Make Hyper-Realistic Outdoor Environments in Unreal Engine

Description

Have you ever seen a spectacular environment in a video game and wondered how something so breathtaking was created? This video course will reveal the secrets behind realistic-looking outdoor environments in video games and show you how you can create the same using Unreal Engine 4. The course begins with a preview of realistic outdoor environments in the Unreal Engine. You'll install Unreal Engine on your machine and get unlimited access to free assets that'll help you to create awe-inspiring landscapes. As you learn how to navigate in Unreal Engine, you'll create and test prototypes and see how to add rain, fire, and smoke effects in your game. You'll then design worlds with premade algorithms and import landscapes to Unreal Engine. Next, you'll use Blender 3D for modeling objects and create a rocky beach to understand the feature of Foliage and the technique of camera animation. The video course ends by providing you with a quick start guide to Quixel Mixer. By the end of this course, you'll be able to explore your creativity by building photorealistic scenes in Unreal Engine 4. All the supporting files are available on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Make-Hyper-Realistic-Outdoor-Environments-in-Unreal-Engine

What You Will Learn

Import Megascans assets into Unreal Engine 4.23
Mass place objects and plants or grass with the Foliage tool
Use World Machine to generate incredibly realistic terrain objects
Create basic models using the Blender tool
Create trailer-like cinematic camera animations
Use Quixel Mixer to create amazing mixed materials

Audience

This video course is for beginners, game developers, game designers, and graphic artists who want to create spectacular outdoor environments for their video games using Unreal Engine 4. Although not mandatory, a basic understanding of video games and Unreal Engine will help you to grasp the topics covered quickly.

Approach

With the help of interesting activities, engaging exercises, and simple narration, this video course will teach you how to create incredible outdoor environments in Unreal Engine 4.

Key Features

Become familiar with Unreal Engine 4.23, Blender 2.81, and Quixel Mixer * Create rivers, lakes, oceans, rain, smoke, grassy fields, rocky beach, and fog in Unreal * Playtest and prototype levels in third person or first person

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Make-Hyper-Realistic-Outdoor-Environments-in-Unreal-Engine

About the Author

Daniel Krafft

Daniel Krafft is a freelance 3D artist and has tutored around 5,500 students. He has 3 years of experience with Blender and Level Design and is passionate about video games, Legos, and computer graphics.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

2. Learn Unreal Engine

3. Create Entire Worlds

4. Learn Blender 3D

5. Create a Rocky Beach

6. Learn Quixel Mixer