Getting Started in Unreal Engine 4 - Beginner's Guide

Where do you begin when starting out with Unreal Engine 4? That’s a question I hear a lot! In this video, I’ll walk through downloading and installing the engine, creating your first project, as well as covering the most common and straightforward resources I recommend to people when starting out with Unreal Engine 4.

Part-1:
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Downloading & Installing the Editor
03:09 - The Epic Launcher
06:55 - Official Documentation
11:25 - Engine & Project File Locations
15:43 - Launching UE4 & Creating Projects
19:05 - UE4 Editor Overview
33:12 - Advanced Project Breakdowns

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[sicarius]

This video is literally actually undeniably awesome

[NateL]

Thank you so much! I had no idea at all where to start or how to even start a project, but just like everyone before me this gave me a foot in the door. Much appreciated!

[tajmaballin]

Thanks for the run-down Ryan. Honestly, I started with some other "beginner guides" on other channels, but after watching this, I wish I would've came across this video first. I'd highly recommend that true beginners watch this guide before anything else.

[p.mustelidae]

Sweet. Even though I'm beyond learning such basics and stick to your more narrow-subject videos, it's pretty nice to see a beginner's guide from you specifically. Keep it up~

[chilo]

Watched this while installing Unreal. Thanks!

[Renzsu]

Thank you for making these tutorials Ryan. I just started getting into Unreal (I'm a product designer and plan on using it for configurators / showrooms / VR digital prototype evaluation) and your videos are really well done. I had no idea how to get started, and a few days in I'm already getting very nice results.

[LuisRdzG]

I'm diving into Unreal Engine just now. Thanks for this video.

[gamedevdginger]

Thanks this really helped me getting started with Unreal engine 4! I guess you can say this tutorial was Unreal! 4real tho!

[Foxboro]

This is so helpfull, thank you so much for doing it ! You are helping ton of people who wants to start using UE4 just like me ... Keep it up ! You're the best

[andrewcurtin]

Thank you, ive been looking for a series like this. Youre a godsend

[vbvamsi]

The video is absolutely informative...the best one to know the basics and how it works ...Love the vid and how you explained things ..

[ih]

Awesome video, really helpful, Thanks :-)

[michaelsspainhour]

This is a great video! I have no previous experience working in game engines but it was super easy to follow. Thanks!

[NEUS]

you're the guy! really instructive, nice way to talk to beginners

[aliakdogan]

thanks alot, this is really helpful. highly recommend for anyone getting started.

[adymatt]

This was really informative. Thank you!

[nitromusik]

Thanks so much. This was 100% what i was looking for! Very nicely done

[blocbonbon]

Good intro but a bit too much repetition about those builds imho. For example this market place build versus source build could have been explained in a minute or two?

EDIT; Ok the rest of the video is really great, thanks!

[ClearAdventure]

When I first got the engine I somehow erased the Content Browser, so I cannot do any tutorials. So three days of searching, and it is top left click on Windows, then go down to Content Browser, and you can click the first one, or up to four. I clicked the first one, lol. Thanks so much!!

[whoisalycat]

Thank You so Much for this Video! It has been very helpful for Me!