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Procedural Content Generation with Unreal Engine 5

You're reading from Procedural Content Generation with Unreal Engine 5 Harness the PCG framework to take your environment design and art skills to the next level

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801074469

Length 488 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

Game Design

Author (1):

Paul Martin Eliasz

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Fundamentals of Procedural Content Generation

2. Chapter 1: Introducing Procedural Content Generation FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Let’s Create Our First Forest!

4. Chapter 3: Building Blueprints with PCG Component

5. Chapter 4: Developing and Optimizing the Procedural Content Generation Tool

6. Part 2: Harnessing the Power of PCG in Unreal Engine 5

7. Chapter 5: Building Spline Controllers with PCG Graph

8. Chapter 6: Building a PCG Graph with Landscape Materials

9. Chapter 7: Let’s Build a Building Using the PCG Spline Controller

10. Chapter 8: Building Biomes: Mastering PCG for Rich Environments

11. Chapter 9: Creating Dynamic Animated Crowds with PCG

12. Part 3: Mastering Optimization and Elevating Your PCG Environments

13. Chapter 10: Exploring Optimization, Debugging, and Performance Tools

14. Chapter 11: Cheat Sheets, Extra Tips, and Shortcuts

15. Index

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Part 3: Mastering Optimization and Elevating Your PCG Environments

In this section, as we near the end of the book, we’ll dive into optimizing and fine-tuning the PCG environment tools you’ve created. You’ll discover solutions to boost the performance of your levels and complex environments, ensuring they run smoothly. We’ll also explore creative techniques for adding extra nodes that enhance the visual appeal of your PCG environments, with these enhancements included as practical shortcuts.

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Chapter 10, Exploring Optimization, Debugging, and Performance Tools
Chapter 11, Cheat Sheets, Extra Tips, and Shortcuts

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Authors (1)

Paul Martin Eliasz

Paul Martin Eliasz

Paul Martin Eliasz is an experienced senior technical artist, educator, and consultant, with a 12-year background in 3D CGI and real-time game engine expertise. He leads his own studio, specializing in game development and 3D gamified applications tailored for web streaming (pixel streaming), VR, virtual production, XR, and various computer platforms. Throughout his career, he has contributed to multiple projects for esteemed clients such as Netflix and Bentley and has provided consulting services to various companies and studios, including Outernet Global and PureWeb. Currently, he is actively involved in mentoring and educating for CG Spectrum, Mastered, CAVE Academy, Symetri, Bentley, Dyson, and Epic Games EMEA. Additionally, he occasionally conducts educational sessions in universities across Europe and Asia and creates customized educational content for aspiring Unreal artists and Unreal tech artists who want to work in the gaming, animation, automotive, and virtual production space.

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