Learn to Build an Outdoor Environment with Unreal Engine 4

Learn to Build an Outdoor Environment with Unreal Engine 4 Udemy Course

Learn to Build an Outdoor Environment with Unreal Engine 4 Course Created by 3dmotive LLC.

Learn to Build an Outdoor Environment with Unreal Engine 4 has 3.5 rating out of 5 based on 220 students. Currently this course has 2,065 students. Course langwage is English.

Learn to Build an Outdoor Environment with Unreal Engine 4 Course Description

In this lesson, you will use Unreal Engine 4 to create a game level from scratch. This course is all about level design, lighting and scene rendering. We will be using free packs from the Unreal Marketplace for our levels. There are many topics to cover in this course. First, let's go over some basics of the UI, including where all the windows and assets are located and how to perform their basic functions within the UI.

We will also create a simple terrain from the mesh and use vertex painting on top of it to blend several materials to get a realistic looking forest type land. Then set up all the foliage with the Unreal Foliage Painter where you can set various settings such as scale, position and rotation transformation. Finally, paint all the foliage onto the exterior terrain.

Then we will place the object. Although the process of moving from large to small objects is fairly straightforward, we will discuss the best and most logical locations for placing objects. We will create the whole scene with a few camera angles to get the best possible results in the final screenshots. But of course also make sure the level is playable. When you're all done, you're done by setting up the sunlight, the reflective spheres, and building the lights for the scene where you'll adjust all the lighting settings. We will also use post effects to change the visual appearance of the scene to our liking and make everything look a little more realistic. To round off the course, we cover how to take ready-to-use screenshots for your portfolio.

More information about instructors:

Emiel Sleegers is a self-taught 3D artist currently living in the Netherlands. He has been self-taught 3D art for the last 3-4 years and has worked as a freelance artist on numerous unpublished projects. He loves everything in 3D and he enjoys sharing the knowledge he has gained with others who want to learn it.

3dmotive is high-quality 3d and game art training by industry experts! Whether you're new to the world of game art, 3d, architecture or film, or are interested in honing your 3d skills at an intermediate or advanced level with a focus on video games, 3dmotive is your one-stop shop for: All 3D and game art related tutorials! Have a question? Interested in a new course topic? Let me know!