Discovering project folders and files
In this section, we will learn how the Engine folders are organized and how some files in them are very useful for our work.
When you create a new project, Unreal Engine 5 creates a set of folders in the destination path you’ve chosen in the Unreal Project browser window. The default path is /documents/Unreal Projects. The main folder has the name of the project you’ve chosen. Inside it, you will always find the following folders: Config, Content, DerivedDataCache, Intermediate, and Saved:
Figure 3.1 – Default project folder structure
Let’s learn about these folders in detail:
Config: In this folder, you can find some Engine files that define the options that the Engine uses by default at the first launch. You can open these files with a text editor. By modifying them, you can manually change several options without opening the Engine. The most useful for you is theDefaultEngine...
