Unreal Engine 4 Beginner Tutorial - UE4 Start Course

Unreal Engine 5 is now the official version of Unreal. I recommend learning UE5 over UE4. Check out the link above to watch the UE5 Starter Course.

Unreal Engine tutorial for beginners! In this free tutorial we will go over everything you need to know to get started in Unreal Engine 4. You will learn how to install Unreal Engine, navigate the 3D viewport, create materials and worlds, sculpt landscapes, paint foliage, program in Unreal using Blueprints, and end with creating a photorealistic world in real time. All using FREE assets.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:16- Installing and Creating a Project
3:44 - User Interface
12:00 - 3D Navigation
13:28 - Viewport Settings
19:36 - Manipulating Object
30:10 - Intro to Materials
40:00 - Physically Based Rendering
46:00 - Migrating and Downloading Unreal Assets
48:13 - Advance Materials
1:08:13 - Creating a 3D asset
1:17:25 - Reflections and Post Process
1:28:59 - Lighting: Static vs Movable
1:32:40 - Lighting: Types of Lights
1:40:51 - Lighting: Build Lighting - realistic interior
1:58:44 - Megascans
2:04:32 - Landscapes
2:25:45 - Foliage
2:28:56 - Blueprints
2:50:29 - Creating a Photorealistic World

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[UnrealSensei]

Updates for 4.26:
- "Atmosphere/Fog Sunlight" has been renamed to "Atmosphere Sun Light" and is now located under the "Atmosphere and Cloud" drop down menus of the directional light.
- At 28:25 it sounds like I said "n" instead of "end", the key is END. Next time I will include a visual of the button press.
- Important to use code "UNREAL5" at checkout to make the beginner assets free. Gumroad doesn't let content above a certain size to be free so this is a hack to get around it.
- Quixel's Bridge has moved the export settings button. Now, on the bottom left of the asset description to the left of the resolution option click on the gear.

[zdddddd]

this should be default unreal engine starter tutorial in official site.

[milosavpavlovic]

If in later versions of UE you can't find the checkbox "Atmosphere/Fog Sunlight" under "Light" You will find it under "Atmosphere and Cloud" there is "Atmosphere sunlight" checkbox.

[Siddfeed]

One hour in, you make learning Unreal Engine fun. Thanks for going step by step and slowly for my peanut brain to process.

[Noodleydoo]

Hi UnrealSensei--Just wanted to say I'm a game industry vet of 20 years and you have made the clearest, most easily followed Unreal tutorials I've ever seen. Great job. You are a very effective communicator!

[boliplipos]

I love the way your face changes when talk to the camera then back to unreal. it suddenly changes from friendly, kind face to serious mode face :D

[amirasyraf]

Quick tip:
Hold V and drag your mouse to snap to other objects' vertices/points. Small blue points should appear and bring your object to your desired vertices/points. It's better than just eyeballing when you are trying to connect objects together and helps to avoid gaps between objects.

[method]

Me: "Wow, that already looks pretty good"

Him: "Right now it looks very bad"

Me: "Damn, that looks pretty bad"

[Black_heartTTK]

Words cannot accurately express how grateful I am for this channel. Your instructions are infinitely better than anything on the UELearn database and your knowledge base is deep. From all of the self-starters/lone wolves out here trying to learn UE4 without going to school, thank you. Please keep this channel going. Thank you!

[dikaprasetyo]

I get so frustrated when I tried to snap the chair onto the floor by pressing N because nothing happened. turned out he said "end" not "N" lol.

[shikichen]

This tutorial is even much better than those paid ones.

[jordanmate]

I've been trying to learn Unreal Engine on and off for some time now by watching tutorials but nobody has ever come close to the level of detail and explanation that you have. I cannot thank you enough for the knowledge you've shared!

[antonrusinov]

I love how you go into tiny details about how to pull the wire from the component of the graph and then you describe the whole abstract concept of how to build a material with textures. Incredible talent!

[Evan-bmxu]

I just want to thank you from the bottom of my tiny shriveled heart. This is by far and away, the BEST tutorial I've ever watched on anything. Not too slow, not too fast... not too detailed... not too generic. Just absolutely fantastic. I will tell everyone I know about you and your teachings. Keep up the phenomenal work!!

[jimcrackery]

You have a gift my friend. I've been watching "beginner" tutorials for days and was about to throw in the towel. I can't believe my knowledge level now compared to before I clicked on this video. I can't thank you enough!

[katerynastepanova]

1:38:15 Atmosphere / Fog Sun Light setting has been moved under "Atmosphere and Clouds"

[aneeqtariq]

at 01:38:00 when sensei talks about atmospheric/fog sunlight light, this setting is moved from light settings to atmosphere and cloud settings down in details panel in unreal engine 4.26 or above. was a bit confused at first but then found this and it worked

[tdakni]

This tutorial is the best thing that happened to me in 2020. I tried so many YouTube tutorials and gave it up after a few minutes because the explanation wasn't detailed enough or because it ended with me buying equipment to follow the tutorial. Great work! At this point I finished the first hour of the tutorial and created my master materials.

[JesusSaves-]

This is the standard that all tutorials should aim for. Clear, concise, well paced and clearly well prepared. Fantastic! More please!

[samrj]

To everyone coming here for the first time, I am a complete beginner in game development. I looked a lot for some great unreal engine beginner tutorials but there aren't any comprehensive ones. This guy has really put in a lot of work and builds the foundation for your unreal engine. Thank you man!