To get the most out of this book

Although some basic knowledge of the Windows OS or macOS is required, experience in programming or Unreal Engine 4 is not necessary.

This book is focused on Unreal Engine 4, which means you only need a copy of Unreal Engine to get started. Unreal Engine 4 can be downloaded for free from https://www.unrealengine.com/ and comes with everything you need to follow along with this book.

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Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

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Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://static.packt-cdn.com/downloads/9781789347067_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in the text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Rename the Blueprint created to RotatingChair."

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Click the Unreal Engine tab on the left-hand side."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.