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Blender 3 to Unreal Engine 5 — Dungeon Modular Kitbash

By : 3D Tudor (Neil Ian Bettison)

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Blender 3 to Unreal Engine 5 — Dungeon Modular Kitbash

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By: 3D Tudor (Neil Ian Bettison)

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Overview of this book

This course consists of two important parts. In the first half, we will build a massive dungeon complete modular system (kitbash) in Blender 3 and create approximately 100 stunning medieval dungeon kitbash assets, enabling you to build an underground dungeon environment. In the second half, you will learn how to optimize the modular system parts that are ready to be exported into Unreal Engine 5. Once the modular is imported, you will learn how to open a game door, custom collisions, and all about the Niagara fire systems, and set up our dungeon that is ready for a walkthrough with our very own third-person character in Unreal Engine 5. Next, we will create animated stylized fire and lighting. In the final sections, you will learn how to use render to improve the quality of presentation for our 3D environment in Eevee and Cycles X. This course will see you learn all the techniques that pros use and how they use them. Learning how to achieve realism through aging your 3D game environments will be a central part of this course’s learning objectives! By the end of this course, you will be able to master the skills to build an RPG-style dungeons and dragons game. All the resources for this course are available at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Blender-3-to-Unreal-Engine-5-Dungeon-Modular-Kitbash

