Introduction to Unreal Engine 4

Its goes over the basics again
Placing and Manipulating Actors
Basics but it does go over BSP Geometry a bit
under the moods tab> place> Geometry
it will only have polys on the outside unless you click the hollow button.

using geometry editor to make and floor and ceiling with the subtractive brush

Made a door way by using the subrative brush and lining it up with the rest of the wall

Blocking in the level

I used a 2 cylinders and 2 boxes to make this. One is subjective and one is additive. the Smaller one is sub this creates a wall. Then I move the vertices of the sub to connect the 2 rooms together. 

Cutting out Windows

Once you edit the geometry dont change the values or else it is lost.

Used subtractive boxes put them in place

Finishing the blocking Stage

When you move the object you can hold down shift and then the camera will move with you. 

Making the bathroom, beams and culoms. Made from additive bathrooms.

Importing Static Meshes

When exporting the FBX make sure the object is at 0'0'0'

Placing Our Walls

Finishing the Outside Walls

When scales walls the texture will scale as well.

placed the walls, door, floor, ceiling. 

Deleted the outside brushes. 

Finishing the Room Structure

Placing the windows and doors

Bringing in the the static mesh of the doors and windows.

Lighting Basics

Make sure you build the lighting once when you bring in a new light.

Creating Wood Material 

I put the normal map in. Used a constant for the roughness and the spec.  Then for the base color since we wanted the wood to look painted but chipping I used a Linear Interpolate (LERP) for the white paint and the wood underneath.

Hold 'A' on the keyboard  then left click to "add node.

Texture Coordinate is used for the tiling. 

Using Parameters to set up an Instance 

'M' and left click will get give you a multiply node. 

Made a tiling parameter and then color one. 

If you change the parent the instance will change as well. 

Applying Materials to the Room

LIGHTS

AHHHH it looks sooo pretty!!!

I used a directional light, sky light and the atmospheric Fog

Creating Landscape and Trees

I enjoyed this part. 

Set Dressing 

I LOVE THIS PART!! Ahhh its nice to see it all come together and OMG the partials!!!

Toggle Lighting

It dont work how I wanted to but thats ok 

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbnnhuQSFC

Your Fist Day in Unreal

Interface overview 

So apparently we  will be using the place and Geo ones mostly. 

Game assets are here. 

Tool bar

Details Panel

View port Navigation

Standard is using the mouse 

Left mouse button- back and forth is moving. side to side is looking side to side

Right mouse button- can look in all directions

Middle Button-Panning

You can also press the alt key and use the mouse which will then be the nav keys like in maya

The third way is pressing the left mouse button and using the "WASDQE" keys to fly through the scene.

Placing and Manipulating Objects

Click and drag out of the Content Browser into the veiwport

To move the objects use the "WER" keys for translate, rotate and scale. 

To copy things easly you can hit alt+ and then use the move tool 

ADDING BOXES

Managing Content

To import files you click import in the Content Browser and then select the files you want to import. 

Basic material Creation

Click on 'add new' in the content browser then click on new material. Then it will show up in the folder that you are in and them name it. 

Have the texture that you want selected in the content browser that when you go to the material editor hold 't' then left click in the graph. 

To tile you can use a UV Coordinate Node hold down 'u' and then left click. Live node and live updates toggled at top will help when putting in values.

You connect the texture samples to what you need. 

Hit apply at the top. Then save the material in the project. (When the '*' is gone)

Then click and drag the material to the vase. 

Basic Lighting 

Click and drag the lights in and the move them around and in the Details you can chanage everything about the light. 

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbVTeCQska

Using Blueprints

They can make it interactive and into a game and not just a pretty scene. 

Open the blue prints when you are in the content browser and at the top bar click 'Open level blueprint' from the blue print drop down. When making new nodes right click on the graph then pick out from the drop down. 

To find 'Toggle Visibility' You have to turn off the content sensitivity box. 

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbVThYQsE3

Creating a Matinee Sequence

At the top in the tool bar there is a tab that says Cinematics from the drop down pick the one that says 'Add Matinee' and then this screen will pop up.

Curve or graph editor is just like maya. 

Tracks tab will be used to add and see the groups and to also what kinda of groups they are. 

To add group right click in the Tracks tab, find the one you want then name it and hit enter. 

It will creat two tracks. Click the one you want then add key by hitting the add key button. Hold down crt+ left click and drag to move key. 

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbVOVmQMpi

Set Dressing

Had alot of fun with this part!!!

Just making the scene and the story that would go along with it!

Packing the project

Go to the File drop down then to Packing project and then to settings or to what format you want it to be in. I am getting this 'PackagingResults:Error: Error Unknown Cook Failure'...

FIN (almost...) (need to get it packaged) 

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbVO2YQLcQ

2d Game Based on Book

http://flowlab.io/game/play/576256

So this game is inspired by the book "Oh, the places you will go" By Dr. Seuss. When I was little my mom thought it would be a cool idea to have all of my teachers sign this book and I can go through life thanking and remembering the teachers you have helped me get to the places I want to get to. The possibilities are endless!

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbVbYRQGLz

So in the first level you have to gain the knowledge (become older) to make it to Elementary school. In the game I made the player look like the character from the book. I made the baby toys and ground. I had alot of fun picking out the colors and makes sure it looked nice. I wish I had been able to get the background working but I couldnt figure out how to upload the picture correctly. I was a baby room.

I will have to admit I was very nervous and intimidated by this project so I did the worst thing I could have done procrastinate. Which was exactly what you said not to do. I need to not be that why and to dive head first into things. It took me awhile to get the hang of the "codeing" side of it. Like, I know it should have been easy to figure out but for some reason it wasnt clicking in my head. All in all through I am very proud the first ever game that I have made WOOT WOOT!!

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