Unreal Engine 5 Beginner Tutorial: Getting Started

[@SmartPoly]

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[@mostsophisticatedtrash9221]

I would like to but what are the pc requirements for these projects?

[@sergeantb.r3575]

I have a question; what is the right computer for downloading and installing Unreal Engine 5? My MacBook 💻 cannot install it.

[@mostsophisticatedtrash9221]

@@sergeantb.r3575 just to install is quad core, 8gb ram, and a directx11 graphics card.. but to get the most out of all the features/tools offered, I think directx12 and all recent driver updates are required. Hardware raytracing requires nvidia 2000 and later or amd 6000 and later... but, after that, what you can actually do within the software varies depending on the power of what you got in your computer. I now have a computer that I know would handle this course for sure but I didn't get it because nobody answered me. There are computers that can download the software app but then can't do the same level of project as other more powerful computers... so recommended specs to avoid frying your hardware are kinda important....

[@WConradM]

Please create more tutorials for beginners using UE5. This was so incredibly helpful and well laid out!! Seriously, I greatly appreciate the time and effort you put into making this video, I will absolutely watch more content like this, and many many others will as well! This is top notch! Thank you. Please create more of these! :)

[@xinpin5359]

Agreed!

[@toapyandfriends]

He has a bunch more of these type of materials

[@pheeeshy]

69th like lol

[@potatoplayer420]

Things that are different in the full release of ue5 as I go through tutorial. The actors are now accessed through the create drop down, then selecting "place actors panel" The modes are now in a drop down menu in top left There is no "time of day" level preset, so I chose basic and it seemed to achieve the same results When adding the "clover patches on grass" there were multiple more options, I just picked the ones that looked the same as his 35:00 if it isn't obvious, he clicked ctrl+C then ctrl+V to copy paste those When making the Rock_MF and replacing the three things, I for some reason got a really metallic look, and my roughness one looked way different 44:34 make sure to exit landscape mode, go into selection mode, thrn select landscape to see the same things under the landscape details (this took me a min to figure out) 51:47 "enable edit layers" is toward the bottom, not at the top of the landscape section For some reason my fog did nothing no matter what settings I used :( 1:06:30 I do not have "ThirdPersonBP" like he does, just "ThirdPerson", but it worked the same

[@MotionDesigner009]

the only problem with this tutorial is that he didn't explain well what he was doing in Landscape material chapter, it was all going over my head, he just kept on adding nodes after nodes.

[@scarecrowhobo]

liking and replying so i can see this later

[@JustAPot]

i got my fog to work, and all i did was use the original one that was already made and move it up a bit and follow his settings. oh yeah you also have to increase "Fog Height Falloff" to like 1 or above to make it really noticable

[@sonowbrand7824]

Fog isn't working because "ExponentialHieghtFog" is already loaded in when you make the level under "Lighting".

[@BasVossen]

Version: 5.1.0-23058290+++UE5+Release-5.1 (Mac) doesn't create a character, how do I do this? With mesh etc. Weird: when I play the game, there is a (female) character. The mouse can not click on the red square to end play mode: I have to use escape.

[@dienowplease3565]

Within 1 hour I learned how to make DreamWorld Alpha!

[@Soliye.]

It do be like that ahah

[@Grovelaar]

I mean you can make 100 times better worlds than DreamWorld Alpha already with this tutorial.

[@JohnnyKusiga]

Came here for this comment and wasn't disappointed!

[@scp049leplaguedocter3]

WOW!

[@skeletonsroblox5408]

What’s what name cause I want to believe you

[@vlweb3d]

Honestly MY EYES GLAZED OVER when you were doing all those nodes in the Landscape Material part of this tutorial. I instead searched for and followed a simpler tutorial that allowed me to create a material with 2 simple layers, then began painting using those 2 layers over my landscape.

[@mandoramos6062]

😀Me too. But the more times i watch it it becomes clearer. lol

[@predater5017]

more of a - just follow me by pausing and hooking wires up - than a turorial. its kind of simple in reality but for a beginer it could be quite overwhelming

[@TacticalTushie]

​@@predater5017 yeah I really need to know why the wires go where they do to understand what's happening.

