Getting started

Darker Nodes allow you to customize the Unreal Editor and give it a more modern look.

Unreal Editor default theme	Darker Nodes theme

WARNING: All the screenshots has been taken with Electronic Nodes enabled. Darker Nodes does not modify the way wires are displayed in blueprint.

WARNING: Note that every modification will require a restart of the engine. A small window should appear at the bottom right for you to do so quickly.

Accessing the settings

You can access the settings under Edit/Editor Preferences/Plugins/Darker Nodes Plugin

Changing the light

You can change the lighting of the theme under the Theme Light setting.

Theme Light: Dark	Theme Light: Darker	Theme Light: Darkest

Changing the temperature

You can change the temperature of the theme under the Theme Temperature setting. The Warm temperature give the background a slight orange shade, whereas the cool one gives it a blue one.

Theme Dark

Theme Temperature: Warm	Theme Temperature: Normal	Theme Temperature: Cool

Theme Darker

Theme Temperature: Warm	Theme Temperature: Normal	Theme Temperature: Cool

Theme Darkest

Theme Temperature: Warm	Theme Temperature: Normal	Theme Temperature: Cool

Changing the primary color

You can change the primary color of the theme under the Primary Color setting. This will affect hover color mainly. The modification of this setting might require 2 editor restarts to take full effect.

Primary color: Orange	Primary color: White	Primary color: Cyan

Miscellaneous

• If you don't like the thin icons introduced by Darker Nodes, you can still use the Unreal Editor default icons by unchecking the Use Custom Icons setting.

• If you want to hide the blueprint grid, you can uncheck the Use Blueprint Grid.

Customization

This section is there only if you want to fine tune the theme of your editor.

Here are the background part that are affect by each parameter.

Grey Dark	Grey Base	Grey Light

You can also change the primary color and the text color. Be aware that the primary color won't affect the buttons/text outline as it uses an image texture.