Making Custom Health and Shield Bars

Create custom Health and Shield bars in Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG) using UI Materials, UI textures, and various widgets in the Palette to replace the default Fortnite user interface (UI). Health and Shield bars can be added to a nameplate or placed separately in the HUD.

Create custom Health and Shield bars in Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG) using UI Materials, UI textures, and various widgets in the Palette to replace the default Fortnite user interface (UI). Health and Shield bars can be added to a nameplate or placed separately in the HUD.

The design and placement of Health and Shield bars are unique to each game and take into consideration the game type (fighting game, multiplayer cooperative, role playing, and more).

Set Up Material Instances without Modifying Materials

In this example, we’ll be using a variety of materials that were created in UEFN. They include a progress bar in the shape of a rectangle (box) and circle. The rectangle progress bar also has an option to turn the progress bar into sections.