by stellavanzanten

VRPG Inventory

I noticed there were no good solutions for adding an inventor system to VR games, specifically RPG or Survival games. While VR games offer the benefit of having in-world inventories these can sometimes be more limiting than the grid or hotbar style inventories employed by traditional games. Thus I set out to create a reusable system that leverages the benefits of VR to improve upon familiar inventory styles.

This has taken the form of a Unreal Engine 4 Plugin. The plugin is designed to be extendible trough both C++ as well as pure Blueprints. Included are several sample inventory systems that are usable out of the box.

  • Hex-grid and Square-grid inventories will place the inventory slots an arm’s distance away from the player when opened.
  • Holodeck inventory shows the slots around the player’s waist in order to keep a clear vield of vision.
  • Full Info inventory will show all relevant item information in a list style.
  • This more experimental Matrix inventory keeps a clear front view while the player can grab items with both hands.

In addition to the full inventory view the plugin also has quick access hotbars, these can either be an inventory by themselves or reflect a section in the full inventory view. These hotbar

  • The ring hotbar will show up when the player look at their hand. The slots turn with the hand.
  • The pad hotbar will appear when the player opens their hand up to the sky.