nodes
- Using Tags with Animation Graphs
- Customizing EMotionFX Objects
- Best Practices for Working with Skinned Meshes for Animation
Employing Artificial Intelligence
- AI System Concepts
- Spawning AI Agents
- AI Navigation
- Agent Perception
- AI Communications
- AI Modular Behavior Tree
- AI Agent Debugging
- AI Bubbles System
- AI Tactical Point System
- Path Following
- Movement System
- Auto-Disable
- AI Scripting
Adding Particle Effects
- Using the Particle Editor
- Particle Effects Best Practices
- Advanced Particle Techniques
- Particle Debugging with Console Variables
Simulating Physics Behavior with the PhysX System
- Exporting a PxMesh for PhysX Mesh Shape
- Creating a Static PhysX Object
- Creating a Dynamic PhysX Object
- Configuring PhysX Step Constants
- PhysXRigidBody API
- PhysX Ebuses
- Raycast and Shape Cast Queries (Preview)
- Legacy Physics System
Creating Gameplay with Script Canvas
- Script Canvas Concepts and Terms
- Script Canvas Editor Interface
- Referencing Entities for Nodes
- Pins and Connections
- Adding Scripts to Entities
- Other Script Canvas Menus and Tools
- Managing Script Canvas Variables
- Adding Comments for Script Canvas
- Adding Bookmarks for Script Canvas
- Script Canvas Tutorials
- Script Canvas Node Reference
  - Rendering Nodes
- Creating Custom Nodes in Script Canvas
- Best Practices
- Script Canvas and the Behavior Context
- Script Canvas Errors and Troubleshooting
Adding Audio and Sound Effects
- Audio System Overview
  - Audio Translation Layer
    - Using the Audio Controls Editor
    - ATL Controls
- Audio Implementations
  - AudioKinetic Wwise
- Audio Console Variables Commands
- Audio Components
Creating Cinematic Sequences
- Using the Track View Editor
- Using Component Entity Sequences or Entity Object Sequences (Legacy)
- Track View Editor Nodes
- Creating Scenes
- Managing Track Events
- Cinematics Cameras
- Cinematics Lighting
- Animating Characters in Scenes
- Capturing Image Frames
- Debugging Cinematic Scenes
Creating and Customizing Game User Interfaces
- Using the UI Editor
- Working with UI Canvases
- Defining Game and Level Load Screens
- Working with UI Slices
- UI Elements
  - Using and Creating UI Prefabs
- UI Components
- Implementing New Fonts
- TrueType Fonts
- Animating the UI
  - Scripted Tweener Entity System
  - UI Animation Editor
- UI Lua Reference
Profiling, Testing, and Debugging Game Projects
- Profiler
- Using AZ Test Scanner
- Writing Tests for AzTest
- Statoscope Profiler
- Debugging Issues
- Tracking File Access
Localizing Game Projects
- Localization Checklist
- UI System Localization Features
- Font Features
- Localization Initialization
Creating Game Builds
- Creating Release Builds for PC
- Compiling Shaders for Release Builds
- Adding Custom Game Icons
- Universal Remote Console
- Using the Waf Build System
Engaging Broadcasters and Viewers on Twitch
- Twitch ChatPlay System
- Twitch JoinIn
- Twitch API
- Twitch C++ API Reference for Lumberyard
  - General
  - User
  - Friends
  - Rich Presence
  - Channels
  - Data Types
- Twitch ChatPlay Lua Reference
Implementing Connected Features with Cloud Canvas
- Overview
- Cloud Gems
- Gameplay Design and Engineering Guide
- Software Engineering Guide
  - Resource Manager in Depth
  - Cloud Gem Framework
- Administering Cloud Canvas
- Using the Command Line
  - Command Reorganization
Using Lumberyard Networking
- Tutorial: Getting Started with Multiplayer
  - Configuring the Multiplayer Sample for Amazon GameLift
- Overview
- Synchronizing Game State Using Components
  - Creating a NetBindable Component
  - Transform Component Interpolation
    - Providing Your Own Interpolation Logic
- Synchronizing Game State Using Scripts
- Using Encryption
  - Building with Encryption
  - Enabling Encryption
- Controlling Bandwidth Usage
- Using Bit Packing
- Setting up a Lobby
