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Learning Unreal Engine Game Development

By : Joanna Lee
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Learning Unreal Engine Game Development

By: Joanna Lee

Overview of this book

Unreal Engine 4 is a powerful game development engine that provides rich functionalities to create 2D and 3D games across multiple platforms. Many people know what a game is and they play games every day, but how many of them know how to create a game? Unreal Engine technology powers hundreds of games, and thousands of individuals have built careers and companies around skills developed using this engine. Learning Unreal Engine 4 Game Development starts with small, simple game ideas and playable projects that you can actually finish. The book first teaches you the basics of using Unreal Engine to create a simple game level. Then, you'll learn how to add details such as actors, animation, effects, and so on to the game. The complexity will increase over the chapters and the examples chosen will help you learn a wide variety of game development techniques. This book aims to equip you with the confidence and skills to design and build your own games using Unreal Engine 4. By the end of this book, you'll have learnt about the entire Unreal suite and know how to successfully create fun, simple games.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Learning Unreal Engine Game Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Example – creating a fireplace particle system


In this example, we will duplicate P_Fire and edit it to create a fire for a fireplace in the level. We will also change a part of the current level in which we have to place this new fireplace particle system.

Go to Content Browser | Particles, select P_Fire, and duplicate it. Rename it P_Fireplace. This screenshot shows how P_Fireplace is created in the Particles folder:

Let's open Chapter5Level and rename it Chapter6Level first. We will first add a fireplace structure to the level to set the context for this fireplace effect. This will help you follow the creation process better. This screenshot shows the original living room space:

The following screenshot shows the modified living room space with a fireplace:

This screenshot shows a zoomed in version of the fireplace structure if you intend to construct it:

Zooming in on the metal vents will look like this:

What we did here was delete the lights and low cabinet structure and replaced it with...