[@jesterofatlas5749]

This is by far one of the best walkthroughs of the tools I have seen. You do a great job of explaining what to do and why to do it. Most people miss on or the other

[@t3hpwninat0r]

Shortcuts for adding commonly used blueprint nodes: hold S and click in your blueprint to add a Scalar, hold 1, 2 or 3 to add 1D, 2D or 3D constants (vectors), A for Add, M for Multiply, L for Lerp, T for Texture sample, U for UV (Texture coordinates) :D

[@t3hpwninat0r]

The Post-Process Volume could do with a little explaining. It works by setting a boundary box area where if your camera is inside that box, certain settings are applied like a camera filter. That box is a visual representation of the boundary. Since we want to affect the entire world, regardless of the camera position, we tick the "Infinite Extent" box which removes the boundary box limitation and makes the post-process volume fill the whole world. You can still make more of these volumes for specific areas where you want a different filter, like inside a fish tank.

[@potatoplayer420]

Thanks for explaining 🙂

[@ThePineTreesBand]

Super smart making a video about this right away. Unreal is easier than ever and your banking on all the new people that will be brought into the scene because of it.

[@ChrisCulture]

Best Tutorial I've seen in a while on KZbin! You took your time and explained what you were doing, that is how you teach!! 💯 Keep the tutorial coming!! #loyalsubscriber

[@The_Original_Man]

40:27 When I try to select Sand, Rock and Grass it also highlights the palm tree and the landscape

[@haideralisheikh5361]

True best tutorial ever.

[@RobBob555]

he doesn't explain EVERYTHING..

[@MotionDesigner009]

lol no absolutely not, the material section just went over my head. even though I work in cinema4d but this didn't explain wth he was doing with nodes, just kept adding it like we are some intermediates

[@willievodka0505]

I really want to get into unreal engine. I'm used to work in civil 3d and Autocad for civil engineering, but that's of course a different program for a different purpose. This video makes it really easy to understand the basics, thank you so much.

[@chriscarlos5479]

First off, I'd like to say that this was the first tutorial I've found for UE5 that has made sense for me. Got me started on making landscapes! Thank you, such a great beginner video! Edit: I was having issues with the water, but I found the place actors tool fixed my flooding issues.

[@Scyther-ow8wy]

Im having trouble finding the landscape button, do you know where it is

[@tonycarpenter-Makzimia]

As someone who is just having a proper start at UE now, this level of Tutorial is invaluable. Biggest reveal for me, was, quixel bridge... ahh.

[@donovan1844]

im going to watch this about 5 more times to start understanding ue5

[@drabbster]

I think that's what everyone needs to understand about these types of tutorials. BeachTut_1stTry.uproject BeachTut_2ndTry.uproject BeachTut_3rdTry.uproject BeachTut_NowItLooksOK.uproject BeachTut_NowIGotIt.uproject

[@Fyr35555]

Best thing to do is first follow everything he does, then experiment. That way you'll learn everything over time, and won't rely on tutorials for too long. So I'll be trying to replicate something similar to this soon but using a snow based theme rather than a tropical one.

[@eien_no_hikari]

I purchased your course but wanted to start fully watching these 2 tutorials. Thank you so much!

[@TVJohnsta]

This tutorial is awesome, I'm pretty stupid so me being able to actually follow steps is awesome.

[@Zolkora]

Fantastic Tutorial. Instructions were clear, the pace was good. I only ran into one issue. When adding the water, it wouldn't clip around the land. Just kept leaving me with a perfect square island. After a bit of Googling I found a solution. When creating the landscape plane, make sure to hit that box that says "Enable Edit Layers". After that, no issues.

[@marekpietrak8279]

Hi Stephen, the Enable Edit layers does not seem to help me. I still get a perfect square around the water ocean.

[@InzideEntertainment]

He says it at 51:50 - Personally I'm struggling to get the Auto to perform its function on the landscape....after a few video loops I skipped it and moved on. Gonna have to keep my eyes out to figure what I did wrong

[@circle2867]

@@InzideEntertainment it can be a bit of a pain but i had to disable the water and landmass plugins again and re-enable them for it to get rid of the sharp edges again. i think it's still buggy.

