Release Notes

Release 1.4.1 (New Version numbering)
Supported Unreal Engine Verisons

UE 5.4
UE 5.3

Overview

Change of version numbering
InteractExt Function added to BookMenuActor
Performance improvements on AnimInstance
UE 5.4 compatibility adjustments
Fix of GetBookMenuData function of BookMenuActor

BookMenuActor

InteractExt function added

The Interactxt function additionally offers another Output with th UV Coordinates of the UVBookTrace

Compatibility adjustments

mainly added include files UE5.4 seems to require now

GetBookMenuData fix

Fixed a bug that caused that the WidgetInstances on UBookMenuData were still null after GetBookMenuData() on BookMenuActor

BookMenuComponent

InteractExt function added

just interfacing the InteractExt of the BookMenuActor

BookMenuAnimInstance

Timer Callback added for page rendering to provide an option to improve performance if needed

Developers can now configur the time between two rendercalls of the Widgets
The Option is available in the BookMenuData Asset, Property: RedrawTime
If 0 every frame will be rendered otherwise the given time in seconds will be used e.g. 0.1 for every 100ms

Compatibility adjustments

mainly added include files UE5.4 seems to require now

BookMenuData

RedrawTime attribute added to control the time between two render calls of the widgets

BookMenuStatics

Compatibility adjustments

mainly added include files UE5.4 seems to require now

Release 5.3.2 for UE 5.3.2
Book Menu Actor and Book Menu Component

Removed LastPageSectionIndex and Last Page Index Properties due to confusion about their purpose
Get and Set BookMenu Data care now about cloning the data first before using it to avoid wrong runtime manipulation of data
Set Book Menu Data now initializes the Book Menu Actor and Anim INstance correctly

Book Menu Interaction Actor

Added additional Widget Components to fix stalling UI animations during page turn or if not focused
Removed GetPageWidgetComponnt Function because it is obolete now

Book Menu Anim Instance

refactoring of page rendering

Page Section Data Struct

Widget Instances made readonly because the properties are only used at runtime internally
Added some helper functions for rendering
Removed Last Page Section Index and Last Page Index due to confusion about their usage
SetInteractionActor Function added

Book Menu Statics

MenuDataRuntimeInstance added to clone Book Menu Data before runtime manipulation

Release5.3.1 for UE 5.3.2
Book Menu Actor

Added Get Function for Property BookMenuData; GetBookMenuData

Added functions RegisterInteractionComponent and RegisterInteractionActor

Exposed the following Properties via respective Get Functions

GetCurrentPageSectionIndex
GetLastPageSectionIndex
GetPendingPageSectionIndex
GetCurrentPageIndex
GetLastPageIndex
GetBookIsOpen
GetBookShouldOpen
GetBookShouldClose
GetPageSections

Added Keyboard Focus features and Gamepad Support

SetKeyboardFocus

Book Menu Component

Exposed the following Properties via respective Get Functions

GetCurrentPageSectionIndex
GetLastPageSectionIndex
GetPendingPageSectionIndex
GetCurrentPageIndex
GetLastPageIndex
GetBookIsOpen
GetBookShouldOpen
GetBookShouldClose
GetPageSections

Added Keyboard Focus features and Gamepad Support

SetKeyboardFocus

BookMenuInteractionActor

ArrowComponent added (PointerZero)

Book Menu Statics

ResetWidgetInteractionPointer

Assets

Updated Master Materials
Folder structure in textures reorganized
AnimMontage moved to own Folder
Updated UV Layouts