Mastering Unreal Engine 5 Online Course

Mastering Unreal Engine 5 Online Course

This course guides you through every stage of environment creation in Unreal Engine 5 across 10 core parts. You’ll learn asset setup and blending, terrain sculpting and texturing, and how to add atmosphere with fog, foliage, and visual effects like smoke, fire, and water. The course also covers lighting, cinematic camera techniques, and animating elements such as foliage, birds, and insects for lifelike worlds. Finally, you’ll be introduced to Blueprint fundamentals to add interactivity. By the end, you’ll have the skills to craft immersive, visually stunning environments in UE5.

Who should take this course?

This course is ideal for developers, AI enthusiasts, and students who want to gain hands-on experience building AI-powered applications with Python. It’s well-suited for those with basic programming knowledge who are curious about large language models, natural language processing, and chatbot development. Whether you’re an aspiring AI developer, a professional exploring conversational AI, or a hobbyist eager to create your own ChatGPT-style application, this course will equip you with the practical skills to build and deploy your own AI chatbot.

What you will learn

• Master Unreal Engine 5‘s interface and fundamentals
• Sculpt and texture game environments with expertise
• Create visually stunning landscapes using terrain tools
• Enhance immersion with realistic lighting and effects
• Optimize game environments for different platforms
• Design dynamic and interactive gameplay experiences

Course Outline

Introduction

• Welcome to the Course

Asset Import with PBR Materials

• Resource Pack and UI Introduction
• Introduction to UE5 Viewport
• Importing Assets
• Introduction to Material Graph
• PBR Material Setup

Working with Material Setup

• Material Instance Basics
• Reusing Material Instances
• Seamless Textures and Parameters
• PBR Water Opacity Setup
• PBR Material Cleanup

Vertex Painting Moss on 3D Castle

• Vertex Color Material Setup
• Understanding Vertex Painting
• Moss Height Blend Controls
• Vertex Painting Castle Ruins

Physics Object Scattering

• Physics-Based Object Scattering in Unreal Engine 5

Mask Blending

• Setting Up Object to Nearest Surface Masking
• Blending Objects Using Masking Techniques

Unreal Engine 5 Terrain Creation

• Creating Terrain Using Height Map Data
• Sculpting Out Terrain
• Advanced Sculpting Tools
• Setting Up Landscape Material Attribute
• Texturing Terrain

Creating Depth and Fog for Landscape

• Height Fog Setup
• Creating Fog Plane for UE5 Scenes
• Fog Plane Setup for Mountains
• Volumetric Fog Material in UE5
• Placing Volumetric Fog in Mountain Terrain

Creating Virtual Nature in UE5

• Foliage Asset Setup
• Painting in Cliff 3D Plants
• Growing Trees in Unreal Engine 5
• Foliage Controls and Nature Scene Setup

Niagara Particle Setup

• Material for Niagara Particle Smoke
• Working with Velocity Particle Velocity
• Setting Up Niagara Smoke VFX
• Creating Animated Fire Particle
• Niagara Fire Color Variation

Animating Water

• Creating Water VFX Material

Lighting Setup in Unreal Engine 5

• 3-Point Light Setup
• Skylight and Ambient Lighting Adjustments
• Night Scene Lighting

Day-Night Cycle for UE5

• Starry Night Material Setup
• Adjusting Stars for Day-Night Cycle
• Setting Up Sky Cycle

Cinematic Camera Video Render Setup

• Creating a Cinematic Camera with Rotatable Anchor Point
• Creating Turntable Camera Animation
• Creating Handheld Camera Effect
• Camera Transitions and Video Export

Adding Motion to Unreal Engine Projects

• Creating Motion in Foliage
• Bee Wing Flap Motion
• Bee Mesh Particles
• Animated Bird Setup

Learning about Blueprint Setup

• Setting Up First-Person Game Mode and Blueprint Basics
• Creating Blueprint Prefabs for Asset Collections
• Blueprint Door Animation
• UE5 Interactable Door BP Setup

Creating Game Collectable Item

• Creating a Floating Trophy
• UI Text in Unreal Engine 5
• Trophy Congratulations Message