[@antipasto6453]

having the same issue here, going to test it out again.

[@lukozadeue5]

I've been a boiler maker my whole life, quit work. Stay at home dad now. Sold second car, Bought 3,000AUD budget PC. Randomly found Unreal in Epic Games. Now i'm hooked. 3 days in and majority is over my head. Magnificent!

[@mukisacollins4547]

Man this was helpful at first I thought it was hard😅 but u made everything easy thanks a lot ❤

[@KhalaiMakhlooq_99]

OMG. you just defined it simply and perfectly. please do more tutorials about creating games.

[@xDark3aZooZx]

Dude im still watching this Video and i just paused to like and subscribe, this is one of the most useful tutorials i ever saw.

[@63OO]

i have zero knowledge in UE5 and this was insanely helpful. thank you very much

[@MrHannessie]

Wonderful. Had a lot of fun with this! BIG Thanks! The only feedback I have is that it would be better to go a little slower when you create a new node so that we can know what node you choose. Had to stop, go back and pause a lot of times, just to get which node you choose.

[@Argail8137]

Do you know you can change the speed of the video right?..........Right¡?¡?

[@Phoenix_VR]

Yesssssssss, UE5 tutorials....kudos to you sir

[@FATMAC2]

I'm 10 min into this video and I already love you! Im trying to learn how to create custom Ark maps and there are no good tutorials to help and this is exactly what I need to get started

[@toapyandfriends]

😎'this is now my one major go to channel for all my Unreal Engine 5 learnin's

[@H3iMda11_G0d]

I think your explanation of the materials section and what the nodes do was excellent. Great tutorial

[@xinpin5359]

Looks pretty simple until 35mins or so. And then I get lost xD. Need to rewatch this multiple times. Anyway, great job! Thanks a lot and keep it up pls

[@charleyjr.iriarte7428]

I need to buy a book for this class of yours. Smart Poly!

[@rajdebbarma88]

Please make a video about film and shot film making using actors green screen and 3d environment in unreal 5,,🙏🙏🙏 please

[@bob_s_drawkcab]

+1

[@AlessandroCorrai]

plus 1 :D

[@dukevera4216]

100%

[@gamesndev7741]

Truly a amazing video, I have seen alot in my time this covers what new people need. Can't wait to see more. Nice pace as well!

[@DivergentDroid]

I'm just watching videos now to get an idea what I can do with no coding experience before I try a demo project. I feel like some of these are like when you had an Atari 800 or Commodore 64 and had to type in pages of code you got from a magazine to make a game. Remember those days? Yeah, I'm old. You might get a functional game in the end but didn't understand a thing about what you did and why. I'm hoping your videos will teach me more than those demo tutorials did that I have seen for UE5. Edit 30 minutes in, So far, Yours is the best! Thanks.

[@rokodasolo9686]

Just A Master! (the teacher that everyone hopes!) thanks for your clear and "directly" lessons (and so useful with that examples step by step) Wish you the best! :)

[@AnWStudiosLLC-ht9ww]

Thanks, I really appreciate the time you took to make this. I will be viewing it again when I get home. Hopefully we can get something published. Thanks again

[@VITREOUS]

I'm happy your video was on my recommendations. I'm gonna watch it and start from the beginning with UE5 and you never know, in few months i might learn a lot and start creating a game! You've just earned a sub! Waiting for more tutorials

[@Lucifer-LeGivorden]

Ok so I found your complete beginners tutorial and now this one makes so much more sense. Thank you and I apologize for my previous hasty comment.

[@GarDjinn]

new to unreal engine and video has been a great starting place thank you

[@zalcstera]

Ever since I learned my favorite game was made in Unreal Engine, I've wanted to make my own Unreal game, good tutorial btw!

[@TommyMissus]

You do a great job of slowly explaining this. Making sure not to miss a step, a button, not anything. Good job 👍🏻

[@DizTheThird]

Thank you so much for this. This video is the start to a long journey!

