Open the project folder
Choose your island project folder as the working folder in SentryEdit and pick Ask first.
Workflows
How to Make a Fortnite Map With Verse and an Agent
03
A button that grants an item
Most first Verse projects start small. A player presses a button and receives an item. Here is how a change travels from your request to a live test, with SentryEdit editing the files and you making the decisions at 4 clear points.
Describe the change
Write the task in plain words, for example a button that grants an item.
Review the diff
Read every proposed edit, accept the lines you want and reject the rest.
Build and test
Build from the Verse menu, push changes to a live edit session and play.
The Verse file it writes
Create reward_button.verse: a button grants an item to the player.
- list_dir
project folder6 files - grep
creative_device2 matches - write_file
reward_button.verse+18 lines - read_file
reward_button.verse18 lines
Waiting for your OK before the next stepRejectAccept
reward_button.verse
using { /Fortnite.com/Devices }
using { /Verse.org/Simulation }
using { /UnrealEngine.com/Temporary/Diagnostics }
reward_button := class(creative_device):
@editable
Button : button_device = button_device{}
@editable
Granter : item_granter_device = item_granter_device{}
OnBegin<override>()<suspends> : void =
Button.InteractedWithEvent.Subscribe(OnPressed)
OnPressed(Agent : agent) : void =
Granter.GrantItem(Agent)
Print("Item granted")The device holds two placed devices in @editable fields. OnBegin runs when the game starts and subscribes OnPressed to the button's InteractedWithEvent. When a player presses the button, the item granter gives that player its item.
UEFN tutorial tasks for beginners
Creation help for your first map
Looking for creation help with a Fortnite Creative map? Start with a plan, not code. In Plan only mode SentryEdit uses web_search and http_get to read Epic's documentation for Verse and your devices, then write_file saves a short checklist of 5 steps into your project folder, for example which devices to place and which Verse file to write first. Nothing in your project changes. Work through the list one step at a time, ask the agent to explain any word you do not know, and test after every step.
Get your first map published
The first time your Fortnite UEFN map is published, a checklist helps. Ask SentryEdit to run grep for leftover Print lines, list unused @editable fields and read_file each device once more. You get a report of 3 or 4 items, and Ask first lets you approve each fix. Publishing itself happens in Epic's Creator Portal, where the island gets its island code, and Epic's Island Creator Rules apply. Read the diff, rebuild and test in a live edit session first.
