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Unreal Engine Intermediate
Deepen your knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 and familiarize yourself with its many new featuresPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 26 lessons.
Intermediate Provider : Ken Geary 9 chapters · 26 Lessons · 3h 16m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
Unreal Engine has been the industry-standard game development platform for decades. Its newest iteration, Unreal Engine 5, brings with it new features that allow designers an unparalleled degree of freedom and sophistication. This course will take a deeper dive into Unreal Engine 5, exploring many of those new features and how they work.
This course will review the tools in the Viewport panel, Content Drawer, Details Panel and the World outliner, and will prepare students to add more features to their games or product simulations. Learn step-by-step how to enhance landscapes, create levels using shape modeling tools , add blueprint code to actors, work with level streaming and the new World Partition system, import and use Quixel assets, animate camera rigs, and render your levels. By the end of this course, you should have the knowledge and confidence to create more involved and detailed games and/or product simulations.
What You'll Learn
- Import and use Quixel Megascan assets with Quixel Bridge
- Set up levels using the World Partition system and level streaming
- Build levels and create landscapes using shape modeling and sculpting brushes
- Add Blueprint code to actors and create game inventory systems
- Animate camera rigs and camera focus, and apply post-process volumes, ray-tracing, and color correction
- Create custom packaging templates and package projects using Project Packaging and the Project Launcher
Key Takeaways
- The course takes a deeper dive into Unreal Engine 5 and its new features for greater design freedom and sophistication.
- It reviews the tools in the Viewport panel, Content Drawer, Details Panel, and World Outliner.
- Learners work with landscapes, foliage, water, level streaming, and the new World Partition system.
- The course covers animation through camera rigs, Mixamo animations, animating platforms and NPCs, and virtual production.
- It prepares students to render levels and package projects for delivery using packaging settings and the Project Launcher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is intended for students who already have foundational Unreal Engine experience and want to take a deeper dive into Unreal Engine 5 to create more involved and detailed games and product simulations.
What topics does this course cover?
It covers enhancing landscapes, building levels with shape modeling tools, adding Blueprint code to actors, level streaming and the new World Partition system, importing and using Quixel assets, animating camera rigs, and rendering levels, along with foliage, water, Mixamo animations, inventory systems, post-processing, ray-tracing, color correction, and project packaging.
What skills will I gain from this course?
The course builds skills in Unreal Engine, Unreal Blueprint, UnrealScript, the Unreal Development Kit, game engines, and the Open Dynamics Engine.
What will I be able to do by the end of the course?
By the end, you should have the knowledge and confidence to create more involved and detailed games and/or product simulations.