[@nextdish393]

The most helpful video….. this gives you a great start as a beginner

[@Hepheat75]

Thank you, I've been wanting to create games and other projects with Unreal Engine 5, this video helped me.

[@LabofmusicRecords]

52:00 He must be a god, he can create the ocean

[@KevinClean]

Honestly dude big Respect, it’s so well explained, imagine other Channels trying to explain new creators how to create characters and other difficult stuff, instead of keeping it simple like this video. Keep it going and thanks for making it easy and well explained for upcoming creators. Deserved Sub :)

[@youpslootbeek6624]

Nice tutorial! It was so good that I followed ur teachings., got lost of time and now it is 4 in the night :-) But thank you for the tutorial

[@AuroraRacing]

The advice is to start as a beginner in unity, but I found your video and it made me thinking to start with UE, I’m gonna give it a go, see to start with a simple game, try out things, thank you for your good explanation video. UE5 is more cleaner than its predecessors…

[@toapyandfriends]

When you said will scale this up after you are added the rock close to the landscape material instance tab and you click the keyboard what did you do because I'm not getting the same results and I I know you switched it to .1 but I'm not sure exactly what you did after that when you said will scale this up and click the keyboard? Never mind I figured it out I figured out you started to adjust rock far..

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

Super Duper Realistic... Thank you so much for the tutorial... 🙏🙏🙏🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍🎊🎉🔥🔥🔥. Mind Blowing... 🤯🤯🤯

[@artiodainlard]

this is my favorite U5 tutorial video

[@ardademirhan6303]

you are doing really good job.thanks for explaining everything detailly

[@ZeeroCool1979]

Superb tutorial. Bit fast sometimes need to watch 2-3 times but really good. Cant wait to see the new tutorial!

[@Xoremus72]

This , this right here, caught you a subscribe, so far the best tutorial on wight blended layers! Kudos Brother!!

[@brambatimoreira]

Simple, easy and objective, simply the best tutorial I've ever seen, I'd like to know just one more thing if it's not bothersome. How can I add roughness to the rock as the texture is too smooth

[@kmkreate2930]

Awesome tutorial. Especially the landscape material part. Very detailed. Love it. Thanks man.

[@gigfy8565]

If you're having trouble with far away textures appearing too bright around 46:01, go to your Landscape_M parameters and increase the "Start Offset" value, it may change depending on your scale but -50,000 worked for me.

[@alexjohnson1547]

Thank you. This was driving me nuts!

[@PokerfaceGaming]

One of the Best ue5 tutorial so far..thank u so much

[@OlavSchneider]

Thumbs up, this Tutorial is very in depth and at the same time totally comprehensive. Professional.

[@vade2564]

finally a viedo that is step by step tutorial. I have found a holy grail on youtube. Keep it up!

[@sirFlowers8]

Great video chat, going through bridge to get free content opens up so much possibilities.

[@outofthedark18_gaming]

Thank you for posting this! Been wanting to learn how to do this for a long time!

[@xjuliussx]

great intro video! i was able to navigate in UE5 even if the interface is sligthly different, but the logic remains the same.

[@drewber2006]

Great tutorial. Other ue5 tutorials are way too long and focus too much on the basic movement and ui. I like the speed that you go over everything at

[@Anthearism]

imma try this and see how it goes Loved the vid, keep it up bro.

[@omniz_tv]

A very very very good beginner tutorial! Thanks a lot!!!

[@claytoncottrille9802]

I just feel like for beginner tutorial, I didn’t comprehend what blueprints were or why the things you were doing were doing what they were doing, if that makes sense. However, I am continuing to watch lol

[@johnrex7108]

Another excellent tutorial, I'll be sure to watch the others and leave a comment and a like there, too.

[@jinitayer591]

Very helpful! I will be browsing all your content! thanks!!!

[@arqitype]

Quite the ideal intro tutorial. 🙏🏼

[@WeirdBrainGoo]

If your DamageBox doesn't work near 1:14:00, make sure that you connect the white triangles in the Blueprint like Smart Poly does. He just goes ahead and connects them without saying anything about it. I had missed it and spent a while wondering why my DamageBox doesn't work. Apparently connecting the white triangles is what makes the next node execute, so without it the Set Health and Print functions never happen.

