UMGTextEffects folder into your project’s Plugins folder.C++ projects that call the plugin from code add "UMGTextEffects" to PublicDependencyModuleNames in their
.Build.cs. Blueprint-only projects need nothing else.
The UTE Text Block is a Rich Text Block with the effects built in. It keeps every Rich Text Block property.
RichTextStyleRow works; the sample table DT_UTE_DemoStyles (in the plugin’s Demo folder) is ready to use.Type in Text:
Hello <wave>traveler</>, the <angry>dragon</> is <rainbow>awake</>!
The Designer animates it at once, without pressing Play. To type the text letter by letter, open Details > Text Effects > Typewriter and tick Enabled. In the Designer the typewriter replays in a loop so you can watch it; turn Preview In Designer off to stop the preview.
Keep the Rich Text Blocks you already have and add the decorator:
Write effects as brace tags, or in Epic’s tag syntax:
The {wave}<Bold>river spirits</> are restless{/} tonight. Do <shake a="1.5">not</> look back.
Brace tags ({wave}...{/}) can wrap Epic’s style tags and nest inside each other. Epic-syntax tags
(<shake a="1.5">...</>) are read by Epic’s parser, so they are flat and their values are quoted.
Typewriter or default effects on a stock block: in the Content Browser, create a Blueprint Class whose parent is UTE Text Effects Decorator, set its Typewriter and Default Effects in the class defaults, and add that class to Decorator Classes instead.
On a UTE Text Block, call the functions directly:
| Node | What it does |
|---|---|
| Play Typewriter | Types the text from the first letter (also shows hidden text again) |
| Skip Typewriter | Reveals the rest at once |
| Continue Typewriter | Goes on after a <waitinput> tag |
| Hide Text | Plays every letter’s disappear effect, then hides the text |
| Set Typewriter Settings | Changes speed, appear effect and the rest at runtime |
Events: On Letter Revealed, On Typewriter Finished, On Waiting For Input, On Inline Event, On Text Hidden.
On a stock Rich Text Block, use Get Decorator By Class (class: UTE Text Effects Decorator, or your Blueprint subclass), cast the result to UTE Text Effects Decorator, and call the same functions and bind the same events.
The full list is in Typewriter.
The plugin includes a small demo in UMGTextEffects Content > Demo. If you do not see it, open the Content Browser’s
Settings and tick Show Plugin Content (and Show Engine Content when the plugin is installed to the engine).
<waitinput>, then shows the next line; the log lists every event).
The top line shows the frame time.Default, Bold, Cyan, Red).The demo’s logic is the C++ class UUTEDemoWidget (module UMGTextEffectsBench). The pages themselves are plain
widgets with UTE Text Blocks; nothing in them needs code.
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