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3D Game Design with Unreal Engine 4 and Blender

You're reading from   3D Game Design with Unreal Engine 4 and Blender Combine the powerful UE4 with Blender to create visually appealing and comprehensive game environments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881466
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jessica Plowman Jessica Plowman
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Preface 1. Unreal, My Friend, I'd Like You to Meet Blender FREE CHAPTER 2. Starting Our First Project 3. It's Time to Customize! 4. Getting the Assets to the Level 5. Taking This Level Up a Notch 6. Monster Assets – The Level Totally Needs One of These 7. Let's Dress to Impress! 8. Lights, Camera, Animation! 9. Bang Bang – Let's Make It Explode Index

Using the Content Browser to start building the level

Go ahead and open Epic Games Launcher, and pull up the project we started at the end of the last chapter. Unreal Engine 4 was a huge upgrade over the last version of the engine, as it gave users a simple drag-and-drop interface. This was accomplished using two important panes in the interface: the Modes pane and the Content Browser. These portions of the interface allow level designers to drag elements into the level and place them where they need to go. Of these two, we will use the Content Browser the most:

Using the Content Browser to start building the level

The Content Browser contains all of the game assets we will use

The Content Browser holds all of the objects, sounds, materials, and particles that can be used in your creation. These are sorted into folders that mirror the file structure where your project is stored. Unreal does this to make it easy to move project files around, should the need arise. Navigating the browser is easy. Double-clicking a folder opens that folder, while...

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