Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X: Master the art of building AAA games with Unreal Engine

Muhammad A.Moniem

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2.2 (6 Ratings)

Paperback Jun 2016 384 pages 1st Edition

Muhammad A.Moniem

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Build an entire AAA game level throughout the book
Take your C++ scripting skills to the next level and use them extensively to build the game
An advanced practical guide with a tutorial style approach that will help you make the best of Unreal engine 4

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Unreal Engine 4 has garnered a lot of attention in the gaming world because of its new and improved graphics and rendering engine, the physics simulator, particle generator, and more. This book is the ideal guide to help you leverage all these features to create state-of-the-art games that capture the eye of your audience. Inside we’ll explain advanced shaders and effects techniques and how you can implement them in your games. You’ll create custom lighting effects, use the physics simulator to add that extra edge to your games, and create customized game environments that look visually stunning using the rendering technique. You’ll find out how to use the new rendering engine efficiently, add amazing post-processing effects, and use data tables to create data-driven gameplay that is engaging and exciting. By the end of this book, you will be able to create professional games with stunning graphics using Unreal Engine 4!

Who is this book for?

This book is for game developers who have a basic knowledge of Unreal Engine and C++ scripting knowledge. If you want to take the leap from a casual game developer to a full-fledged professional game developer with Unreal Engine 4, this is the book for you.

What you will learn

Script your player controls in C++
Build a superb and engaging level with advanced design techniques
Program AI with C++
Use Cascade to add life to your games
Use custom shaders and advanced shading techniques to make things pretty
Implement an awesome UI in the game
Control gameplay using data tables

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Johnny P Nov 15, 2016

A very good UE4 book that deserves more than a one star rating. I have read many of the chapters of this book. It has both C++ and Blueprints covered. It does a fair job for what it does cover. UE4 is a complex game engine and there may never be a book that could live completely up to "Mastering". To master you really have to put in the time and practice. Also, the game engine is changing, but the book is not, so you may have to adapt portions for the version of the engine you are using. I have around 16 UE4 books and this is one of the better ones, especially for C++ coverage. Many books only cover Blueprints, so if you are looking for some C++ this is one to have. I especially appreciated the UMG coverage, something many books lack, and connecting UI with game logic. It is not a large amount of detail on UMG in a chapter, but it was just what I needed. With a little practice and experimentation it was a good start.

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Evgeny Adamenkov Apr 19, 2017

The book is kinda useful - I keep learning Unreal while trying to make sense of the text by reading Unreal manuals :). But it has definite "I don't give a damn about you, the reader" smell - all these typos and whole organization of the sample code.

CJ Jan 16, 2017

I frequently get stuck in this book because of the awkward writing style. I don't think I'm going to make it to the end. For example:"Any class you are going to create, most of the time should have a parent class, and I have to say that there are tons of full games that have been made without the need to create a class that is not inherited from a parent class of the unreal class list."I admit, sentences that bad only occur occasionally, but smaller offenses happen more frequently than I have the patience for.

Hendrik Jul 20, 2017

- many typos in the text- example code does not run on the current version of the unreal engine

Sharon S. Feb 05, 2018

Not a good book. There's misspellings all over the place, it already feels outdated, and it's hard to follow along. There's been so many times that I've scratched my head and wondered what the heck I was supposed to do, just because he skipped over something or didn't even say how to do it at all.I kid you not, here is an excerpt from the code comments on page 44:"//Call the fetch to the tables, now we get all the datat stored.Why? simply because keep readin everytime from the table itself isgoing to cost over your memory//but the most safe method, is just to read all the data atonce, and then keep getting whatever needed values from the storagewe've ."Where was the editor when this book was published? I understand it's code comments and won't affect anything, but I would be absolutely mortified if I published anything at this caliber. I expect much more from a Packt book.I'm not a complete beginner to Unreal, so you'd think I should be able to follow along easily; I was not able to.Save your money and watch the tutorial videos that Unreal makes, or anything on YouTube that deals with Unreal. This is not the book you want.

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