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Learn how to control Widget UI Material Parameters dynamically in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprint! 🚀 This ultimate step-by-step tutorial, guided by Ashif Ali, a RealtimeVFX artist and YouTuber from India, shows you how to create interactive UI effects that respond to gameplay events. This video is perfect for game developers who want to add dynamic visual feedback to their user interface and create a professional, polished experience.

We will bridge the gap between your UI and your game logic, showing you how to send data from a Blueprint to a Material Instance. This powerful workflow opens up endless possibilities for creating UI that is alive and reactive to everything happening in your game, from a health bar changing color to an ability icon glowing when ready.

What You'll Learn in this Tutorial:
🎯 Dynamic Material Control with Blueprint: Master the essential Blueprint nodes and techniques needed to get and set material parameters on your UI widgets in real time.

🎯 Creating Interactive UI Effects: I'll show you practical examples of how to create effects that respond to gameplay events, such as a mana bar pulsing when it's full or an icon changing color when a power-up is collected.

🎯 Linking Gameplay Logic to UI: Learn how to set up communication between your character Blueprint and your UI widget, so your UI accurately reflects the state of your game.

🎯 The Ultimate UI Workflow: This video will provide you with a powerful, versatile workflow that you can use to build any type of dynamic UI for your Unreal Engine projects.

Keywords & Information:
Tutorial Level: Beginner

Software: Unreal Engine 5 (UE5)

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0:00 Intro & The Missing Piece: Connecting UI Materials to Gameplay 🧩
0:35 Quick Review: Creating a Basic Wiping Material (M_Bar)
1:30 Setting up the Wiping Logic (Y Parameter) & Material Instance
2:14 Creating the Widget Blueprint (Bar_WidgetBlueprint)
2:34 Placing the Material Instance in the Widget (Image Slot)
2:57 Blueprint Setup: Adding Widget to Viewport on Begin Play
3:56 The Core Logic: Getting the Material and Setting Dynamic Parameters
4:18 Casting the Image to a Dynamic Material Instance (Event Tick)
4:31 Setting the Scalar Parameter (Y) on the Dynamic Material
5:05 Getting Player Character and Mesh Reference
5:46 Getting Player's World Location (Vector) and Splitting the X-Axis
6:22 Printing the X-Axis Value to Understand the Range
6:58 Normalizing the X-Value (Divide) to Fit the 0-1 Parameter Range
7:17 Connecting the Normalized Value to the Wiping Parameter (Y)
7:25 Gameplay Demo: Material Wiping Based on Player's X-Position
7:37 Conclusion: Applying this process to any Gameplay Condition (Health, Damage, etc.)
8:00 Wrap Up & Future Blueprint Tutorials Announcement 👋