[@prota8249]

thank you!!!

[@andrewday6257]

We shall forever give thanks to you like a pilgrim!

[@JSalGaming808]

Amazing tutorial! Keep up the great work.

[@kevindoohan4993]

Why is the file downloading as a .rar file which I cannot open? Pls answer

[@jean-pierrebarnard7538]

NICE keep it up will watch all of them !!!

[@derkeiler2573]

i love unreal tournament from 2000!! Who remembers it?

[@emrecanarabac852]

THANKS FOR THIS IV BEEN SEARCHING FO SOOO LONG

[@johnbiswas2024]

Amazing tutorial my guy, keep up the great work!

[@LazyHead]

Out of everhting the best line is "Half of game development is finding and fixing bugs" xD :)

[@DrLazerbeam]

Great tutorial. Little concerning that I can hear your computer frying and it's probably better than mine

[@StarlightGippy]

absolutely subscribing! this is helping me out a lot! Can you do one on AI and AI behaviors?

[@hallxw293]

Failed to import 'UE5 Project Files\Palm.FBX'. Failed to create asset '/Game/Tutorial/Meshes/Palm'. Please see Output Log for details. pls help

[@TheLostDriver]

i dont know anything about gaming development but i have alot of time on my hands and would like to learn

[@rogershimshim1428]

I wish I could of given more than one thumbs up for this 👍

[@Ehren1337]

this tutorial is so good. not too hard to understand.

[@thepoeet]

the landmass plugin isn't working and my landscape isint changing shape :( someone help?

[@blacklotus432]

In case you are wondering 20:15 how to DUPLICATE THEM It's (SHIFT + ALT)

[@hellenysart]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it's very useful and easy to follow! This is my first time using UE in general and I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm using version 5.4.2, but the water plugin might still need some fixes. In my case it affects my landscape morphology by creating slopes all around the internal perimeter of the isle, making several metres impossible to sculpt. Checked some solutions online but nothing fixed the issue. I'll keep trying to find a workaround for this and edit this comment, just in case that happens to someone else.

[@marcelaebratt54]

Now I ubderstand .. love you .... nice tutorial !!!!!

[@frankbaron1608]

this is an excellent vidio. i notice the layout is different now though. the quixel bridge can now be found under the window menu

[@Dubstepconcept]

I get the error "No smoothing group information was found in this FBX scene" when importing the palm tree, did I do something wrong? Thanks so much for this btw!

[@bootchoo96]

13:44 When I double click, it opens the view port - not the blueprint page

[@striverfor7628]

15:12 I downloaded it but there's no option to extract the files from it, and when I try to open it it says I have to upgrade my Cool File Viewer which costs money to do. Is there a particular way to see what's in the file? UPDATE - Solved: Through researching how to open rar files I learned to install and use 7-Zip and this enabled me to extract the files from it. ALSO: It worked, but after the importing part I got a message saying "No smoothing group information was found in the FBX scene. Please make sure to enable the Export Smoothing"

[@MikealButler]

my island is square with no smooth drop off in the ocean... what did I do wrong?

[@Noesoes-CCF]

im making a game with my mates, just 3 of us. me, my ther friend, and my other 1 :) im so happy i found this

[@Restrictz]

great tutorial only donwside to it is when placing Grass as foliage it fades out when i walk over it with a radius of about 3 meters and fades back in when that radius passed over it.

[@CalebDigital]

Omg ur amazing for this bro!!🔥🔥

[@sayankakalita7827]

After mastering and publishing games with unity i decided to use ue5 for a big project but it looked confusing and then i found your video and i guess i can figure out things now thanks!

[@kurtmueller2089]

Fantastic tutorial, thank you!

[@Crypto1337]

you forgot the most important to save us time .. what kind of PC we gonna need for this monster to work like a charm

[@ProPixel]

you are underated

[@OTCMaster]

I making a game where your on a island and when it turns night you start to see monsters and some are allusions and some are real and you have to kill the real ones and progress to build a base and better weapons