Introduction

Blender Basics

The Basics of Blender

Importing Reference Images

The Importance of Seams and Sharps

HDRI Lighting

Working with HDRI Lighting

Blender Asset Manager

What Is Transformation Orientation

Working with Blenders Asset Manager

Basic Mesh Tools

How to Create Edge Loops

Creating Variation in Meshes

Working with Modifiers

Working with the Array Modifier

Creating Our First Modular Piece

Creating Our First Dungeon Wall

How Smoothing Works in Blender

Techniques for Creating Geometry

Taking UV Unwrapping to the Next Level

Mid-Level Geometry

Creating Our Large Wall Modular Pieces

Fixing Issues with Our Large Brick Walls

Modifier Stacking

What Is Modifier Stacking

Different UV Options

Project from View Unwraps

Creating Our Smaller Assets

Creating the Bottom Walls

Creating Our Small Grate

Creating the Top Walls

Doors and Proportional Editing

Starting Our Dungeon Doors

Working with Proportional Editing

Adding Realism to Our Models

Finishing Our Dungeon Door Meshes

Creating Hinges and Handles

Creating Hinges and Handles the Easy Way

Finishing Our Dungeon Doors

More Complex Geometry

Creating Ornate Pillars

Creating the Ornate Wall Supports

Basic Sculpting in Blender

Basic Sculpting Setup in Blender

Importing Custom Brushes to Blender

Creating Simple Stairs

Creating Our First Stairs

Finishing Our Straight Stairs

Creating Door Arches

Working with Boolean Modifier

Modeling the Modular Door Walls

Outlining Our Door Arches

Creating the Door Arches

Adding Materials to Our Door Arches

Spiral Staircases

Using the Simple Deform Modifier

Finishing the Spiral Stair Mesh

The Vault Modular Piece

Creating the Vault Wall

Parenting Objects and Keeping Transform

Braziers and Hot Coals

Creating the Brazier Mesh

Creating the Hot Coals

Dungeon Lighting with Torches

Creating the Ornate Torch

Creating the Torch Handle and Holder

Finishing Our Torch Models

Animated Torch Flame

Creating Our Animated Flame

Flame Material Node Setup

Setting Up Our Flame Node Tree

Bringing Realism to Our Flames

Setting Up the Light Flicker Effect

Creating the Flame Embers

Finishing the Dungeon Modular Pack

Starting the Dungeon Layout

Building the Dungeon Sewer System

Creating Our First Dungeon Room

Starting the Library Room

Finishing the Dungeon First Floor

Starting the Dungeon Armory

Using Modular Pieces in Different Ways

Creating Under Flooring

Building the Dungeon Kitchens

Creating the Dungeon Mid-Level

Creating the Dungeon Prison

Finishing the Dungeon Main Build

Bringing Our Dungeon to Life

Placing Our Torches Throughout the Dungeon

Working with Cameras

Setting Up Our Camera

Different Render Engines

Rendering with Eevee Renderer

Rendering with Cycles X Render Engine

Working with Collections

Setting Up Collections

Exporting to Unreal Engine

Setting Up Assets for Unreal Engine 5

Final Blender 3 Finishing Preparation

Unreal Engine 5 Basics

Creating New UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) Project

Introduction to UE5 UI (User Interface)

Introduction to UE5 Viewport Controls

Creating New Level and Importing Assets

Importing 3D Assets

Setting Up Basic PBR Material

Setting Up Emissive Material

Replacing Material References

Bringing Kitbash Props to Scene

Sorting Out Kitbash Assets

Setting Up Kitbash Assets in Order

Creating Asset Color Adjustments

Setting Up Mesh Collisions

Creating Mesh Collisions

Generating Custom Collisions

Generating Collisions for Complex Shapes

Setting Up the Environment

Setting Up Background Environment

Creating a Lava Base Material

Creating Motion for a Lava Material

Setting Up Lava as PBR material

Building Lower Dungeon Floors

Building a Sewer System

Building a Staircase and Our First Modular Room

Creating Our Ground Floor Section

Creating Our First Room

Creating the Library Room

Changing the Main Viewpoint

Adding More Complexity to Our Rooms

Starting the Armory Room

Creating Two-Tier Rooms

Finishing the Armory Room

Working with Elevation to Design Our Level

Setting Out the Pantry Room

Working with Different Lighting Modes

Learning How to Adapt Assets

Laying Out Our Prison

Setting Up Hidden Rooms

Working with Colliders

Creating the Treasure Room Hallway

Bringing Our Dungeon Design Together

Building Final Parts of Our Level

Adding in the Bottom Walls

Adding in the Final Doors

Using Blueprint to Create Interactable Doors

Setting Up Door Blueprint

Creating Interactable Door Blueprint Animation

Setting Up Door Blueprint with Specified Distance Activation

Creating Blueprints for Our Door

Animating All Our Modular Doors

Fixing the Door Collisions

Cutting Custom Holes within Mesh

Creating Manhole Floor Covers

Setting Up Water Material

Setting Up Water Mesh for Sewer

Creating Water Material

Creating Additional Control for Water Material

Setting Up Water Flow Material Animation

Setting Up Water Material Parameters

Creating Sewer Waterfall

Creating Waterfall Using Mesh

Creating a Niagara Particles System for Water

Setting Up Particle System as a Waterfall

Creating Sewer Splash Effect

Creating Base Splash Particle

Setting Up Waterfall Particle Curve Graph Parameters

Setting Up Base Splash Particle

Creating Animated Particle Splash

Setting Up Waterfall Splash

Setting Up Fire Fluid Simulation

Setting Up Niagara Fire Fluid Simulation

Creating Fire Simulation for Torches

Baking Out Fire Particle Animations

Creating Animated Fire Particle Material

Creating Fire Particles

Setting Up Fire Particle Texture

Creating Niagara Fire Particle System

Adding Ember Particles to Our Fire System

Creating UE5 Torch Blueprint

Creating a Torch Blueprint

Setting Up Light Flicker Effect

Setting Up Torch Blueprint Variations

Setting Up Final Decorations for Our 3D Level

Placing Light Sources Within Our Dungeon

Placing Rock Asset Decorations

Setting Up Visuals

Setting Up Lighting for Our UE5 Scene

Color Grading Using Post-Process Volume

Blender 3 to Unreal Engine 5 — Dungeon Modular Kitbash

By : 3D Tudor (Neil Ian Bettison)

Blender 3 to Unreal Engine 5 — Dungeon Modular Kitbash

By: 3D Tudor (Neil Ian Bettison)

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