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Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X

By : Muhammad A.Moniem
Book Image

Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X

By: Muhammad A.Moniem

Overview of this book

Unreal Engine 4 has garnered a lot of attention in the gaming world because of its new and improved graphics and rendering engine, the physics simulator, particle generator, and more. This book is the ideal guide to help you leverage all these features to create state-of-the-art games that capture the eye of your audience. Inside we’ll explain advanced shaders and effects techniques and how you can implement them in your games. You’ll create custom lighting effects, use the physics simulator to add that extra edge to your games, and create customized game environments that look visually stunning using the rendering technique. You’ll find out how to use the new rendering engine efficiently, add amazing post-processing effects, and use data tables to create data-driven gameplay that is engaging and exciting. By the end of this book, you will be able to create professional games with stunning graphics using Unreal Engine 4!
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Importing audio files


When it comes to importing an audio file, it is done in the same way as any other type of file you want to get into Unreal. You could either do it by dragging it into the content browser directly or through the right-click menu of the content browser, or even by hitting the big Import button in the content browser, just like any other asset. But the point here is, the type of audio files that you can import.

While all other engines support various types of audio files, such as *.wav, *.mp3, *.ogg, and so on, not all platforms support the same file formats. Unreal Engine accepts only the *.wav file, nothing else. That means if you are trying to import an audio file of type *.mp3 for example, Unreal will not reject it but at the same time it will not be considered as an audio file, and probably will be imported as a movie, that you can't neither play nor watch.

Sometimes you can think of this as a bad thing. But in fact it is a very neat and powerful thing, as you have...