Downloading assets from Quixel

Before we can begin our journey to the practical tutorial, I would like to explore the working files for this tutorial, which we need to add from the Marketplace. All the assets are free, and you just need to use your Epic Games account to log into your Epic Launcher.

Quixel Bridge is a plugin for Unreal Engine that gives you full-featured access to the Megascans library within the Level Editor. You can browse collections, search for specific assets, and add assets to your Unreal Engine projects.

1. Open your Epic Launcher, navigate to the Marketplace tab, and then search for Megascans Trees: European Beech (see Figure 2.1). Add them to your project.
2. Megascans Trees: European Beech is the asset you need in the Marketplace, and its size should be around 6.9 GB.

Figure 2.1 – Adding an asset from the Marketplace

Note

The Quixel Megascan trees are currently not compatible with Unreal Engine 5.4, but...