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Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials

You're reading from Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials Master the basics of Unreal Engine 4 to build stunning video games

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784391966

Length 266 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

3D Game Development

Authors (2):

Satheesh P.V

Satheesh PV

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Unreal Engine 4

2. Importing Assets FREE CHAPTER

3. Materials

4. Post Process

5. Lights

6. Blueprints

7. Matinee

8. Unreal Motion Graphics

9. Particles

10. Introduction to Unreal C++

11. Packaging Project

Index

Recap

In the first chapter, you learned the difference between Unreal Engine versions. As I have mentioned, the launcher version is a binary version compiled by Epic and is ready for you to use. But, if you want to get the latest build that is not yet available through launcher, then your only choice is getting the source code from GitHub. If you are going for the source code version of Unreal Engine then I recommend getting the source from the promoted branch. Epic works hard on the promoted build for their artists and designers, so most of the time it is updated daily and you get the latest stuff too! if you really want to get your hands dirty or you have that urge to grab the latest and the most cutting-edge build, then you should go for the master branch. Keep in mind that this branch tracks live changes directly from Epic, it might be buggy and it might even fail to compile.

Once you get the engine up and running, you can start importing your assets into Content Browser. This is where...

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Authors (2)

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PV

Satheesh PV is a game programmer living in Mumbai, India. He was selected by Epic Games as one of the closed beta testers for Unreal Engine 4 before its public release. He started his career as a game developer in 2012 by making a first person multiplayer game with his brother and close friend using Unreal Development Kit. He also created Unreal X-Editor, which was an IDE developed for UnrealScript, the native scripting language of Unreal Engine 3. He is also a moderator at Unreal Engine forums as well as a spotlight member and engine contributor.

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Satheesh P.V

Satheesh P.V

Satheesh PV is a game programmer living in Mumbai, India. He was selected by Epic Games as one of the closed beta testers for Unreal Engine 4 before its public release. He started his career as a game developer in 2012 by making a first person multiplayer game with his brother and close friend using Unreal Development Kit. He also created Unreal X-Editor, which was an IDE developed for UnrealScript, the native scripting language of Unreal Engine 3. He is also a moderator at Unreal Engine forums as well as a spotlight member and engine contributor.

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