Creating a HexGrid System in Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5)

For a current project of mine, I need a hexagonal grid system in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) that I can easily manipulate for a map overworld system I am building. So I took the dive into learning how to create a grid system using blueprints in UE and how to apply that to hexagonal meshes in order to make my hex grid.

Other HexGrid Episodes:

E01 - Creating a HexGrid System in Unreal Engine:    • Creating a HexGrid System in Unreal E...  
E02 - 250,000 Random Terrain Tiles in Unreal:    • 250,000 Random HexGrid Tiles in Unrea...  
E03 - Generating Procedural Hexgrid Maps in Unreal:
   • Generating Procedural HexGrid Maps in...  
E04 - Top Down Camera Made Easy in Unreal Engine:
   • Top Down Camera Made Easy in Unreal E...  
E05 - One Easy Way to Manipulate Instanced Meshes
   • One Easy Way to Manipulate Instanced ...  

If you would like to download the files for the Unreal project, you can visit the StayAtHomeDev Discord and check out the # tutorial-files channel.

StayAtHomeDev Discord:   / discord  

Chapters:

0:00 Start
0:23 Introduction
1:25 The Goal: Building a HexGrid System in Unreal
2:19 Setting Up the Actors
2:30 Creating the Hexagonal Tile Mesh
2:44 Starting with a Cube Mesh?
3:08 Creating the Width and Height Grid Loops
3:53 Positioning the Meshes into a Grid
4:35 Creating a Tile Offset Variable
5:24 Adding a Scale Variable
6:16 Turning the Cube Grid into a Hex Grid
7:05 Adding Offset to Tile Rows
7:49 Finished HexGrid
8:03 Future Ideas

PC Specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-core CPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Programs Used:
Unreal Engine 5.0.3
Blender 2.8
OBS
DaVinci Resolve
Adobe Photoshop
PreSonus Studio One

My Gear:
Panasonic G7
Panasonic 15-33mm lens
Shure MV7X XLR Mic
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Samson Boom Mic Stand
Elgato Stream Deck Mk II
Elgato Cam Link 4K
Elgato Multi Mount (camera)
Elgato Key Light Air (2x)