- Creating Dedicated Servers
- Using the TCP Stream Driver
- Using GridMate for Large-Scale Worlds
  - Writing Your Own Interest Manager Attributes, Rules and Rule Handlers in C++
- Using Amazon GameLift
- Useful Console Commands
Working with the Event Bus (EBus) System
- Usage and Examples
- Event Buses in Depth
- Common Tasks, EBuses, and Handlers
- Direct Access to EBus Handlers
Lua Scripting
- Adding Lua Scripts to Component Entities
- Basic Structure of a Component Entity Lua Script
- Properties Table
- Network Binding Properties
- Using EBuses in Lua
- Lua Editor
- Debugging Lua Scripts
- The Lua Environment (Advanced)
- Component Entity Lua API Reference
Creating Virtual Reality Games in Lumberyard
- Configuring your Project for Virtual Reality
  - Configuring OSVR
- Configuring Required Console Variables
- Using the InstantVR Slice
  - InstantVR Lua Script Properties
- Setting Up Virtual Reality with Flow Graph
  - Setting Up a Basic Virtual Reality Flow Graph
  - Setting Up a Custom Playspace with Flow Graph
- Previewing your Virtual Reality Project
- Debugging your Virtual Reality Project
- Using EBus Request Bus Interface for Virtual Reality
- VR Lua Functions
Creating Android and iOS Games
- Android Support
- iOS Support
- Design Considerations for Creating Mobile Games Using Lumberyard
- Lumberyard Performance Tuning Guidelines for Mobile Devices
- Updating Graphics Settings for Android and iOS
- Adding IP Addresses to Allow Access to the Asset Processor and Remote Console
- Running the Shader Compiler on Amazon EC2
- Using the AppDetective to Test Your Build on the AWS Device Farm for Amazon Lumberyard game projects.
Creating macOS Games
- Building macOS Games
- Building Game Assets for macOS Games
- Building Shaders for macOS Games
- Running macOS Games
- macOS Debugging and Troubleshooting
- Creating a Project for Your macOS Games
Creating Lumberyard Executables for Linux
- Compiling Assets on a Windows Computer
- Building the Lumberyard Executable for Linux
- Testing the Windows Client to Linux Server Connection
- Preparing the GameLift Package
- Setting up Ubuntu on Amazon EC2
Automating Boilerplate with AZ Code Generator
- AZ Code Generator Integration with Waf
- AZ Code Generator Parameters
- Code Generation Templates
- Template Drivers
- Custom Code Generator Annotations
- Waf Debugging with AZ Code Generator
  - Setting Up PyCharm for Debugging Waf
- Template Driver Debugging
- Debugging the AZ Code Generator Utility
- Intermediate JSON Data Format
Glossary
Lumberyard Blog, Forums, and Feedback
Legal
- Lumberyard Redistributables
- Alternate Web Services
Documentation Archive

Using Gems to Add Modular Features and Assets

Gems are packages that contain code and/or assets to augment your game projects. With the Programming with Gems, you can choose the features and assets that you need for your game project without including unnecessary components. For example, you might add the Boids Gem to create entities for a flock of birds to place in your game. For a list of all Gems included in Lumberyard, see Gems Available in Lumberyard.

Lumberyard features two types of Gems:

Code & Assets – Contains assets as well as code that performs certain functions upon the assets.
Assets Only – Contains only assets and no code.

All Lumberyard Gems are located in the following directory:

lumberyard_version\dev\Gems

The gems that you enable are automatically detected and built through the integrated Using the Waf Build System.

Note

To enable Code & Assets Gems, you must select the Compile the game code option in Lumberyard Setup Assistant. This option is not required for Assets Only gems. For more information, see Running Lumberyard Setup Assistant.

You can enable gems with the Project Configurator or the command line (Lmbr.exe).

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