Programmer’s Guide to Component Development

This section provides engine and game programmers with examples and best practices for creating and reflecting custom Open 3D Engine (O3DE) components in C++. For information about using the component entity system in O3DE Editor, refer to Entity Inspector.

Topics

• Overview
• Creating a Component
• Reflection Contexts
• Defining and Using Component Services
• Editor Components
• System Components
• Components and EBuses
• Tick Bus and Components
• Exposing Custom Components to Track View for Animation
• Components and EBuses: Best Practices