Название: Game Development with Unreal Engine 5 Volume 1: Design PhaseАвтор: Tiow Wee Tan
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2024
Страниц: 423
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 41.1 MB
Dive into the heart of game development with Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), the latest revolution in creating immersive and visually stunning game worlds. Crafted to encourage your imaginative and inventive skills, Volume 1 of this two-part guide stands as a crucial tool in your journey towards developing incredible video games with UE5 and serves as a transition into the programming dimensions of game creation with C++ featured in Volume 2.
Blending artistic mastery with technical prowess, you’ll journey from the basics of UE5’s environment to creating expansive landscapes with procedural content generation and combining materials for lifelike terrains. Discover the power of Quixel Bridge and Megascans to bring realistic textures and models into your projects, and master Nanite for rendering complex scenes with cinematic fidelity.
You’ll also learn to create dynamic lighting and shadow effects with Lumen, enrich your game’s atmosphere with sophisticated particle systems using Niagara. Then integrate characters and adversaries into our worlds, making them come alive with interactive elements. From designing large open landscapes to implementing advanced visual effects, Game Development with UE 5, Volume 1 is your gateway to elevating the visual appeal and interactive experience of your game.
UE5 is an advanced and feature-rich game development engine created by Epic Games. It is widely recognized as one of the industry’s leading game engines, powering numerous successful and visually stunning games. UE5 offers a wide range of tools, technologies, and features that empower developers to bring their creative visions to life. With its powerful rendering capabilities, advanced physics systems, dynamic lighting, and robust multiplayer support, UE5 provides an extensive toolkit for creating high-quality and immersive gaming experiences.
UE5 takes advantage of the latest hardware capabilities to deliver breathtaking visuals, realistic physics simulations, and seamless gameplay experiences. It provides developers with a vast array of features, such as advanced real-time rendering, dynamic lighting and shadows, advanced particle systems, and robust audio tools. The engine also supports a wide range of platforms, including PC, consoles, mobile devices, and virtual reality, allowing developers to reach a broad audience and create engaging experiences across different platforms.
What You Will Learn:
Sculpt vast, open worlds with UE5's advanced landscape tools and Heightmaps.
Construct highly detailed environments with Nanite, achieving unparalleled visual quality without sacrificing performance.
Introduce dynamic global illumination with Lumen, crafting stunning lighting and shadow effects that respond to changes in the game world in real-time.
Implement Real-Time Virtual Textures to significantly enhance texture streaming efficiency in large-scale environments.
Use Procedural Content Graph to populate your game worlds with dynamic, lifelike vegetation that adds depth and realism to your landscapes.
Explore Niagara's powerful visual effects system to create complex and captivating effects that elevate the aesthetic appeal of your game.
Who This Book Is For:
Game developers who want to learn how to use Unreal Engine 5 would benefit from this book.
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