Game Development with Unreal Engine 5 Volume 1
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-9823-7 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Dr. Tiow Wee Tan is an Associate Professor at Department of Game Department, Inland Norway University of Applied Science (INN), Norway. He is also serves as the Course Co-ordinator for the Augmented and Virtual Reality Add-On Program at the Game School. Tiow Wee's interests revolve around the development of Extended Reality (XR) for cross-disciplinary enterprise application. He was actively participated in projects on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligent (AI) for gaming. Some of his works focus on the utilization of AR & VR technology within games engine; the creation of hybrid version of AR and VR research application for healthcare, art, and tourism; and the exploration of cognitive aspects in human-computer interaction environments, integrated into neural network systems.
Chapter 1. Getting Started with Unreal Engine 5.- Chapter 2. From Heightmap to Large Open World Landscape.- Chapter 3.- Auto-Blend Landscape Materials.- Chapter 4. Revitalizing Visuals: Asset Import and Procedural Creation.- Chapter 5. Enhancing Visual Realism with Realtime Virtual Textures and Material Blending.- Chapter 6. Mastering Lumen Global Illumination in Unreal Engine 5.- Chapter 7. Harnessing the Power of Niagara: Practical Examples in Unreal Engine 5.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.07.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 395 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 415 p. 396 illus., 395 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Berkley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Spieleprogrammierung |
| Schlagworte | C++ • Lumen • MetaSounds • Nanite • Procedural Generation • Unreal Engine 5 |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4842-9823-3 / 1484298233 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4842-9823-7 / 9781484298237 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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